25-05-2011, 05:33 PM
(25-05-2011, 10:23 AM)Pamphonica Wrote: By the way, what is burnishing cream - and is it easily available?
Burnishing cream is designed to clean, revive and rejuvenate highly polished surfaces such as French Polish, lacquers and varnishes. This cream can also be used to remove haze and bloom from most modern finishes. It will also clean ivory, tortoise shell, mother of pearl, papier maché, brass inlays and cabinet fittings such as locks and hinges.
It's widely available. See this link for more info:
http://www.jpennyltd.co.uk/shopping/pgm-...php?id=226
As an aside, burnishing cream is used extensively by woodturners such as myself in combination with friction polishes. Friction polishes are applied to bowls etc while still rotating on the lathe after they've been sanded. The polish is applied with a cloth then the cloth is held onto the workpiece the friction of which generates heaet which melts the polish onto the wood. Bunishing cream is then applied to bring it to a bright shine, then the process is repeated a couple of times, finally finishing with paste-wax.
Hope that helps.
David
(Someone mentioned meths, which is a solvent for French polish and should be used with caution. It's also a solvent for the cement which holds valve bases (and top caps) to valves. The cement was generally made from woodflour and shellac).
