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How to Use Briwax to Age Pine
Looking to make new pine look aged? Read the complete Aging Pine article. You’ll be able to easily make the honey colored English/Irish pine look using new pine boards, sodium hydroxide and Briwax. You can create looks like this: Entertainment … Continue reading
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Using Briwax in a Liquid State
Briwax is designed to melt at 85°F. Use in the liquid state to get the wax deep into cracks, crevices, carvings, etc. This piece of driftwood was found on the beach. How can you preserve this piece properly? Using Briwax … Continue reading
Briwax can be used on ceramics
An unglazed ceramic piece can be given a new look by waxing the piece with Briwax. Is the piece dull and you would like more sheen? Want to create an aged look? Look at these ceramic pumpkins in the picture … Continue reading
How to achieve a sheen using Briwax . . .
If you looked at a cross-section of your wood after it has been sanded, under a microscope, the top surface would look much like this: VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV The pores of the wood look much like “peaks” and “valleys”. You cannot see … Continue reading
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How long will my Briwax finish resist a liquid spill?
Envision waxed paper – when you put liquid on the waxed paper, it beads then within a few minutes, the liquid is absorbed into the waxed paper. Briwax will resist a liquid spill for about 20 minutes before the liquid … Continue reading
Briwax is Reversible
What does that mean? Technically Briwax is an evaporative finish, which means that every time you introduce a petroleum distillate (mineral spirits) to wax, you will dissolve the wax. Nothing is harmed of course, but a lot of house maids panic … Continue reading
Just what is Briwax?
Briwax is a blend of beeswax and carnauba wax. An all natural product. Beeswax is an excellent preservative, but relatively soft. Carnauba wax is a much harder wax. The combination of the two makes for a perfect finish on all … Continue reading
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