Oil or wax wood?
Wood should be cared for regularly. For the inexperienced, oiling wood is a little easier than waxing it. Here's how to do it correctly.
Oiling or waxing
- You should only grow if you have mastered the technique. The error rate in waxing is higher than in oiling. Therefore, if possible, you should only oil wooden furniture and not wax.
- To do this, buy a good quality oil, such as linseed oil. An extra wood oil, for example for antique furniture, is usually not necessary.
- If you want to wax wooden furniture, the best thing to do is to use beeswax. Around wood Making paintwork water-repellent, however, is more suitable.
How to oil wood
- Spread a first layer of oil on the wood with a brush and then let it soak in.
- Spread more oil on the wood so that it is completely covered, then rub the wood with a cloth in circular motions.
- Then put oil on the wood one more time.
- Now rub the oil into the entire wooden surface in circular movements with a fine-grain sandpaper. Make sure that the surface is sufficiently oiled, otherwise there may be fine scratches.
- Proceed carefully and use too much rather than too little oil on the surface of the wood because you can still take something off
- Now let the oil soak in again and dry well. Then check the oil layer.
- If you feel that the wood could absorb more oil, add another layer of it to the wood. This can happen with old and neglected wood that is very "thirsty".
- Instead of a final layer of oil, you can apply a layer of wax oil, which gives the wood a further shine.
- After this dry you should polish the wood again with a soft, dry cloth.
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