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7.01.2011

Polish and antique wood with beer



Turns out, all those spilled beer is exactly where they should be! Some ways you can use beer to polish wood funitures and floors:

Basic polish: pour some flat beer onto a microfiber rag and rub it into wooden furniture to add some shine and deepen the color.

 
Polish Recipe #1: This one is good for oak furniture. (credit)
Boil together
one quart of beer
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons beeswax
Cool, then wipe onto your furniture. Let this dry. Polish with a soft cloth.



Antique wood with beer: Traditional dark beers will create an antique wood effect far quicker.

Highlights
  • Chestnut dark mild beer has the strength to stain the wood, premium lager would do nothing.
  • Sand off the layers of polish or varnish. 
  • Must use CLEAN CLOTH for staining. Dip cloth into a dish of dark beer and rub onto the surface of the wood. 
  • Let a corner of the clean cloth soak into the dark beer and sit the beer soaked cloth on top of the wood for an uneven finish look that antique wood have. 
  • Add a light coat of varnish to seal the color in when you have the color you want.
 Detailed instruction here.

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