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Presenting: Natural Wax-Oil finish
By fern | November 17, 2007
We searched far and wide to find a finish that would be the most beautiful, brilliant and durable finish possible with natural ingredients. We believe we found it and our tests confirm that we were successful. We’re proud to offer you Hardwax Oil with our selected Artisan series pieces.
Hardwax Oil is an engineered finish made with plant oils and waxes, plus just enough highly refined mineral spirits to allow easy application. This remarkable finish offers excellent durability and renewability with a unique lustrous finish. It will never crack, blister or flake off. Instead of forming a plastic film, like polyurethane does, Hardwax Oil has open pores that “breathe.” This allows any moisture that does get through to get back out again without pushing off the finish.
When the finish wears-as all finishes eventually do, spot repair is so easy that you can keep the finish in good shape indefinitely.
Key ingredients in Hardwax Oil include sunflower, soybean and thistle oil, plus two hard, natural waxes—carnauba and candelilla. A Brazilian palm tree, Copernica cerifera, produces the carnauba in its leaves, berries and stalks. Villagers cut down fronds, dry them for several days, and then beat off the wax. The candelilla comes from the outer coating on a desert shrub, Euphorbia antisyphiliti, that grows in northern Mexico.
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