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Wood Carvers, Wood Turners, and Wood Workers have trusted Briwax for their treasured projects for years!

Why Use Briwax?  Briwax can enhance your all of your wood carving, wood working, wood finishing and wood related projects Look at the demostration pictures below:

Briwax highlights the details
Old reclaimed pine table . . . to be finished in Rustic Pine Briwax
Briwax enhances the grain of the wood - with a perfect blend, every time!

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Helpful Hints:

Helpful Hints on Using BRIWAX

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 surfaces.

• The addition of various dye colors suspended in the wax allows Briwax to diminish minor scratches disappear without changing the character or color of the piece.

• An inherent cleaning solvent in the wax is designed to clean grease and grime off the surface before it evaporates, leaving a waxed surface.  This thin film of wax prevents oils and salts (fingerprints) from harming the surface finish.

• The possibilities for Briwax are endless.  Use it on wood, leather, marble, concrete, metal or properly cured painted surfaces.  The only surface NOT appropriate for Briwax is linoleum.  The original blend of carnauba wax for long lasting shine and beeswax for durability protects most finishes.

• Simple to use, it leaves a beautiful finish that is easily maintained.

For instance: You have a beautiful Mahogany piece that you believe is too "red". Apply Dark Brown Briwax to "tone-down" the red and the piece will appear more in the "Auburn" range of color. If you don't like this effect simply rewax with Antique Mahogany and the red of the piece will be highlighted again. You see, it's reversible! You may do this in ten minutes or ten years, it doesn't matter, it is always reversible.

If your Briwax turns to liquid in the can, this in no way diminishes the quality of the product.  Simply allow the container to come to room temperature to return to a paste form.  (You can also place the can in the refrigerator)  Just like butter, the wax will harden again!

TIP #3:     The GREEN plastic lid that came on your Briwax can . . . .

The Briwax you purchased, more than likely, came with a GREEN plastic lid.  This plastic lid is designed for physically stabilizing the product during shipping and for ease of stacking at your neighborhood retailer. 

Once you open the can of Briwax, discard the GREEN plastic lid and RETAIN and use the METAL LID for storing your Briwax.  The metal lid will keep your Briwax ready to use on your newly acquired antique or your next woodworking project.

TIP #4:     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 is absorbed into the finish.  Simply wipe off the spill and rewax, if necessary.

TIP #5:        Achieving a Sheen using Briwax


If you looked at a cross-section of your wood under a microscope, the top surface would look much like this:

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The pores of the wood look much like "peaks" and "valleys".  In order to achieve a sheen with Briwax, you must first fill the pores or the "valleys" with Briwax.

On soft woods, such as pine, the pores of the wood are large. Generally three or four applications of Briwax are necessary to completely fill the pores and develop a beautiful hand rubbed luster on raw pine. Pine wood that has already been stained or finished will develop a sheen more quickly.

On hard woods -- maple, oak, birch, etc. -- the pores are quite small. The hand rubbed luster can easily be achieved with one or two applications of Briwax.

Remember these key elements in applying Briwax:

1.  Use Briwax sparingly -- a little goes a long way
2.  Always buff after each application of Briwax
3.  If the wax smudges, you've used too much Briwax.

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