ive been looking for this video for so long finally a wood worker that doesnt gatekeep!!!!!!!!

I have watched tons of wax-polish KZread videos. Yours has been the most informative without a close second. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

I make my own polish, beeswax and mineral oil, beeswax, mineral oil and coconut oil, just love the results on good timber. I'm always amazed at the guys at my men's shed who spend a fortune on propriety products instead of asking me for some of mine, mines not only free. but the finish looks better. Cheers from down under that was a lovely video.

@liquidrockaquatics3900

2 ай бұрын

Do people know that you make your own polishes? I don’t ask anyone for their homemade ANYTHING unless they are specifically trying to sell/give away

@darrylbuckett5380

Ай бұрын

@@liquidrockaquatics3900 Just people i come in contact with, who have an interest in woodwork. I'm 73 and retired, so everything i make i give away to deserving people, i donate a lot to my Men's Shed who go on to sell it, which helps run the Men's Shed. Cheers

Love this book! kzread.infoUgkxpCNxqmAkyjN6NPx1fyB7QiEFWyO5mUWL it is simply one-of-a-kind! I really love it, because karah explained all tools required to have the job done, not mentioning the fabulous diy pallets ideas. I'm pretty sure this will be a fresh start in my new endeavour. Amazon was great, they delivered on time. Thank you!

Thank You Linn. Amazing video and typed on the different , looking for a long time for a go to Polish for my wood cooking utensils. Thank you again

Thanks for a great video - very informative 🤗

Excellent video. Everyone interested in beeswax polish should watch.

You can take a cheese grater and break down the large blocks so you don't have to melt the whole block at once. It also melts faster once grated up.

I use beeswax and coconut oil. Its great for the skin too, particularly skin that is sunburnt.

I’ve been making mineral oil/beeswax polish for years to use on my carved spoons, knife handles and cutting boards. I also make a beeswax/coconut oil/almond oil/argan oil blend for my beard. 😂👍🏻

Great tips Linn I’ll be making my own soon.! I used your tung oil wax on my hall table a few years ago on top of a finish & it still looks amazing !!

Thank you Linn! This was a very thorough explanation of the different types of wax, uses and benefits!

Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!

Very nice. Your content is great. Great education and fine delivery.

Those wooden boxes are cool! Thanks for the inspiration.

Love these for wood turning and hand tools.

Thank you for sharing. Very informative and inspiring.

Amazing explanation, very comprehensive and detailed ... The best I've found so far.

Really fantastic tips, Linn! Thanks! 😃 I still need to try to make it with BLO and tung oil! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thank you Darbin, good explanation.

This is awesome! Thank you for making this video, I am going to make some of this myself and the information is very useful.

thank you very much, I fund your tutorial not only informative but well presented x

Thanks for all the tips, very interesting

Amazing. So helpful. Thanks!

Very useful & well made video thanks mate !

Very useful, practical information! Thanks for this.

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!

So informative. Thank you!

Very detailed video I appreciate it.

that was a fantastic, and informative video - thank you very much!

Just echoing everyone else, very nice job, informative, no unnecessary rambling, very useful. Might make some someday. Thank you for your efforts.

Thank you. This will help me a lot.

Really enjoyed this video. Your easy-going personality makes for a welcomed watch! Well-done, thoughtful, and easy to understand the various nuisances of the process. Kudos, from Southern USA!

Great Episode, Linn! I know what I am getting for myself this Christmas! I always get a present for myself at Christmas, in case Santa forgets!! Thanks for the the great tips! 😊

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathleen :)

This is a very useful video all the info I needed & more

Thank you Darbin Orvar🙏 I already have the necessary ingredients, while urgently needing oil wax polish for wood and leather. Your guide has given me confidence and ignited my passion to get started and make my wax polish 🤩

I’ve been making and using a mix with mineral oil for years. I love it, especially on milk or chalk paint. Definitely going to try mixing with tung oil next.

I really enjoyed this video.

Loved your video. I've been looking for more recipes for friction polish. Great ideas. I've added Diatomaceous earth to a mineral oil, beeswax, carnauba wax paste and found it to produce a very nice luster on wood turnings. Never tried using tung or linseed oils with beeswax. Will have to try soon. Thanks for your video.

I had used olive oil and, since that can go rancid I added "vitamin E" via grapeseed oil to it and that prevents the olive oil from becoming rancid that a great tip for anyone who has a farm that can harvest oils that go rancid!

What a wonderful and informative presentation. I'm a bowyer and have been making my own wax polish for the final finish on my bows. If all the presentations I've seen before,yours is just so informative that anyone can follow the steps to finishing their project.

Thank you very much. Every one of your videos is informative and well made. The tips on wax finishing is very much appreciated.

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@theowilson8789

6 ай бұрын

can a person use canola oil

@arasswara1651

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Does linseed oil and beeswax make the surface gloss?

Very helpful, thanks

I bought a walnut oil paste wax and the instructions recommended putting a thin layer of plastic wrap on top of the wax after opening. That might prevent the tung oil from skinning over like that. Great video.

Thank you for detailed explanation. I also do my own wax, but here I learned something new and definitely will try out your recipe. In my recipe for mineral oil I use 85% mineral oil, 12% beeswax and 3% carnauba wax. It creates better protection.

Hallo Linn ein toller wax und danke für deine Nachricht und alles prima und tschüß aus Düsseldorf Germany

Good video!

So helpful! ❤

I use an old crock pot/slow cooker that I bought at a second-hand store for $10. It works great for making small batches of wax polish. I've only made wax polish with mineral oil and beeswax, not tung or linseed oil. I add some lemon oil to the wax polish I make as well. It smells great and it (in theory) adds some antibacterial properties to the polish, which is good for cutting and charcuterie boards and wooden kitchen utensils. For some outdoor projects, I've also added my wax polish on top of spar polyurethane finish. It seems to preserve the gloss of the polyurethane finish for a longer time. As you said, it's just super versatile stuff, and it's really easy and kind of fun to make. I've enjoyed experimenting with different recipes for the polish to see what works best. I am going to try making some polish based on oils other than mineral oil as well. The information you gave here about the tung and linseed oil was really helpful. Thanks for this great video!

@siyeshen

9 ай бұрын

hi😀 lemon oil means lemon essential oil?

@linsen8890

9 ай бұрын

@@siyeshen I just bought some pure lemon oil from Amazon. It wasn't called lemon essential oil. I would make sure that it's pure lemon oil. There's no need for any additives.

@siyeshen

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your answer! This helps me a lot!@@linsen8890

Love the soundtrack! 😎 Great video! Timing, narration, tone, all that.... very easy to follow along. I make and sell The Carpenter's Walwax. I use different ratios and combinations of a couple different waxes, bees being the staple base. I don't worry too much about rancidity, as the way its stored can prolong the shelf life significantly. In '24 I'll be playing with making dyes "from the garden" and cooking them in with the Walwax. Love the wood wax boxes! I use the 2oz tins as well but those wood box.... that's too cool. 😎

I love your wax, I use it in my shop and in the kitchen.

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Hi Marie, that's so great to hear.

Good products for furniture industry Thank you

great video

Linseed oil I use raw as well for the same reason. I use a small crockpot to melt the mixture.

very useful and interesting, i have made some wax polish using tung, beeswax and carnauba with Ok but not brilliant results, like you have been reluctant to use solvent, I will certainly try those proportions as I ran out of materials and patience to experiment,

Thanks for the content, I found it very useful :) ! I did mine with linseed oil and applied it using sand paper. Interestingly though, it created some kind darker sludge/excess maybe product of the cheap sand paper I used. But it kinda went away when I rubbed it using my hands. I think the warmth of my hands plus friction, helped drive some of the wax through the wood better. I hope it won't be detrimental for my skin. My hands feel pretty soft and nice though

Thanks for the very detailed information,but what about using lemon oil or orange oil.

Great info, was exactly what I've been looking for... thank you for sharing! Have you tried the Tung oil wax on a cutting board vs the Mineral oil wax?

A very comprehensive demonstration of all aspects of various wax polishes some of which are rarely discussed or even known by woodworkers. I particularly liked the idea behind using mineral oil with the wax in one formulation!

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Fred!

HI Linn I watched your video with interest. I also make my own wax. My formular is 80% oil !5% bees wax and 5% carnauba wax by weight. This gives you a harder wax is better for a harder finish. It is to hard to scoop out of the tin you store it in, but this can be over come by placing tin of wax in a bowl of hot water not boiling to it becomes pliable enough to apply like your wax. Take care cheers Reggie.

I'm here since before your "15 awesome wax hacks" video! Good to see you talking about bees wax again!

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Haha that was a while ago

Btw, I love this video and the comments are awesome too.

I use a crock pop to mix my beeswax and mineral oil. Just did 20 cans today.

I am considering using tung oil / wax mix for a butcher block countertop. Could you buff the surface to get a higher sheen compared to just pure tung oil?

Have you ever used it over milk paint I have a fir wall I’m debating on how I might finish it

Great Video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Did you ever mix tung oil and linseed oil with bees wax?

What a great video Linn! I remember you making this years ago in Oregon. It's always seemed like a fun project to try out. Thanks for the amazing tips.

@dr.shymaaelrwane1688

9 ай бұрын

Agreed

Thank you very much for your insight! What mix of beeswax+oil would you use, in order to get a nice glossy or half-glossy finish, over a lacquer finished oak wood (for a buffet)?

What would you add to a lawn bowls polish for better grip in wet conditions?

Thanks for sharing. Saya harus coba ini. Membeli langsung cukup mahal buat saya..

Thanks for the recipes as I have just been offered 27 kg raw beeswax!!!

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

What a good problem to have!

Thanku

This was a great tutorial in wax making. I have made mineral oil wax, with a different proportions. I think your is better mine has more wax so it takes more energy to work it in. I did make a softer version, but still more was than yours.

Hi. Have you tried adding carnuba as well? I'm having trouble to get a sheen or gloss with bees wax.

You can use tung oil on food contact surfaces. ie Cutting boards

Hi! I'm just starting to make the keyboards for my homemade pipe organ and I was wondering if I could use this kind of polish on the parts that see a lot of wear? Could I increase the resistance of the finish by useing more beeswax? I would like to keep the wood finish of the whole instrument as natural as posible. Thank you for the video!

Thanks for your video, really helpful, I have lots of wax (beekeeper) and was thinking about waxing my new internal oak doors, donyou think waxing will b suitable for doors? If so, i would like them to stay nice and light in colour so no stain, which oil would you recommend i mix the wax with? Many thanks in advance!!!

I followed your process and made some tung oil/beeswax mixtures. When I applied them to some of my furniture, they initially looked great, but then, after a week or so, I got a white haze on one furniture piece and on another I got a fuzzy finish after the cat walked and sat on the surface. In both cases, reapplying wax repeated the process. The finish looked good to begin with but got hazy or fuzzy after a week. I used the pure tung oil and beeswax at the 4 to 1 ratio that you suggested. One of the pieces of furniture was poly finished and one was oil finished.

@rawr2u190

Жыл бұрын

Do you live in a humid place? If so, running the dehumidifier more during the first week might help.

@conradyork2178

Жыл бұрын

The white haze could be the wax left behind after the oil soaks in. If you buff the surface so that heat builds up the wax may melt into a smooth coat again.

Thank you so much for the very informative video! I'm wondering if you've experimented with 'jojoba' as the oil in wax polish?

yours has been the mos amazing video about the subject. thank you so much from mexico. 1 question, where can i get those cute little wood boxes for my lip balms!!! pleaseeee!!! they are soooo gorgeous!! thakns for sharing!

going to try shellac for the first (from flakes). the shellac will be the wax type (not dewaxed). will use that exclusively, both as a 'stain' and protection (first and last layers). i have a block of bee's wax, i was thing of applying the straight bee's wax using steel wool after the last layer of shellac. would that be ok?

Good video. Could you do 1 part tung and 3 parts mineral oil with the wax?

Great idea. Thank You. Until now, I have been buying a wax finish from Denmark, whenever I was there for a visit, but it has no food-safe marking, so I could not use it for the cutting boards. I have to find, where I can buy food-safe mineral oil in Slovakia, and I will start making this wax.

Wonderful video with lots of good information!!!! Only thing I miss in the video(and also are difficult to find anywhere) is approximately how long before the different mixtures are curred? I'm guessing I have to wait for sometime before using waxed machines/cutting boards etc? Or how do I know?

@darbinorvar

Ай бұрын

It's hard to say exactly how long it takes for the oil to completely cure, however machines shouldn't cure, (use mineral oil based wax for steel surfaces), and in terms of cutting boards, you can use them right away.

Hi just came across this video and I’m curious.!? Can you reheat wax that has a skin on the top.? And will it mix ok or would yo have to remove the skin and discard it then maybe add a little more oil.?? I have several cans of Osmo Top Oil that have this skin on top… great content and thank you..😁💪🏻

I did some wax with olive oil -mind one with very subtle smell - and beewax. Turned out great. I use for leather.

@linsen8890

Жыл бұрын

Watch out for polish based on any kind of vegetable oil going rancid. It might take some time, but it probably will after awhile.

@lontraboi

Жыл бұрын

I am totally taking this recipe with mineral oil for my next project for sure. And doesn't go bad and is cheaper to make.

I real appreciate this video,,😘😘😘. Besides Which oil should I use amount tung oil and linseed to produce a wax for stucco/venetian paint. And do you know how to get the wax white?

Do you need to air out and then dispose of rags after use with the linseed oil?

I just made my first batch today and used baby oil for the mineral oil. Not crazy about the smell. Can i add essential oils to it?

Thank you Linn great video! Answered questions I’ve been looking. Hey curious, I am struggling with what to finish cutting boards with. I know most use mineral oil. What are your thoughts?

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

I use my mineral oil wax polish on all my kitchen-related items. I've been doing it for years and its a lot less messy than just using mineral oil. I keep a tin of polish in my kitchen so I can apply it at anytime. Hope that helps!

@handmadebywoody5168

Жыл бұрын

@@darbinorvar Thanks very much! 🙂

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏. I have an Unrelated question because I love your tools. @ 8:27 of the video you are waxing a band saw table. You got me thinking 🤔, and I have to ask, can you tell me which brand and model is that beautiful saw? 💘

Thank you. Ever experiment with natural but very strong D-Limonene? In place of the mineral oil, or in addition to it.

Can I use olive oil instead of mineral oil. Finding it difficult to get mineral oil

I noticed you were applying wax with steel wool. Do you get problems with iron staining the wood?

Can I use olive oil? Great job

Great video!! Why would you want a wet finish on projects for food btw? In my mind I was looking for a hardened finish

@clarencegreen3071

4 ай бұрын

A hardened film finish like lacquer or polyurethane will not hold up over time. Pinholes will develop and let moisture get to the wood, and then things deteriorate quickly as dark stains develop underneath the film. For MO and BW, which I have used extensively, the oil soaks into the wood. It does not stay "wet." Plus, it is easy to refresh. --Old guy

Hello... From Malaysia.... Can I use beeswax for a tabletop cutting board I'm making? Will it provide some degree of waterproofing? I was thinking to soak the wood in mineral oil, then after a few days and coats, cover in several thin coats of beeswax. Any thoughts?

Is there a reason you wouldn’t use the Tung Oil version on shop tools and metal? I live near the water and humidity is always high, so I was wondering if the Tung Oil version would be good for furniture and tool protection. Plus this way I only have to make one kind of paste wax.

@billm1651

Жыл бұрын

The purpose for tools is to coat them so water in the air isnt coming into contact with metal. So yes it would be fine. Most just use johnstons paste wax for tools since its readily available but whatever you make is fine too.

Thanks.. have a few questions, do you boil lindseed oil first? And can heat be used to apply wax?

@darbinorvar

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lynn, I use raw linseed oil so there aren't chemicals. When you buy "boiled linseed oil" there are metal driers added to the oil to make sure the oil dries faster. Not sure if that's what you mean. I don't boil the oil, I heat it up gently to melt the wax. And yes, heat can be applied to wax.

Great video, thanks. One question: Does it make any difference if you use yellow or white wax?

@darbinorvar

9 ай бұрын

Some bees are just different, but the wax is the same.

@chuckcagle5324

9 ай бұрын

@@darbinorvar thanks. Great videos

I found conola oil works well to for tool tables it's a cooking oil