Anyone know how do you clean unfinished wood before waxing it? n/t

[Connonym]

[KG]

1. i would tell ya, but it'd be tacky.

[Deja Q]

7. Especially when we saw that fist image before...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6105470&mesg_id=6105856

:yoiks:

[KG]

9. weell, in this case, i was refering to a 'tack cloth' as a way to clean his wood.

:eyes:

[Goblinmonger]

2. *Must resist

pissing off one more person this week with inappropriate comments*

Depends on the condition it is in. You can sand it to even out the grain if that is a problem. Then you wipe it off with tack cloth to get ALL of the dust off. You can also coat it with a sanding sealer if you like, but I don't like the look of that, especially if are going to wax it. That would be my suggestion.

Unless you want the more inappropriate suggestion.

[Connonym]

3. if I lightly sand will it remove the woodstain?

The wood is stained and waxed but not lacquered or varnished. I'm trying to sell it so I want it to look as nice as possible. It has been sitting in the basement gathering dust and cobwebs for a couple years.

And, dude, I thought I had a dirty mind and I didn't even think of any naughty connotations to my post. I must be getting old :sigh:

[Goblinmonger]

10. Is there an area where you can test it?

I am talking about a 400 grit or so. Something really fine. Are you just trying to put more wax on it or are you trying to varnish it? A light sanding with a really fine paper might help to remove some more of the crap from it before you put another level of wax on it. Just make sure you use the tack cloth so there are not little bits of dust left behind to clog up the wax and make it look like crap.

And, come on, waxing wood? That's not a far reach to something naughty, is it. I'm 40, so it must not be age but just what's on my mind, I guess. I must just be a dirty old man.

[Connonym]

11. Great suggestion , thanks

I doubt I would have thought to do a test spot. I'm a head first (hehehe) kind of girl. I'm also 40, 66 was a v. good year for dirty minds.

[struggle4progress]

12. I'd use very fine steel wool. Wipe it off well with a damp soaped rag first.

Then go over it again quickly with something stronger like dilute ammonia in water -- this will really cut greasy deposits but don't let any puddles stand on the surface. I might repeat that treatment several times, letting the wood dry in between. Since I probably wouldn't care about removing the old wax and stain completely, I'd probably then go over it several times with very fine steel wool saturated with whatever wax I intended to apply.

[jmowreader]

4. Start with orange oil

When you go to the store you'll see Lemon Oil and Orange Oil.

Lemon Oil is a ripoff, man, it's light mineral oil with a little bit of lemon in it so it doesn't smell like the petroleum product it is.

Orange Oil is extracted from orange peels with some sort of aqueous solvent. There's no petroleum in it.

Start with the orange oil. Clean it up good. Then rub the piece with steel wool to smooth it out, tack it off with a tack cloth--the microfiber kind is best--apply a couple coats of linseed oil, then wax it with Minwax Paste Finishing Wax.

[AlCzervik]

5. Tsp diluted with water.

[Connonym]

6. Thanks for the advice. Guess how I'm going to be spending my Friday night!

I'll be polishing the wood but not even in a fun way.

[Deja Q]

8. Rent a maid to help polish it for you!

:7