On Jan 26, 11:54 pm, Father Haskell wrote:

Lots of interesting points there.

I take it you don't like Murphy's oil soap?

Not one bit. It is still soap of unknown makeup. So what does it
leave behind after rinsing?

I never use anything that

- nourishes (baloney!)
- protects (leaves behind some kind of residue
- deep cleans (probably has some unknown solvents in it)
- restores (how in the hell is that supposed to work? How do you
restore a finish if you don't put more on? If you can find a way to
"restore" brittle, crumbling resins left behind on an antique, you
will be a millionaire overnight!)

Most finish "restoring" recipes are not much more than a heavy solvent
based cleaner with a bit of toner and resin in it. What they do is
melt the remaining finish in with new resins and leave behind a
blended mess.

This stuff is OK for the furniture in the kid's room, old stuff you
don't care about, or the utility stuff going off to college.

It is in no way a restorer of any sort.

Robert