Mary Fisher wrote:
"doozer" wrote in message
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Wax for a table is stupid unless you want to spend a lot of time re-doing
it. My life's too precious.

Mary
Maker of beeswax polish :-)

Hmmm, bet you don't sell much polish with a sales pitch like that )


I sell a lot and I can't understand it. People ask me what type of polish
they should use on a pine dresser, for instance (I make two types of
polish). I say that they shold use pu. They buy the polish.

The phrase "you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear" comes to mind
but I don't think people realise (I am guilty of this as well). I prefer
my pine untreated. Just let it develop a good colour on it's own. The
pine you get now-a-days has been grown so fast there practically isn't a
grain to show off anyway.


I'm the world's worst salesman, people tell me that they want some honey
because it's good for you, I say is it? And even if it is, eating honey
because it's good for you is like drinking a fine malt because it's good for
you. Food's about pleasure, not medicine.

Here here. I can't understand people that don't eat for pleasure. You
probably spend 10% of your life cooking or eating so you might as well
enjoy it.

They buy the honey. My marmalade
has pips in it, I warn people so that they don't think that there are
toenails in it. They buy the marmalade. I make a handcream, they ask if it's
good, I say I don't know, I don't use it although my husband does. They buy
that by the truckload. As it were.

I suspect that people think that they're a better judge than I am. And they
are, for things they want. Why should my opinion be worth more than theirs?
That makes me wonder, though, why they ask my opinion if they're not going
to believe it :-)

I know what you mean. I get that all the time :-)


If someone wants to spend lots of time and effort polishing a pine dresser
with my polish that's fine, it won't do any harm, it will look good for a
short time, it will give them some exercise. I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't
have the pine dresser in the firstplace but that's my preference and so far
I've managed to live with it.

Anyway, I would recommend Danish Oil. I built a fish tank cabinet 18
months ago and treated it with Danish Oil and it still looks as good as
new despite having water splashed on it (and sometimes not mopped up)
practically everyday. The only thing I would say though is brush it on.
Don't mess about with a lint free cloth.


If the oil repels water stains it's good.

It's life Teflon to water. A great choice to anywhere that is going to
get splashed. I imagine it wouldn't last if there was any soap in the
water though.

Beeswax polish won't! The polish
is ideal for raising a high shine on valuable furniture - but the finish
isn't durable for everyday use.

I was going to try my hand a polishing something (French or beeswax). I
think maybe I will investigate that a bit more first.


Mary