If you don’t want to use strong chemicals in order to seal-preserve and finish your precious wood pieces , you can use for sure many oils and waxes solutions for this .
I personally like to use more natural oils( i LOVE linseed oil ) and waxes and their combinations , but i think the best sealing – long lasting preservation – finishing for wood mentality is this :
” Use the exactly correct and 100% appropriate maintenance-finishing material , for the specific needs your woodworking project has ” . Use the specialized material for the specialized need you have , in order to have the best possible results you can .
I only try to use natural oils and waxes for the wooden things , me and my family touch and be in contact in our daily activities and lives . Indoor or outdoor .
I’ve written a helpful mentality(+tips) “mother”post for the oils and waxes in woodworking , see it in here .
So let’s see some of my suggestions for you :
Waxes for your Wood .
For your oils and wax mixtures , try to have the most pure beeswax you can find in the stores . Combine these two very efficient elements with the Bain – Marie French i think method and you’re ready to apply this to your wood .
The Wuna 5LB Yellow Beeswax Pellets Food Grade Beeswax Triple Filtered .
A very fine beeswax , triple filtered and very safe to use for many crafts , is this from Wuna and it’s in small pellets shape for comfort usage .
It’s a very good quality solution to combine with your oils or all alone to finish a wooden surface .
Just melt it very easily and use a small wool fabric to spread it to your wood . All the gun – rifle – shotgun owners use beeswax to finish the wooden parts of their guns .
Spread your beeswax to the surface and then rub with a wool( it’s important ) fabric , in order to make it extremely beautiful and long lasting .
Go to Amazon to get this 5lb of beeswax in here .
The Liberon is a very respectable wax brand and this 200 grams package of purified wax is another great alternative for you .
It’s highly filtered of course and with this wax bar is enough for a big amount of woodworking projects , finishing .
Go to Amazon and purchase it , in HERE .
The Beeswax Co Pure Texas Beeswax Block – Ultra Clean – Naturally Filtered .
This is the “Ferrari” of the 100% pure and clean beeswax you can purchase from the markets and comes from Texas .
It’s completely food safe and so well made and safe for a variety of uses , that justifies fully its high price , for this 5 pound of wax .
It costs more than 100$ , but the quantity is very big , to last for many months – years if you use it in small crafts and take advantage of a fully safe and pure beeswax .
It’s usable and safe for your kitchen’s wood equipment , for your general wood crafts , for child toys , for all your interior wood projects and whatever you want , having in mind that this is a 100% safe product .
The Amazom platform has the rest and buy it here .
The complete list with all the beeswax varieties you can have from Amazom in here .
You can combine – mix your oils and waxes , by using the bain-Marie , well known cooking technique , melting the wax and mixing it to the oil , in a 10% ratio or less ( 100gr oil – 10gr wax ) .
Then use your brush-cloth to apply to your wooden item and after the drying wipe the excess .
Of course before you apply any of your oils and waxes , you wood should be 100% clean from previously treatment and materials . Natural or chemicals .
The above wood finishing “roadmap” covers the basic mentality columns for your wood maintenance and treatment , if you don’t want to use very strong chemicals , or fully chemical based products .
Before you apply any of the above , you need to prepare your wood , to make a perfect long lasting job .
Scraper planes , cards , abrasives , sandpapers and steel wool is the next preparation step .
Keep woodworking and gain tons of happiness from it .