A lot of modern furniture is supplied as bare unfinished pine. To colour and protect the furniture, the easiest way is to apply a coloured wax. Just rub the furniture with Briwax Original Wax, applied with 0000 steel wool. After about 10 minutes, the wax will have hardened, and you can buff it to a deep shine with a soft cloth. That's all there is to it!

If you want a deeper colour, apply another coat of coloured wax. If you want a lighter colour, apply a coat of Briwax Clear Wax. The Clear wax will ‘thin’ the colour that was applied first.

In hot weather, Briwax Original can go liquid. It's harder to apply the wax when it's like this, and it doesn't go as far. Put the tin in the fridge for a while, or in the freezer for 5-10 minutes, and the wax will harden again. It's a lot easier to create a good finish when the wax is firm, particularly with the darker colours.

Wax is not waterproof, and if spills are allowed to stay on waxed surfaces they can cause white spotting or watermarks. To remove these, just apply another coat of wax to the affected area. Applying new wax will remove the old wax and replace it with a new coat, which should remove the watermarks. However, if you allow the surface to remain wet for a long time, the watermark will get into the wood, and applying more wax won't solve this.