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Get your home ready for the family's visit at Thanksgiving. You might want to consider Rolite and Briwax as Christmas gifts for all of your friends and family who are Woodworkers!

On-Line Retail Sale prices are good through December 24, 2011.

New - Order On-Line

When you're looking for a Briwax retailer in your neighborhood, please call us at 1-800-327-4929.

If a local retailer is not available in your neighborhood, you can order your Briwax directly from us. Use our new on-line ordering -- BUY Briwax NOW!

Besides one-pound cans of Briwax in the Original and Toluene Free formulas, we also offer many of the other Briwax family of products including:

• Briwax in 7-pound, Trade Size cans
• Briwax spray (aerosol)
• Liming Wax - 8 oz. and 3.5 liter cans
• Creamed Beeswax
• Sheradale Wax
• Colored Wax Sticks
• Touch-up pens
• Steel Wool
• Rolite - 3-oz tube, 1 lb. can and 2-lb cans
• Midas Touch
• Surbuf Microfiber Pads

Visit our website to learn more: http://www.Briwax-TRG.com

Briwax is the Final Finish - really!

Remember, Briwax can be used over almost every cured finish, including paint.

Briwax is the FINAL finish.

Think of the Briwax finish as the protective finish for your furniture. No matter what finish you have used, including paint, Briwax goes on TOP of that finish.

No other finish goes over Briwax.

No, not even paint is used over Briwax. NO other finish is used over Briwax.

Remember to use Briwax sparingly and to buff after each application. You’ll never have any wax build-up and you’ll end up with a museum quality finish that will enahance and protect your furniture for years.

Briwax Wholesale

Briwax – Direct from England – Direct to You!

Give us a call to stock Briwax in your retail store. There is a small minimum order of just 12 of the 1 pound cans – and you can mix those 12 cans with all of the colors!

Also consider some Rolite Premium Metal Polish with your order of Briwax. They make a super polishing team – one for all of your woods and one for all of your metals!

We look forward to hearing from you. Or visit our website for moreWholesale information.

Briwax Over Paint

A few reminders about using Briwax over paint:

• Briwax may “lift” some of the paint – especially if the paint has not cured. You make like this look – a more rustic, antique look. Decide the look your going for prior to starting your project – don’t jump into the project without having a goal!
• Always, always have a test board for your project! This gives you the opportunity to experiment!
• If you want to age your painted piece without “lifting” the paint, make sure that the paint has cured. This means that the paint has entirely dried. Wait a day or two before applying Briwax. Apply Briwax in an inconspicuous area to make sure that there is no lifting of the paint.
• If you have allowed your painted piece to cure but you still want some areas where it looks like the paint has been “rubbed” off, simply lightly sand those areas. Then apply Briwax.
• Milk paint is a very hard paint and Briwax will have very little “lifting” effect. Milk paint will almost always need to be sanded to achieve a worn look. Milk paint was used on the chairs in this photo.

• Light Brown Briwax is an excellent color to use over paint because it gives a soft aging color and a lovely sheen. If you need only sheen, use Clear Briwax. If you want a darker antiquing look, use Tudor Brown or Dark Oak Briwax.

Read more – use this link: Briwax over Paint.

Having Trouble Finding Briwax

We’ve had several customers tell us that they’re having trouble finding Briwax in their neighborhood. No worries . . . we can ship Briwax directly to you. Use this link:

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and we’ll ship Briwax directly to your door.

We carry the full Briwax Family of Products

Coverage of Briwax

Many folks have asked us about the coverage they should get with Briwax. Here is a way to figure the coverage that you should get (note: everyone uses too much!).

Whatever you are about to use Briwax on, whatever kind of surface a simple rule to follow is this. If you put a high powered microscope on the surface and took a look in it, what you would see would look pretty much like a kitchen sponge. See the pores? That’s where the Briwax is going to go.

A formula for figuring the amount of Briwax you will use in this case is the following:

200 sq. ft / pound of Briwax (appx. 85% of pores filled) 1^st application.

400 sq. ft./pound of Briwax (appx. 95% of pores filled) 2^nd application.

500 sq. ft./pound of Briwax (100% of pores filled) 3^rd application.

• Also, 400-500 sq. ft / pound will be your maintenance for the life of the piece.
• Pine is the most difficult to wax to a beautiful sheen but is also the prettiest. Pine almost always has to be waxed 3-4 times to develop that lovely patina…but it is worth it!
• Oak, Maple, Birch and other hardwoods will develop a sheen on the first or second application.

Now, say the surface you are about to wax has a varnish or paint on it. Look at the sponge the same way, only now mentally wrap it in a clear wrap (Glad, Saran etc.)

This is a way to visualize a “film finish” on any surface, be it varnish, paint, shellac, or lacquer. The film will keep the colored Briwax out of the pores so no wax will penetrate the film and you will get no color addition to the surface. Notice that if you have a scratch or a chip in the “film”, Briwax will fill in the opening and repair it for you. Remember Briwax loves a rough surface and will always try to smooth it over.

The formula for figuring the amount of Briwax you will use in this case is the same as above, only go immediately to the 400-500 sq. ft. /pound. One application will be sufficient.

Come Meet The Biwax Guy

The Briwax Guy is “On the Road Again” . . .

This time he’s going to be at Nottingham Antiques in Atlanta, GA. If you’re in the Atlanta area, mark your calendar for Saturday, October 31. Celebrate Halloween with us at Nottingham’s 5,000 square foot store on Bennett Street. The Briwax Guy will be there from 10:30 am until 5:00 pm and will be demonstrating “How to Use Briwax“. Stop by and see all of the Briwax Colors and the Microfiber Pads. The Briwax Guy will also be showcasing Rolite Premium Metal Polish and Midas Touch.

Nottingham Antiques is located at 45 Bennett Street in the Bennett Street Arts and Antiques District in the 2100 block of Peachtree Street in Buckhead. Use Google Maps to get directions to the store.

Also, visit the Nottingham Antiques website for more information about them.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to lear more about Briwax and Rolite AND

to Meet The Briwax Guy in person!!

Am I limited by the ways in which I can use Briwax?

We, generally, refer to Briwax in the more traditional usage - on wood! However, you're limited by your imagination as to the ways you can use Briwax. We have customers who use Briwax on leather, on metals, in faux finishing, creating Venetian plaster, on drywall, on pottery - the list goes on and on. Imagination and creativity along with a little "color outside the lines" attitude is encouraged with all of the Briwax products.

To our Canadian Friends

Many of our Canadian Friends have read our Blog and have asked where they can buy Briwax in Canada. If you need a Canadian Retailer, please contact the Distributor in Canada, Terry Bice. He will be happy to assist you. You can find his email address by clicking on the Links You’ll Like (look on the right side of this page) – just look for Terry’s name in the list! Oh, and tell him his friends at TRG Products said “Hi!”

Looking for a Briwax Retailer

If you are having trouble finding the Briwax products you desire, please visit our website TRG Products for complete contact information. Our website will give you detailed information on how to contact us. We distribute Briwax wholesale nationally and have several thousand retailers to whom we can introduce you.

We’ll try our very best to find a retailer right in your neighborhood! We look forward to hearing from you.

We've updated our Website

We’ve updated our website! We’ve tried to make our website more user friendly easier for you to get the latest information about all of the fine woodworking products that we carry.

Spend a few minutes on our site – Briwax-TRG.com — and let us know what you think!

We look forward to hearing from you!

Marble Wax Update

We wanted to let you know that Marble Wax will no longer be available. However, have no fear, there is a substitute! Use Clear Briwax.

The decision to discontinue Marble Wax was primarily due to the difficulty in using the product. Marble Wax is an excellent product, but the high concentration of carnauba wax makes application and buffing quite a chore.

So, now use Clear Briwax where you would have once used Marble Wax. Briwax is a blend of Beeswax and Carnauba wax. You’ll find Briwax very easy to apply and to buff to a beautiful sheen.

Clear Briwax

Yesterday, one of our customers asked if we knew of a wax that did not yellow. Why, of course we do. Its called Clear Briwax.

Clear Briwax is just like its name – clear and it will NOT yellow.

So, now with confidence, you can use Clear Briwax when you want a sheen, but no color.

Remember, a little Briwax goes a long way, so use it sparingly.

Can Briwax be used over Paint?

Absolutely. Make certain that the paint is cured. Here is a step by step method of taking an unfinished piece to a painted, distressed and finished piece. Of course, the final finish is Briwax.

Here’s the finished piece

Now, how did we do this?

Briwax on Kitchen Cabinets

Briwax is an excellent choice for cleaning up kitchen cabinets. The inherent solvent in Briwax will clean off the grease and the wax will fill in the scratches and leave a wonderful beeswax film on the cabinets themselves.

The photo below shows two cabinets that the manufacturer gave us 15 years ago. We let one of the cabinet doors alone, we did nothing to it, and the other we waxed with Briwax Light Brown. As air dulls the finish (oxidation) of one door, the other door with the Briwax seal prevents the oxygen from reaching the finish and dulling it. The Briwax finish will oxidize (the beeswax will dull) in a few years but a simple buffing with a clean cloth will restore its lustre.

Using Briwax on Metal

Briwax is excellent on all metals and actually forms a seal on the surface that prevents oxygen from tarnishing the metal.

Oxidation is simply the interaction between oxygen and the substance it contacts. Oxygen on a freshly sliced apple turns brown, a bicycle fender becomes rusty and a copper penny turns green.

Preventing the tarnishing of metal caused by the air we breathe calls for a layer of protection between the surface and the air. This means a coating of wax, polyurethane, lacquer or an anti-oxidant like lemon juice on fruit.

These photos of a rusted Hurricane Star show the effects of oxygen on the iron metal.

Then we wax right over the rust with Briwax to form a seal and prevent the air from reaching the iron.

Now this piece will never rust again until the wax is removed.

Customer Payment Options

We’re pleased to let our customers know that we now accept the Discover Card.

Feel free to pay with American Express, Visa MasterCard and now Discover!

My Briwax is liquid, what now?

Just a reminder . . . it is Summer, it is HOT and your Briwax will turn liquid . . .

Briwax will turn into a liquid in hot weather. This in no way diminishes the quality of the product. In fact, Briwax is designed to turn liquid and can be used in a liquid state (see Using Briwax in a Liquid State on this blog).

Simply allow the container to come to room temperature – either by placing the container in the refrigerator for several hours, or by bringing the container into an air conditioned room – and Briwax will return to a paste form.

In warm weather, you might want to place the container of Briwax in an air conditioned room the night before you plan on using it. The container can be placed in the refrigerator to speed up the process.

Since Briwax is to be applied sparingly, the paste form of the wax will allow a less wasteful application.

Just remember, the quality of your Briwax is just fine – either in a liquid state or paste form!!

Antique Mahogany Briwax is also known as Cherry

Just a reminder . . . the Briwax color Antique Mahogany is also known as Cherry. Antique Mahogany has a hint of red and is beautiful on cherry or mahogany woods – to highlight and bring out the natural reds in the wood.

If you think that you need to tone down the red color in the cherry or mahogany woods, you can always use Light Brown Briwax.

The choice is yours . . . do a good job!