Make your own furniture wax.

I've always wanted to make my own wood finish and so when a local beekeeper friend of mine gave me some of the fruits of her bees labour I thought I'd give it a go. I found a recipe in a dusty old book, got out mums best pans and started concocting!
So here are my two chunks of beeswax, they weigh approximately 50g each and smell like sweet sweet honey...






Just like you were melting down some chocolate place a glass bowl on top of a pan of boiling water and slowly melt the wax. It may take a little while but its best not to rush it.












After a while it will become a liquid that fills the house with a sweet honey aroma (resist temptation to drink it!). Once it is liquid it is time to add some white spirit, the ratio is 1:1, millilitres to grams so approximately 100ml. Slowly pour it in, stirring as you go whilst still on a gentle heat. If it starts to solidify instantly then crank up the temperature a little till you've added all the white spirit.






Before the mixture solidifies pour it into an old jam jar and put the lid on. It should take a couple of hours for it to cool down and harden and then it'll be ready to use.
This is a great way of using local a ingredient to simply make something useful and it has the benefit of not containing all those horrible chemicals of commercial furniture wax. Its homemade wax finishing from here on in for me!






Sustainably onwards,

The Wood Fashioner

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