Have a oak dining room table finished with a light “fruitwood” stain, and 6 coats of cat lacquer. The pores are still somewhat present. I’d like to know if “Briwax” clear or a colored wax would be better to maintain the finish. Don’t want any white build up of wax in the pores. Thanks.
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Tom,
The short answer is no, Briwax is for restoring old furniture. I have not had any luck using it on new stuff. I'm still searching for the best wax....a few months ago the bison professional wax was touted to be the best, but that is not made anymore. I'm trying the Watco was on shellac..so far not bad..but this will not see the action your table will.
Don't use anything. Wax only adds a transitory sheen.
Tom, Briwax has a new formula that doesn't have the solvent in it that used to cause problems with new finishes. It's called Briwax 2000, and can be found on this page:
http://www.briwax-online.com/wax.html
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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