In Due Time Collectibles

Lightly apply BRIWAX with #0000 oil-free steel wool to remove just the top layer of old, dried finish. This will save the original finish. It will take time, but it’s worth it!

Have you tried BRIWAX!? This wonderful wax is used by the British Musuem. It is available in Clear and nine wood tones. Clear has been specially formulated so that it will not darken the wood, just enhance the grain. The colors enable you to tone down or tone up new wood, and help fill in small surface scratches and chips in older furniture or priceless antiques.

Want a great tip? Nylon pantyhose make an excellent buffing material!

BRIWAX products are available at In Due Time, Downtown Moultrie, GA.

At In Due Time we have found a product that works removing white heat rings, water or smoke damage. Howard’s Restor-A-Finish does the trick. Apply Restor-A-Finish with fine steel wool and rub hard enough with the grain to blend out the white effect, periodically checking your progress. If a high gloss finish should appear dull due to the use of steel wool, polish it out with Howard Burnishing Cream and/or Polishing Compound. Resor-A-Finish comes in a wide variety of wood colors and is available at In Due Time.

I am not sure when I heard this tip, but it is cheap and works like crazy! If you have an old piece of leather, a belt, old suitcase or a tooled pocketbook, you can do wonders with, of all things, Brylcreem! If you are OLD, it’s the ‘a little dab will do ya’ product. It can still be purchased at the Marts and I am sure other places. I just clean off the dust, etc with any household cleaner. Then spread on the Brylcreem! Just rub on a sufficient amount to get it all covered. If it is really stiff, it can be left on overnight. They I take a paper towel and keep rubbing until no more shows up on my paper towel! It really puts the life back in everything I have tried it on!

If you run an antique shop, you can learn a great deal. A good working knowledge of furniture styles and kinds of wood would be helpful. Looking at a piece of pottery and knowing what decade it was made could be an asset, too. There is as much information out there, as you would like to gather. BUT, what I have learned is how to clean a whole lot of stuff!!

One thing I have learned to clean is Hammered Aluminum. I can’t remember where or when I got this tip. It was probably from a customer. My best information comes from my customers.

In the automotive section of any ‘Mart’, you can find Mother’s Mag Wheel Cleaner. And I know that this sounds crazy, but you follow the directions. Rub on and keep rubbing until it turns black. Keep rubbing that black off, turning the rag, until you feel like the surface isn’t giving off much more black. Now you do something that is not on the instructions! Spray the entire surface down with Windex and keep wiping the black with paper towel until it comes up clean. Wow! What a great look you will have on your vintage 50’s and 60’s hammered aluminum!