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Using rag and homemade beeswax wood polish to buff a brown table image.

Beeswax Furniture Polish Recipe

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
A simple recipe for making beeswax furniture polish to clean and protect wooden furniture. This basic tutorial only requires 2 ingredients: beeswax and olive oil. You probably already have them on hand.
5 from 6 votes
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Tools

Supplies
 

  • 8 oz Olive Oil net wt
  • 2 oz Beeswax net wt
  • 6 drops Lemon Essential Oil optional
  • 4 drops vitamin E oil optional

Instructions
 

  • Melt the beeswax using a double boiler. (I love this double boiler.)
    Beeswax pastilles are nice and easy to measure. However, chunks of wax are also just fine. 
    Melting beeswax in a double boiler for furniture recipe image.
  • Once the beeswax is melted, slowly stir in the olive oil.  Stir until everything is mixed and melted.
    Measured olive oil being added to melted beeswax for furniture polish recipe image.
  • Pour into containers. Remove the small pot with ingredients from the heat source. Now you can add a few drops of Vitamin E oil (if desired). 
    This is not necessary but it prolongs the shelf life of the oils in the finished furniture polish.
    Pour the mixture into any type of container you wish to use. I pre-warm glass jars to hold my beeswax furniture polish. Let cool and seal with a lid.
    Pouring beeswax furniture polish recipe into glass jars to cool image.

Notes

**Optional: Some people prefer the natural beeswax scent.  However, you can add a few drops of lemon essential oil or similar fragrance if you wish.
*It is safe for most types of wood but always test on a small inconspicuous area first.
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