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How to Prepare Beeswax to Clean Antique Furniture
by Jerrie Derose
You probably purchase and use furniture oils and polishes for dusting and cleaning your wooden and antique furniture. Oils may make your wooden furniture shine and spray furniture polishes may smell pleasant and remove the dust, as well as making your wooden furniture shine, but after a period of time the dust will recollect and adheres to the oils and polishes. There is another treatment that will not only clean and protect your wooden furniture, but will add a glow to the wood.
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How to Take an Oil Stain Out of Leather
by Heather Topham Wood
Oil can be a tough stain to remove if you happen to get it on a piece of leather clothing or furniture. Oil and grease stains on leather often result from food items or motor oil. Try and treat the leather immediately. If you are unsuccessful at getting rid of the stain, take the leather piece to the dry cleaners for assistance.
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How to Remove Marker Pen Marks From Wood Furniture
by benfahy
So kids have written or drawn on your furniture with marking pen.
This quick and easy method will remove the marker marks making the furniture once more presentable.
The only things you'll need are * Old English lemon oil
* or Old English Dark furniture oil
* old rags or paper towels
* rubber gloves or a pair of old gloves
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How to Remove Sticky Stuff left from Labels and Price Tags
by Deanne ORear
When removing labels and tags there always seems to be a sticky residue left. Rather than fight with it or leave the sticky stuff you can remove with furniture oil fairly easy. This works great with cd's, furniture, glasses, and picture frames just to name a few. There are other methods but I found this to be the safest for most things.
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How to Remove Oil Based Paint Stains on Furniture
by Ashley Friedman
Oil-based paint is fabulous until it gets onto your furniture. To remove oil-based paint, use a simple application of soap and water to do the trick, and stronger ingredients may be necessary. As annoying as it can be to have to remove oil-based paint from your furniture, it does not have to be an ordeal. With the help of a commercial acetone product or petroleum distillate, you can accomplish most oil-based paint stain removal relatively easily.
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The Best Paint for Unfinished Pine Desk Furniture
by Debbie Tolle
It is important to choose a strong finish when applying paint to a piece of furniture. Oil base paint will give you the strongest finish compared to latex paint. Latex paint is a water based product that does not withstand excessive use. Latex paint is porous, which means that it is flexible. You do not want flexibility when you paint furniture because it will easily chip or scrape off. Oil base paint provides a solid, airtight finish that does not easily chip.
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