Help - wood wax issue

[winkiwin]

Hi.

I am a long time lurker and am not very skilled beyond basic diy and the like. Think Aldi rather than Festool.

On a recent trip to the parents they commented that they had applied wax to some furniture and had seen some evidence of marking. I have taken pictures as below and I'm wondering what has happened.

 

[CHJ]

To me it looks like the wood surface was not sealed and the solvent/carrier in the 'spray' polish has penetrated the underlying wood.

Maybe the surface is now sealed with the 'polish' and is trapping in un-evaporated solvent/carrier in the wood, darkening it.

 

[custard]

My guess is those marks were there before they applied the wax, but they never noticed because it was all fairly matt and dull. It's a bit like applying an oil finish when there's some PVA squeeze out, the squeeze out was pretty much invisible before, but with the finish on top it's blindingly obvious!

 

[Matt@]

be interested to know which non silicone spray polish was used as if its the bright yellow can with funny shaped lid (sorry forget the name but dreadful stuff ) it seems to have some sort of oil in it and that would bring dings and dents alive so to speak....

 

[Keithie]

woodsilk spray ? ..its great stuff so long asit doesnt actually come into contact with any wood! We use it over sealed / thoroughly waxed surfaces as its probably better than using pledge!

(both woodsilk and pledge say not to use on unsealed surfaces)

 

[Matt@]

yes thats the one! whats in it? I've used it and its great when it first goes on then it kind of evaporates within 24hrs....

 

[ED65]

be interested to know which non silicone spray polish was used as if its the bright yellow can with funny shaped lid (sorry forget the name but dreadful stuff ) it seems to have some sort of oil in it and that would bring dings and dents alive so to speak....

That is what my money's on.

This is a great illustration of why these sorts of furniture polishes are fundamentally a bad idea. If we still used paste wax only this sort of thing would never crop up. Wax feels better and keeps the surface shiny a lot longer too!

But waxing takes longer to do and it's more work to put on, which is why Pledge etc. came along.