Briwax is most commonly used to clean and protect antique furniture but can also be used on wood floors and kitchen cabinets that have lacquer-based finishes. Briwax can also be used on bare wood to colour and protect. There is no faster, easier way to colour and protect wood mouldings, spindles, and unpainted furniture. Briwax can also be used to protect metals such as brass, chrome, copper, and aluminum from tarnishing as quickly as unprotected metals. Briwax Original Wax shouldn't be used outdoors or on areas that are likely to get wet.

Of course, it depends on where it is used, but in general, if you cannot get a shine with a soft buffing, it is time to re-apply. In high traffic areas, this can be as often as every few months. In vertical applications and low traffic areas, Briwax will last for years. Note: Briwax does not contain UV inhibitors, so direct sunlight will cause it to fade. Briwax is not an exterior product for this reason.

Briwax, or any wax, can be removed with Briwax Furniture Cleaner.

Yes, if the surface is rubbed down with 240-grade sandpaper first. This should be considered only a temporary repair, though. We always recommend removing the existing finish completely first (by sanding or stripping), as the underlying problems inherent with polyurethane finishes (yellowing and cracking) will still happen over time, and will cause the entire coating to degenerate.

No, Briwax Danish Oil does not come in colours, but you can tint it with Briwax Spirit-based Wood Dye. The resultant coloured oil does not have a long shelf life, and so it should be mixed and used within a few days. The disadvantage of mixing the Wood Dyes with Oil is that you are committed to a specific colour. If you apply the Wood Dye to your wood first, you can add more or different colours until you are happy with the colour, and then seal the colour with Oil afterwards. If you apply tinted Danish Oil and don't like the finished colour, you will need to sand the finish off before you can re-colour the timber.

Yes, you can use Briwax Danish Oil on your kitchen bench top, table tops, floors, window sills and doors (interior & exterior) as long as you follow our instructions. See the section on Protecting a floor with Danish Oil for more information on how to create a strong, waterproof finish with Danish Oil.

This does happen sometimes on the second or third coat. Lightly sand the surface with a 240-grade sandpaper and then apply Briwax Danish Oil thinned with mineral turps by 15-20%. By giving the product more flow in this way, it should cure the problem.

This depends on the application and on the timber it is applied to, but generally 12-14 square metres per litre is the norm, although on the second and subsequent coats, this can double or treble! A five-litre tin of Danish Oil is normally sufficient for four coats on a floor of 30 square metres.

There are a few reasons why this can happen: temperature, a contaminant in the timber, unshaken cans or application too thick. Generally, a wipe down with mineral turpentine, left to dry, and lightly sanded, then a thin coat of the oil will remedy this.

Danish Oil gives a flat, natural look to the timber. If you apply two further coats of Briwax Teak Oil over the first coat of Danish Oil, this will give you a gloss finish.

Yes. Briwax Original Wax is recommended to give a deep and long-lasting sheen. Try one of the Briwax coloured waxes to give a deeper colour.