"stuart noble" wrote in message


You might as well use vaseline or any grease.

Neither of which are solids, which is why they're not used to finish
furniture.

Polish is as polish does. As with car wax, wax polish is a cutting
paste. It is the finest of finishes but still an abrasive.

I've never known a furniture polish that contained abrasives.

What do you think evens out the imperfections in the finely ground
almost finished product? I suggest someone take this to Google or
something similar before any more silly comments are made.

As for using vaseline which by the way imparts a nice finish -to oak for
one timber, I never said it was a polish. I was comparing its use to the
OP's idea of heating the wax finish.

I have sen engine oil used as a finish on plywood. It looked OK. I doubt
it was much use theough as oil in wood tends to soften it. I don't know
what long term effect it may have had on the ply.

Does anyone know why some French Polish is called garnet? Or am I
misremembering something from my dim and distant?


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