•  Coating of beeswax
  

Used since antiquity beeswax allows a dense and protective coating on the surface of delicate and valuable antiques. The furniture in need of such treatment are those prior to the eighteenth century with some exceptions that we will see. For this procedure should be used pure beeswax (what is sold is sometimes cut with paraffin). This precious natural substance can be bought at any beekeeper. The application of wax is pretty simple, but requires its due attention. Here is how: dissolve in water bath about one pound of wax, once cast is absolutely removed from the heat (to prevent catastrophic fires) and mixed with a pint of turpentine. Then spread the mixture with a brush on the furniture surface, distributing it evenly with a cloth. After 6-8 hours polishing with a wool cloth and a clean shoe brush. The operation is repeated several times, whereas the absorption of the wood. Once the mixture cools and can reuse it without too warm. If you experience the need to donate a haze of color to the cabinet you need to add wax to a small amount of bitumen, and if necessary, burnt umber and burnt sienna or natural. On the furniture for some reason came eventful first film today, you should use a special wax: carnauba wax. The carnauba wax is fused together with beeswax and used to make it less oily and drier surface. The right dose is 500 grams of carnauba wax on a pound of beeswax. The wax coating is ideal for furniture finishing high time, for most solid wood furniture and rustic furniture of poor art from every era. The eighteenth and nineteenth century furniture, antique high, but usually requires a different type of finish "polishing pad with shellac, also called" French polishing "or" polish the spirit. " Address this issue shortly. I want to clarify that both systems are the latest phase of restoration, the final artistic touch and a long and fascinating work.