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Date Posted: 16:10:12 09/03/01 Mon
Author: Diane
Author Host/IP: 203.97.100.45
Subject: Homemade Furniture Polish

This isn't the same as my handcream, dog polish, come furniture polish Kat but I can't find the notes I jotted down and this one does sound really good. If you try it please let me know. I will try and search out a few others as well - I have all my herbal books scattered all over my bed right now in fact and started searching through them early this morning for things of interest to us here but somehow Daniel and I ended up in a very deep discussion regarding the ice-age and how people survived back then with a little inter-planetery stuff thrown in for good measure ;-) so I am late getting on-line today ~ worth it though. :)

Here ya go...

Sweet Marjoram Furniture Polish

4oz 110gm beeswax
1 pint 570ml turpentine
12fl oz 350ml strong infusion of marjoram
1/2 oz 15gm olive oil based soap
essential oil of sweet marjoram (optional)

1) Grate the beeswax into the turpentine and leave to dissolve, which may take a few days. Alternatively, warm the beeswax and turpentine carefully over a flameless heat until the wax melts. Turpentine can easily burst into flame so it's safest to warm it over boiling water.

2) In a seperate pan, bring the infusion to boiling point and stir in the grated soap until melted.

3) Allow both mixtures to cool and then blend slowely, stirring until it resembles thick cream. Stir in a few drops of essential oil. Pour into a wide-topped container and label.

Leaves of mock orange, lemon balm, lemon verbena, or rosemary, or lavender flowers could be used instead of sweet marjoram.

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