https://oldetoolworkshop.com/tags/finishing/Recent content in Finishing on Olde Tool WorkshopHugoen-usMon, 15 Dec 2025 01:00:00 -0500https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2025-12-14-makin-some-soft-wax/Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:00:00 -0500https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2025-12-14-makin-some-soft-wax/<p> <figure> <img src="https://oldetoolworkshop.com/img/2025/12/lap-soft-wax.png" alt="Soft Wax"> <center><figcaption>My latest batch of soft wax</figcaption></center> </figure> </p> <p>Well, it’s that time of the year when a man’s thoughts turn to soft wax. Homemade soft wax is an indispensable component in any traditional woodworking shop. It’s safe, easy to use, and has a lot of applications from coating tools to prevent rust to using it as a milk paint top coat.</p> <p>I decided to make up a fresh batch today, as I had all the materials according to Lost Art Press’s recipe, which calls for 2 cups of boiled linseed oil, 108 g of food-grade beeswax, and 4 tablespoons of citrus solvent. I added an extra tablespoon of solvent because I wanted my wax just a little bit softer.</p>https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2018-05-08-cabinet-refinishing-project/Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2018-05-08-cabinet-refinishing-project/<p> <img src="https://oldetoolworkshop.com/img/2018/05/Pine-Cabinet-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </p> <h4 id="cabinet-before-painting">Cabinet Before Painting</h4> <p>Sometimes a project just screams “You must complete me now!”. Well, that is what my latest project was saying to me. I was lucky and picked up a nice pine standing cabinet from Freecycle.org a while back and it looked like it only had one coat of polyurethane on it and the cabinet looked to be 15 or 20 years old. I knew it wold make a great addition to my shop as a paint and adhesives storage cabinet.</p>