Briwaxing elm beams

[88v8]

Made something out of an old oak plank that I found in a skip.
Tin of Briwax 30+ years old. Lovely finish, with speed n ease.

Our elm beams, are all uncoated. Downstairs, they might have some 'originality', hard to tell. Upstairs, they have been blasted by a PO and are very bare, the outer woodwormed skin has been blasted off.

It occurs to me that I could do the lot with Briwax. Easier said than done of course, fiddly, not getting it all over the adjacent surfaces.

Any thoughts?

And is Briwax still as it was 30 years ago, or have the safety crackpots got at it?

Ivor

 

[plasticpigeon]

I have some, it stinks of solvents, I think it has plenty of toluene in it which I'm sure will please you!!! I can't say if it was as good as 30 years ago, as at that time I was probably getting my toluene fix from sticking airfix kits together.

 

[Penners]

I also have some very old Briwax, which I used to polish an oak table only last week. The "stink of solvents" was wonderful!

I have no idea whether the formulation has been changed in recent years.