Wax Polish on Pine (and hello from a new fella)

[Risky Duckfeet]

Good morning everyone,

Hello, what a great site, how happy I am that I found it. Glad to be here and lovely to meet you all.

Just a quick one really, I'm gently breaking into wood working,which is something that I've always wanted to do. I've been shaping a frame for a mirror for about two weeks now, using nothing but a Stanley 151 spoke shave because I thought it was a good idea.

It's come out quite nice after a number of days of effort, I've sanded it starting at 60 grit and finishing at 340 (i think)

I have put the first load of Briwax polish on, I used p1000 wet and dry as this is all that I had but it came up quite nice after buffing.

How should I carry on? Should I continue with p1000, 0000 wire wool or just use a cloth?

Probably sound very thick but this is not something that I know a lot about and I would like to do well.

Thanks in advance for your advice and look forward to a lot mure of this in the future.

K (hammer)

 

[mailee]

Hi risky duckfeet and welcome to the forum. If your frame is smooth enough which after 1000 grit I should think it will be then just use the wax on a cloth is my opinion. I have made a lot of pine furniture and usually only finish it to around 400grit before turning to the 0000 wire wool and wax and this seems to work fine.

 

[yetloh]

Yes, welcome to the forum; lots of good stuff here.

I agree you should stop there. Very few furniture makers routinely go beyond 400 grit because the law of diminishing returns applies. There is a school of thought which holds that anything beyond 240 or 320 can inhibit the adhesion of some finishes but I have never seen any evidence for this. It certainly doesn't apply to wax otherwise no one would ever bother to wax polish a car!

I hope you realise that the world of wood is the path to great expenditure on tools and setting yourself ever more difficult problems to solve. I love it.

Jim

 

[Risky Duckfeet]

Thanks both of you, it came up very nice after a lot of buffing gut I think that I'm going to try putting a second coat on with 0000 wire wool. And then a couple more on top (just because I enjoy the buffing).
In future I might just do what you say and stop at the 320ish mark.
Cheers for the advice and I think the comment about expenditure may very well be right. :wink: