I restore furniture and do traditional upholstery. I’ve used Gilboys wax for years. Nothing comes close to the exceptional finish. Wood loves Gilboys wax. Buy it. Help the bees- plant the seeds. What’s not to love? 😬
Great Product. Does what it says on the tin. Highly recommended. Well packaged. No Invoice or receipt.
Super easy application resulting in a beautiful finish. I have tried a lot of products and this is probably my favorite overall. Used on furniture, floors, kitchen counters, etc. Would definitely buy again.
Pure gold for the woodworker's tummy. Easily as good as the beeswax wood polish. Thanks Gilboys for an ace product.
Very happy with my kit, although it is so beautifully presented, I hesitated to break into it! I followed Simon's Youtube video instructions and am delighted with the results. I will be giving all my vintage furniture the Gilboy glow! Thank you!
Worked wonderfully on an antique, mahogany, Edwardian table. I also filled in some scratches with the block of beeswax - though this is trickier than it looks when Simon did it on the video. I realised I probably need to strip the table with methylated spirits and start again but this will do for the moment. It opens up a whole world of refinishing my furtniture.
The process was less successful on a veneer family dining table (despite careful application - twice on one side). The wax did not buff off well and every day, I could see finger prints where the family used the table. Maybe the veneer on my table was not real walnut?
For both tables, I applied as Simon recommended on his instruction leaflet and You Tube videos with the fine wire wool and then buffed with the cotton stockinette. It was a very satisfying process. Simon recommended not taking on too much at a time. So I left the Antique gold to the side of my kitchen and when I had a half an hour I would take on a small part of the furniture.
I am dying to try the leather wax for my British Heritage leather bags.
Great communication and delivery service. Product easy to apply and looks superb!
Being new to wax and untreated oak shelves, the advice and products recommended by Simon was very helpful.
Ordering and delivery was very easy
The package was delivered in a timely manner. The box and its contents were excellently presented. Nice touch to include some instruction and advice, with a thoughtful gifts of seeds. The buffing cloth was very good and worked well to give a pleasing finish. However, in this hot weather my wax is slow to harden.
Gillboys is our go to wax of preference in our small antiques business. We always use the appropriate wax for the wood we are polishing and the antique items always come up a treat. The wax nourishes, enhances and revives tired wood finishes.
Simon is an absolute gent to deal with and always responds quickly to queries and emails.
It’s an absolute pleasure dealing with Gillboys.
I ordered this product after seeing the fantastic results on the YouTube channel “Escape to the Dream” about a family restoring their French chateau. The old, awful furniture they would buy at brocantes came out gorgeous so I thought, why not? I bought it for my cherry and darker furniture, but decided to try it first on my oak cabinet. It looks fantastic! Next project is the Cherry furniture, I promise!
I had a pine kitchen table that had seen plenty of use and was in dire need of attention .I had also tried to varnish the table after sanding and scraping the old was finishes off but with disastrous affect that it had over time gone very sticky .I found Gilboys how to restore a pine table video on you tube and found it to be very informative ,full of good tips .I also rang and asked for product advice as i didn't want my table to look to new pine as I have oak work tops and doors in the kitchen .As well as the hard wax oil I bought the antique gold polishing kit to add some aged colour to the table .I loved both products easy to use ,good instructions and the finish is just as I wanted .The table looks lovely and feels great smooth and shiney.Will be using these again on my work tops as they are far superior products to the oils and waxes I have used before .Thank you Gilboys for your help ,advice and products .
1950s sideboard had a black ring water stain. The Oxalic Acid removed it at the first attempt. Very pleased with the product.
Lovely items and an amazing smell. Especially love the little instruction booklets. My table looks wonderful and there’s no film left, just a lovely shine. Thank you
great stuff.
So good on Ercol tables and chairs that I have bought more to do a mid century bed with oak headboard and end.
The bees wax restoring pack had every thing needed to restore the very old and loved chair that belongs to a member of the family. The way that the work that was needed was set out clearly in the video and booklet is without doubt easy to follow.
The way the items were packaged was delightful and would make it a special gift for anyone into wood work.
Very happy with this product right from the start
Package presentation everything top notch.
I was recommended this by a friend who raved about.
I totally understand why it looks like I have a brand new table in my living room.
Prompt delivery and excellent products coupled with clear video advice .
My second order of hard wax oil. The oak shelves I used it on look great, and I have oak doors to oil too. I also have teak stairs to oil and I am confident that they will look fab. So easy to use, which is such a relief.
Excellent product, being used in the Caribbean by the sea on a mango wood table, so exposed to a lot of salt and UV.
I had never waxed any of my furniture before so ordered starter kit and watched gully YouTube video to know what to do. Very easy and satisfying to use with gorgeous results. Thank you. Will order and recommend to others. Love that’s it British made also
I have just this very minute used your hard wax oil for the very first time on a GPlan side table. I have been restoring pieces of furniture for many years now and have a shed full of various types of finishes that I have experimented with and wasted money on! IF ONLY..I had known about Gilboys then! I now look at my past attempts and feel the need to redo them!
The hard wax oil is amazing it just glides across the wood... it truly is as smooth as satin. You will not be disappointed!
Excellent product love the smell. Bought it for our very large brown Lshaped leather sofa. Too unwell and busy to use it on a large area yet. Results so far are very encouraging found it vastly improved the quality of the leather and disguised scratches and marks left by a lively naughty kitten.
First and foremost, the wood polish is fantastic, vastly easier to apply and finish than anything I’ve used before. More than that though is the care and attention in the packaging and shipping. It’s not often you open a package to find handwritten thank you notes and thoughtful little gifts, which I really appreciated. Made me realise that this is a family business that really cares about its relationship with its customers. Thanks a lot, I’ll be back!
