On 21 Jan, 09:06, Stuart Noble wrote:

Beeswax does have unique properties visually (lustre I think they call
it) but, used on its own, it's way too tacky . Normally combined with
carnauba and paraffin wax to make the typical furniture wax

That's horribly difficult to make up and really only worth it if
you're making it by the ton and care about raw-material costs.

For home-made polishes, stick with beeswax as your main wax, hardened
with carnauba or candelilla as necesary. But keep paraffin waxes and
stearin well away, or the stuff will curdle and be impossible to apply
smoothly.

Microwaxes can be useful too, but they're hard to obtain except in
large quantities, hard to make up into an applyable polish, and you're
better buying in Renaissance Wax ready made.