Car Wax On Painted Furniture

Apply a thin coat of car wax to stainless steel fridges and stoves.

Car wax on painted furniture.

Simply apply a light coat of car wax to the appliance and buff clean to repel fingerprints and smudges. The wax itself is a naturally derived wax extracted from carnauba palm trees. Go over them with wax if so. Before painting however it is usually necessary to remove old furniture wax.

But not furniture wax. Check that you haven t missed any sections. In my last post i wrote about my garden fresh pea friend maran. Because someone once told me it works great they had tried it and wax is wax.

When scratched it won t flake off in big chunks like poly because in essence it becomes part of the paint s finish. Apply a coat of car wax to metal plastic or molded furniture to protect and add shine. Any wax on the surface will limit your paint s ability to adhere to the wood making for far more chipping and rubbing off than one might hope for with a freshly renovated piece of furniture. Work in large areas sweeping the wax over the paint.

Give faucets a shine photo by laura moss. Using a lint free cloth go over the waxed surface quite lightly in order to remove any. The wax forms on the trees leaves and protects them from heat and moisture. Bees wax and other waxes are still used to protect furniture but carnauba is the most common at this.

Run away from people like that. Ultimately the reason furniture wax is sold as the topcoat of choice for wax and milk paints is that unlike poly it will settle down into the porous paint finish and cure up over time. Buff clean to resist fingerprints and smudges. If you own stainless steel kitchen appliances consider using car wax to clean them instead of a surface cleaner.

Unstick hinges photo by laura moss. Using an chalk paint wax brush or a lint free cloth apply chalk paint wax. Because both chalk and milk painted furniture is porous in nature wax easily absorbs into the surface. You are aiming to cover every bit of paint.

I tried car wax on a painted dresser makeover. Rub car wax onto kitchen and bathroom metal fixtures to keep them shiny and spot free. When the wax hardens it seals the painted surface with a lovely natural looking soft sheen. These trees are native to brazil and are used in cosmetics and skin care products as well.

And some gorgeous effects can be created by using dark wax white wax or metallic wax.