Paste wax will make a wood piece shinier because it fills in digs and other crevices.
Best paste wax for painted furniture.
Brown paste wax can add a nice patina if you don t want to go through the trouble of waiting for a glaze to dry.
You can t go wrong applying it when you use a quality brush and or a foam flocked roller with rounded ends.
Folkart home decor chalk furniture craft paint best sealant wax for chalk paint.
Best finishing wax for chalk paint furniture.
And some gorgeous effects can be created by using dark wax white wax or metallic wax.
Use darker wax on darker pieces which will help you polish it and hide any minor flaws.
It is inexpensive and works great.
However brown antiquing wax generally comes in one shade where glaze can come in any shade.
Minwax 78500 regular finishing wax has over 170 positive reviews and as a paste finishing wax is pretty well received by most reviewers.
The best use for paste wax is to maintain and care for your furniture.
Enjoy the beauty shots of all the details.
By applying black furniture wax to our red painted table we add just enough depth and antiquing to create a beautiful finish.
The liming wax i order years ago is in the photo above plus i created homemade liming wax.
Liming wax isn t a protective or barrier coating for furniture.
You can see my review of that in this post about my chalk painted french country bar stools.
There are a lot of types of wax you can use.
Minwax polycrylic is the best water based poly to use to seal painted furniture.
Minwax paste finishing wax best all natural wax for chalk paint.
Some are pure beeswax others are pure carnauba.
The plaster paint co sells a paste wax that is wonderful and the miss mustard seed wax and well as the fusion wax finish i sell are both fantastic too.
Dover s wax for chalk finish furniture paint best oil infused wax for chalk paint.
The sheen can then be controlled by additional buffing.
Another option is briwax which probably might be available in your local hardware store or woodworking store and if not easily purchased on amazon.
The wax creates a pickling white washed effect on wood or paint.
Decoart americana decor creme wax best wax cream for chalk paint.
Chalk tique paste wax best protective wax for chalk paint.
Liming wax is white.
Soft wax is great but i now prefer the less expensive harder and more glowing finish of minwax paste finishing wax.
Red painted table with black furniture wax.
Because both chalk and milk painted furniture is porous in nature wax easily absorbs into the surface.
When the wax hardens it seals the painted surface with a lovely natural looking soft sheen.
Paste wax will deepen colors and really enrich them like poly can t.
Though poly will intensify them.