How to Restore the Shine to a Light-Colored Wood Table Top

Wax is very useful for anything from shining up an antique wood table to sprucing up your current wood table. When working with a light-colored wood, use a wax that is similar in color or clear. Applying wax is a process that will improve the look of your table. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Rub a soft, lint-free cloth over the surface of the wood wax, so it is transferred from the wax container to the cloth.

2

Drag the cloth across the table in the same direction as the wood's grain. Only work with thin strips at a time. The cloth shouldn't stop until it has gone across the entire table; you don't want to make start-and-stop marks.

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Continue this process until wax has been applied to the entire table.

4

Wait 20 minutes so the wood wax can dry.

5

Buff the wax with another soft, lint-free cloth by moving the cloth back and forth across the table, not in circle.

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Buff back and forth across the table until the entire table has reached the sheen you desire.