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   Tim_Kulin | Mar 08, 2001 09:03pm | #1

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   I'm not so familliar with lemon oil, but I'm very familliar with laquer. Lemon oil sounds like something that is designed to soak in to wood? If that is true, putting it on laquer would be a waste of time since laquer is a film building finish. I have used wax on laquer many times with nice results. However, don't expect any scratch protection. A wax film is both soft and thin compared to the laquer and it will do almost nothing to prevent scratches. The one benefit may be that things will slide more freely on the surface and the reduced friction may help avoid some fine scratches.

   If the pores of the oak were not filled, make sure you use a darker wax or you will have white pores.

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   Mike_Maines | Mar 09, 2001 07:50am | #2

   *Steve, lemon oil is basically mineral oil (found in drug stores in the laxatives section) with a lemon scent and yellow coloring added. It makes a good furniture polish, won't protect against scratches, neither will wax. It will somewhat fill in previous scratches, as will wax. The mineral oil won't build up as much as the wax, and will be much easier to refinish over if ever needed. Mineral oil is cheaper than lemon oil. To keep things smooth and shiny, lemon oil may need to be applied more often than wax, that's the only disadvantage that I can think of. Hope this helps.MM

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   Gretchen_ | Mar 10, 2001 07:57am | #3

   *What Mike said--and very well.

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   R.L.Summers | Apr 04, 2001 04:48am | #4

   *My favorite is Endust. No silicons no wax build up and it gently cleans and polishes the surface. I always spray the stuff on the rag instead of directly on the finish. Good luck rl