Natural Beeswax Furniture Polish
A beautifully scented and natural beeswax furniture polish suitable for most wood types. Makes about 3-2/3 cups
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150g (2/3 cup) Beeswax
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600g (3 cups) Olive oil*
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30 drops Anti-oxidant such as clear Grapefruit Seed Extract or Vitamin E (optional)
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10 drops Essential oil Woodsy Essential oil blend or Lavender Essential oil (optional)
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Use up to 900g to make a creamier polish
Olive oil on its own can do this really well, albeit temporarily since it has a tendency to erode. Beeswax is much more durable and can give your furniture a long-lasting brilliant sheen and texture after regular application. Another ingredient that I encourage you to use is a clear Grapefruit seed extract (such as Citricidal) or Vitamin E oil though from a functional perspective it’s completely optional. Though beeswax lasts years without going rancid, olive oil can eventually go rancid. An anti-oxidant will help stop that from happening and ensure that your polish continues to smell like rich honey-scented beeswax.
Instructions on making natural beeswax furniture polish
- Place both the beeswax and the olive oil into a double boiler such as demonstrated in the image below. You can make a double boiler by floating a saucepan inside another pan filled with hot water. You want your oils heated indirectly and evenly in this way because it’s safer for you and helps maintain the integrity of the ingredients.
Melting the beeswax and olive oil in a double boiler
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Heat the double boiler/pans on medium heat until the beeswax is melted. Stirring it will help speed things up but don’t be tempted to turn your heat up too high. There’s a chance that boiling water will splash into your oils.
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Add the optional anti-oxidant and essential oil and stir well. Pour the hot mixture into clean and dry wide-mouth containers.** Allow to cool for at least two hours into a semi-hard balm consistency.
You’ll see the polish harden up after about 30 minutes
- You can use the polish immediately and no doubt you’ll do what I did…run around the house looking for wooden objects to beautify! To use the polish, just scoop some of it out with your fingers or with a rag and work the polish into any and all wooden surfaces. You can wipe excess polish off immediately or leave it on for a couple of hours. That gives more time for the oils to permeate the wood. Buff it to a sheen afterward and you’ll be delighted with how gorgeous the wood looks.
Enjoy your 100% natural and toxin-free polish ~ your furniture certainly will
** If you’re making this as a gift and using glass jars you might want to warm your jars before pouring the hot oils into them. This will help keep the polish from pulling away from the interior of the glass which can be unattractive.
