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Hello,
I had a reclaimed wax kitchen fitted recently and have been experimenting with finishes for the rest of the room. Its an old house and the room was gutted back to stone walls then rebuilt. Im looking to put on timber linings which I want to wax the same as the kitchen. The folk who made the kithen units left me a tin of Hannants wax that was used for the units.
I experimented with the wax today but found it was very hard and is very difficult to spread a thin even layer over the timber. I was simply wiping a cloth over the wax in the tin then rubbing it onto the timber but I can see its thick in places and thin in others.
After buffing it looks good but I can see the difference in thickness layers and this wont be acceptable for taking on the linings job Im planning.
Are there any special techniques for doing this. Can I thin the wax etc?
Thanks
I had a reclaimed wax kitchen fitted recently and have been experimenting with finishes for the rest of the room. Its an old house and the room was gutted back to stone walls then rebuilt. Im looking to put on timber linings which I want to wax the same as the kitchen. The folk who made the kithen units left me a tin of Hannants wax that was used for the units.
I experimented with the wax today but found it was very hard and is very difficult to spread a thin even layer over the timber. I was simply wiping a cloth over the wax in the tin then rubbing it onto the timber but I can see its thick in places and thin in others.
After buffing it looks good but I can see the difference in thickness layers and this wont be acceptable for taking on the linings job Im planning.
Are there any special techniques for doing this. Can I thin the wax etc?
Thanks