The Secret to Effortless Paste Waxing
Using a colored furniture wax my son Scott & I were recently paste waxing some built in pine bookcases that covered a 30ft. wall, floor to ceiling, and included two antique pine doors. One of the things we discovered about paste waxing is that more times than not we apply too much wax. I believe that's a problem that occurs for most people. Too much wax in the application means alot of hard work buffing to get rid of the excess.To start, we used our American Custom Paste Wax (Light Oak). It was just enough color to hide scratches on the bookcases and color in some of the dog claw marks on the doors. We also brought and used our Chinese Bristle Furniture Cleaning Brush to apply the paste wax in the corners, joints and on moldings. We did that first after removing all shelves. We also brought along several sleeves of 0000 Steel Wool Pads to apply the wax, and to also buff off excess wax. And herein lies the secret to effortless paste waxing (Ha, Ha.). #0000 Steel Wool. Always apply paste wax in the direction the wood grain is running. Using a 4-0 Steel Wool Pad unraveled and folded in half or quartered, rub the wax on until it seems to disappear, leaving no color streaks, that way you'll know you don't have too much wax on. After 5-10 min. buff off with a fresh unraveled 4-0 pad, again folded in half or quartered. This will remove excess wax and begin to bring up a shine. (The reason we unravel and fold the Steel Wool Pad is to be able to open the pad up and present a new face when the Wool gets clogged). Once the 4-0 pad began to glide across the wood we did our final buff with our famous Cheesecloth Wipes to bring up a beautiful shine. The pine doors were a little different story. Some of the dog scratches left the wood raw and the Light Oak Paste Wax didn't hold the color. So we used the American Paste Wax in Dark Oak and that worked great.
Floyd
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