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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 246980, member: 37"]What I am seeing is probably too much wax build up. Clean the piece with mineral spirits to cut any wax build up. If there are any places that need touch up, hit them with a little matching stain. Re-coat with an oil varnish (Tung oil varnish preferred by me but products like Watco are OK) Let dry and re-coat if necessary. After dry, go over with a very fine steel wool to knock down imperfections. Use a paste wax to finish up. This assumes little to no finish degradation. If original finish is too far gone, you will have to strip first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 246980, member: 37"]What I am seeing is probably too much wax build up. Clean the piece with mineral spirits to cut any wax build up. If there are any places that need touch up, hit them with a little matching stain. Re-coat with an oil varnish (Tung oil varnish preferred by me but products like Watco are OK) Let dry and re-coat if necessary. After dry, go over with a very fine steel wool to knock down imperfections. Use a paste wax to finish up. This assumes little to no finish degradation. If original finish is too far gone, you will have to strip first.[/QUOTE]
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