Best Paste Wax For Painted Furniture

Use darker wax on darker pieces which will help you polish it and hide any minor flaws.

Best paste wax for painted furniture.

Chalk tique paste wax best protective wax for chalk paint. There are a lot of types of wax you can use. However what makes it stand out for waxing chalk painted furniture is one review left by a shabby chic painter. Liming wax isn t a protective or barrier coating for furniture.

You can see my review of that in this post about my chalk painted french country bar stools. However brown antiquing wax generally comes in one shade where glaze can come in any shade. Finally i applied ascp soft wax allowed it to dry buffed and repeated the process with a second coat of wax. Though poly will intensify them.

Minwax 78500 regular finishing wax has over 170 positive reviews and as a paste finishing wax is pretty well received by most reviewers. It is inexpensive and works great. The plaster paint co sells a paste wax that is wonderful and the miss mustard seed wax and well as the fusion wax finish i sell are both fantastic too. Some are pure beeswax others are pure carnauba.

Dover s wax for chalk finish furniture paint best oil infused wax for chalk paint. You can t go wrong applying it when you use a quality brush and or a foam flocked roller with rounded ends. Minwax paste finishing wax best all natural wax for chalk paint. Minwax polycrylic is the best water based poly to use to seal painted furniture.

Soft wax is great but i now prefer the less expensive harder and more glowing finish of minwax paste finishing wax. Paste wax will deepen colors and really enrich them like poly can t. Folkart home decor chalk furniture craft paint best sealant wax for chalk paint. By applying black furniture wax to our red painted table we add just enough depth and antiquing to create a beautiful finish.

Liming wax is white. Best finishing wax for chalk paint furniture. Another option is briwax which probably might be available in your local hardware store or woodworking store and if not easily purchased on amazon. Because both chalk and milk painted furniture is porous in nature wax easily absorbs into the surface.

The wax creates a pickling white washed effect on wood or paint. When the wax hardens it seals the painted surface with a lovely natural looking soft sheen. The best use for paste wax is to maintain and care for your furniture. The liming wax i order years ago is in the photo above plus i created homemade liming wax.

This table was donated to a local school for one of their fundraising events. Red painted table with black furniture wax. The sheen can then be controlled by additional buffing. Brown paste wax can add a nice patina if you don t want to go through the trouble of waiting for a glaze to dry.

Paste wax will make a wood piece shinier because it fills in digs and other crevices.