Wood finishing advice please.

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I've sanded down and stained a pair of speakers. Now I want to finish the job with a nice wax or other protection.

Question :

Will Carnauba wax be ok ? I know its mostly used on cars, but will it be ok to use it on wood. ?

I believe Beeswax is the stuff I should really be using, but I already have some carnauba in the garage !!

Any advice ?
 
Nitromorz gives a nice finish :eek:


:D
 
What wood is it? Some timbers with tight grain come up nicer with oil rather than wax.
 
Hmm, nitromorS.

err no.

Dont know what wood it is Taz, its a real wood veneer and does have quite a tight grain.

A pic if its any help :

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Could have swore it was a z, but apparently not lol.

Wish I could help, but sadly not. Apart from suggest linseed oil maybe?
 
Hard to tell from the photo but looks like it may be a teak veneer. A few coats of teak oil would bring the grain up a treat. This will give a light sheen, but a coat or 2 of finishing oil on top then a light beeswax buffed up will bring up a nice shine.
If it's high gloss you're after though it will need a varnish or lacquer.
 
Could well be teak Taz, I know a lot of manufacturers use this. They're from the late 70's, possibly 1980, Teak was quite common then wasn't it.

The finish I'm after is a satin sheen rather than high gloss.
 
Looks like a mahogany veneer. Mahogany lends itself to finishing with a woodstain (I don't mean making a drastic colour change).
 
I've put 2 coats of stain on them arclight, They are now a lovely dark Indian Rosewood colour. However they need something to protect them now.
 
I would be tempted to leave them as they are if you are satisfied with their appearance.
Be different if they were a working surface like a table top.
 
Any type of wax will be fine if that is the sheen you want. Equally doing nothing will be OK too if they already look as you want.

Teak is used for high end garden furniture and can be left outside unfinished so indoors as a veneer on chipboard it will be fine. The other hardwoods it could be (my guess was Sapele) are not as weatherproof but still don't need a finish for indoor use.

Oh and 'oils' that you buy for wood finishing are just varnish with more thinners added so you can apply them with a rag. They don't have oil in them as oil does not dry and will always be sticky :)
 
RobertP said:
You'd better stock up as the active ingredient of Nitromors is about to be banned by the EU I believe.
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And no doubt it's replacement ingredient won't be half as good, and is this all just because they think someone may be stupid enough to use their hand to apply it instead of a brush.

There is not a better product for removing coatings in my opinion.........:bang:
 
I would use Danish oil, It is like teak oil but dries quicker. Teak oil will remain sticky for quite a long time.
when the danish oil is dry I finish with a mix of carnauba and bees wax,(I make my own) most high quality furniture polishes contain Carnauba wax, as it is extremely hard and will not finger mark.
 
Thanks for the advice chaps !

I've plumped for some Briwax original beeswax. Found it cheap on fleabay.
 
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