Help With Old Furniture Polish Recipe

[mlhm5]

Has the consistency of liquid car polish, is white in color, will separate if allowed to stand for some time.

It is a polish and a cleaner.

I know two ingredients are turpentine and paraffin oil (kerosene) for you Aussies.

Unsure of the rest.

[Zsteve]

Sounds like a polish reviver. If it wasn't white I'd say the thrid ingredient was boiled linseed oil. As its white I'd probably suggest either that its vinegar or water.

Steve

[astrid]

probably a wax.

astrid

[STAR]

Parrafin Oil is not Kerosene in Australia. Liquid Parrifin Oil, BP Pharmaceutrical grade is available at Chemists and health Stores. It is used as an internal cleanser and also used as a gel when used with using an Ultra Sound when treating muscle injuries on greyhounds, horses and even by Physiotherapists for humans.

I doubt it would be kerosene based, but i stand to be corrected. Can't imagine taking a kerosene based product internally, although I did hear about someone, down by the river bank drinking methylated Spirits.

[ubeaut]

Paraffin oil is also used as baby oil, and used extensively in cosmetics, medicated creams and and oils, etc and is the oil of choice for all food implements, chopping boards etc. It's totally inert and non toxic. Problem is, it's a non drying oil, so not really suited to this use as it would smear on the surface of whatever you polish.

However I have included it in one of the recipes below but personally I wouldn't use because of the non drying problem. I do however prefer to use it as the lubricant when French Polishing because of the non drying property, which makes it extremely handy.

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THE RECIPE AS ASKED FOR: Turpentine (mineral) 1 part - Methylated spirits (ethanol) 1 part - Vinegar either white or brown (any type) 1 part - Raw Linseed oil 1/2 part.

Shake like crazy.

For a white one use white vinegar and paraffin oil or boiled linseed oil.

For yellow: use either colour vinegar and raw linseed oil. White vinegar will give a pale yellow whilst brown will give a darker yellow.

Will separate very quickly and needs to be shaken regularly during use.

Cheers - Neil

PS other additives that can be used are shellac and/or beeswax in very minute parts but both add problems to the mix so it.s best to leave them out. The above works brilliantly without other additives and best of all if made with linseed rather than paraffin oil.

[MALPT]

Parrafin Oil is not Kerosene in Australia. Liquid Parrifin Oil, BP Pharmaceutrical grade is available at Chemists and health Stores. It is used as an internal cleanser and also used as a gel when used with using an Ultra Sound when treating muscle injuries on greyhounds, horses and even by Physiotherapists for humans.

I doubt it would be kerosene based, but i stand to be corrected. Can't imagine taking a kerosene based product internally, although I did hear about someone, down by the river bank drinking methylated Spirits.

Apparently Paraffin Oil (as described by STAR) is usually different from Paraffin or Paraffin Wax BUT sometimes it is the same (seems to depend on where you are and purpose - see here and here ...... talk about confusing