How to Clean and Polish Wooden furniture with HomeMade solvent

We like to keep wood looking nice, but don’t always stop to think that what makes it look nice and shiny might not actually be good for the wood itself. Aerosol wood polish sprays generally just coat the surface in a slick, impenetrable layer of who-knows-what, leaving it looking ridiculously shiny. It doesn’t actually ‘feed’ the wood, moisturize it, or last very long at all (when I used it, I found it made a difference for all of 3 hours.) Luckily, there are several very easy ways to naturally care for your wood that, at least in my experience, work much better than a lot of stuff sold in stores.

To polish wood furniture:                                                               

• 1 cup of cold pressed olive oil                                                   
• ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice                                           
• Shake in a glass jar and apply with a very soft cloth to naturally clean and polish hard wood furniture.

To clean wooden furniture:                                                             

• 1 cup filtered water                                                                  
• 3 Tbsp distilled white vinegar                                   
• Use a soft cloth to wipe down wooden furniture and give it a good cleaning before polishing and restoring.

To restore wooden furniture:                                                          

• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/8 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/8 cup flaxseed oil
• Mix together and use a soft cloth to restore wood furniture.

To remove water condensation marks on wood furniture:          

  

• mix up equal parts of distilled white vinegar and olive (or other vegetable oil)
• Rub to remove marks with the grain.                                         
•  Wipe off with a soft cloth.