I use a product called Klean & Brite by a company called MPI in Milton, WI.
I don't know for sure if they are still in business, but this stuff is incredible. You put it on the wood until the wood is completely covered, then you rub the whole thing with a saturated piece if 0000 steed; wool. It actually lifts the dirt off of the original finish and pulls the grime out of the nooks and crannies and cracks and crevices of the wood. When you wipe it off with paper towel, all the nasty gunk is removed. It's amazing stuff.
The if you want, you can use some 400 or 600 sand paper with another product called Arrow Wood Finish from the same company. The higher the grit of sandpaper you use, the more shine you will get in the wood. Then you hand burnish it into the wood until you get the shine you like and then let it sit for a day and rub it down again.
Amazing stuff, and cheap, too.
They also make a cold blueing product that works real well, too.
Watch this guy's videos. I saw him at a show about 10 years ago and got immediately hooked. I've been using these products ever since.
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I don't know for sure if they are still in business, but this stuff is incredible. You put it on the wood until the wood is completely covered, then you rub the whole thing with a saturated piece if 0000 steed; wool. It actually lifts the dirt off of the original finish and pulls the grime out of the nooks and crannies and cracks and crevices of the wood. When you wipe it off with paper towel, all the nasty gunk is removed. It's amazing stuff.
The if you want, you can use some 400 or 600 sand paper with another product called Arrow Wood Finish from the same company. The higher the grit of sandpaper you use, the more shine you will get in the wood. Then you hand burnish it into the wood until you get the shine you like and then let it sit for a day and rub it down again.
Amazing stuff, and cheap, too.
They also make a cold blueing product that works real well, too.
Watch this guy's videos. I saw him at a show about 10 years ago and got immediately hooked. I've been using these products ever since.
