I’ve made a walnut coffee table finished with danish oil and briwax. After recently having a get together I found about six white rings on the surface.
Now, I’m not going to be the coaster police… but I don’t really want to polish out these rings every week either.
What’s the best way to remove the wax completely so that I can polyeurathane the surface and forget about it? OR- does anyone have any other recomendations to remedy this situation?
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Im not positive so try this in an inconspicous place first. I think that kerosene will remove the wax without softening the oil too much.
Mike
Hi; I have removed wax a number of times using paint thinner. Just use a clean cloth and rub the surface. After this, re-oil the walnut, let it dry a week, and apply a top coat. I thin my oil based poly about 25 to 50% for the first coat and then about 10% for the next few coats. This helps it go on without brush marks. If you want to use water based poly, you might try a thin layer of shellac for bonding between the oil finish and poly. Good luck, Roger.
Turpentine or mineral spirits. Do a small section at a time (not hard on a coffee table), be sure you get all the wax off as it softens, and then wipe dry with a clean cloth. If it dries with a haze, there may still be wax on there, go again.
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As others have said, turp, mineral spirits or naptha will remove it. You might want to consider a more durable finish over the Watco, even though you will now be the coaster police. A varnish wiped on would be a solution.
Waterlox finish. No water rings and applies like Danish oil and protects nearly as well as poly BUT can be easily repaired. Poly is hard to repair.
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