How Often Should I Use Gilboys Beeswax Polish?
We often get asked "How often do I use it?" regarding our beeswax polishes. This will very much depend on the environment to which the surface is exposed.
Surfaces that are exposed to high mechanical wear such as the top of a coffee table, chest of drawers or dining table will require wax polishing more often: Once, possibly twice a year. Whereas an oak coffer or grandfather clock will probably only require wax polishing once every 4 or 5 years.
Other environmental factors may influence this guide. For example, if your furniture is exposed to direct sunlight and how long it is exposed. Direct sunlight exposure will rapidly shorten the time required between applications.
Other factors that are not so critical, but may have an effect, are how dry and warm the environment or how often the piece is dusted. Regular dusting will have a mechanical effect with the action of wiping.
Beeswax Polishing Frequency Guide
| Dining or Kitchen Table (in regular daily use) | One or two times a year |
| Kitchen Chair (arms and seat mostly) | One or two times a year |
| Dining Chair | Once every three or four years |
| Coffee Table | One or two times a year |
| Side Table or Console Table | Once every two years |
| Kitchen Table | One or two times a year |
| Chest of Drawers | Once every four or five years |
| Bureau or Davenport | Once every four or five years |
| Grandfather Clock | Once every four or five years |
| Wardrobes | Once every four or five years |
| Dressing Table | Once every two or three years |
| Bedside Table | Once every two or three years |
| Piano (fall-front lid more often) | Once every five years |
| Oak Coffer | Once every five years |
| Fire Surround (mantle more often) | Once every two or three years |
| Gun Stock | One or two times a year |
| Stringed Instrument (Violin, Guitar, etc) | Once a year (depending on use) |
**This table is just a guide. As you can see from the table above Gilboys polish is not like any other polish. Our polishes are very rich in natural hard wearing waxes and as such will last much longer than cheaper alternatives with a much lower wax to solvent ratio.