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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

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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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.

There are still rumors out there

Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated . . . (with respect to Mark Twain)

The Briwax manufacturing plant is up and running - smooth and efficiently.

Our USA warehouses are now fully stocked!

There is no substitute for Briwax as many of you have found out.

Briwax is the premier finishing wax in the world.

Consumers always ask for it by name.

You can read about us more at

Briwax International Limited in England.

Using Briwax on Finished Wood

It is always a good idea to test Briwax in an inconspicuous area of a piece of furniture first. Try it on the underside of a table apron, inside of a drawer or the inside of a table leg. Your test spot can let you explore color compatibility, finish and sheen level. Work in small areas at a time. You don't need to worry about match lines - Briwax will blend every time!

If your piece is smooth and relatively clean, apply Briwax with a soft cloth - a small terry cloth towel works very well. Using the soft cloth, pick up a SMALL amount of Briwax. As the British would say, "use it sparingly". Now, spread the Briwax onto your furniture as far as it will go - you'll notice that the areas where Briwax has been applied will be dull.

You'll want to rub to get Briwax into the pores / cracks / crevasses of the piece. You can apply Briwax in a circular motion, but always finish with the grain. Allow the Briwax to dry - usually within minutes. Now, with a clean, fresh cloth, buff the area. You should see a lovely sheen.

Now, move to the next section of the piece and repeat the process. If you don't achieve the sheen you desire with the first application of Briwax, repeat it. The solvent that is in Briwax will dissolve the previous application - you'll never have wax build-up!

If your piece is excessively dirty or has rough spots, you can apply Briwax using #0000 steel wool. Simply get a small piece of steel wool, pick up Briwax with the steel wool and rub Briwax into the piece. Don't apply a lot of pressure, let Briwax work for you. The solvent in the product will clean the dirt off of the piece. Briwax likes a rough surface and needs something to hold on to!!

Remember . . .

1. Use Briwax sparingly - a little goes a long way. For example, a 6 foot dining table top will require only about one tablespoon of Briwax!!!
2. You'll never have lap marks.
3. If you can't achieve a sheen, you have too much Briwax on your piece. But, remember, Briwax removes the previous application - and as strange as it may sound, apply more Briwax (sparingly) to remove the excess wax.

The Green Plastic Lid That Came on My Can of Briwax

The Briwax you purchased, more than likely, came with a GREEN plastic lid. This plastic lid is designed for physically stabilizing the product during shipping and for ease of stacking at your neighborhood retailer.

Once you open the can of Briwax, discard the GREEN plastic lid and RETAIN and use the METAL LID for storing your Briwax. The metal lid will keep your Briwax ready to use on your newly acquired antique or your next woodworking project.

But remember, as you work with your Briwax, do not leave the metal lid off for long periods of time -- the solvent will evaporate and you'll be left with a hard piece of almost unusable wax. Also, at the end of the day, make sure that the metal lid is securely in place on the can!

My Briwax is liquid, what do I do now?

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!!

Briwax is Available in Two Formulas

Original vs. Toluene Free

The Briwax Original formula contains the solvent Toluene and the Toluene Free formula contains the solvents Xylene and Naphtha. Solvents are necessary in the formulation of Briwax because without them Briwax would just be a hard chunk of wax, almost unusable.

Toluene has a high aroma factor, a strong smell, and some people love it and some hate it. The Toluene Free formula has a much lower aroma; it smells more like a dry cleaning solvent.

Briwax Original uses toluene mainly because it dissolves the beeswax 100%. So even if Briwax is liquid it will still work as intended. Toluene is also an excellent grease and grime cleaner. As Briwax is used on old antique pieces, the solvent is really at work cleaning off the old oxidized surface. Toluene is an ingredient in ink, so if you ever have a problem with an ink stain, Briwax can help...actually it will be the solvent removing the stain. Toluene is also a very fast evaporator. In most applications, the solvent will evaporate in less than a minute. This is a fact of solvents that the faster they evaporate the stronger the smell.

The Briwax toluene-free formula is a blend of Xylene and Naphtha. This formula will take the solvents longer to evaporate, approximately 15-20 minutes, and the aroma will decrease or not smell as much. Also this formula will not dissolve all the waxes 100%, so if using in the middle of a hot summer you should cool the wax first.

The beeswax that is used in Briwax comes from Australia and New Zealand and is of the highest quality. The Carnauba wax that is used only comes from South America. This wax is scrapped from the leaves of certain palm trees and is refined to be an extremely hard wax. The blending of these two waxes is what gives Briwax it museum quality shine. The softer beeswax is the preservative and the harder carnauba wax is the shine.

Using Briwax on Wood Floors

Wood... one of man's oldest natural resources is also one of our most revered resources. It has, among other things, provided food, shelter, tools and hardwood floors that in some cases have lasted for hundreds of years. Other floor coverings simply cannot compete with the durability, beauty and characteristics of wood.

Unlike other floor coverings wood is very forgiving when it comes to taking abuse. Most problems can be prevented or minimized by keeping floors waxed and by wiping up liquid spills immediately. When a wood floor appears dirty and nasty, a rewaxing is usually all that is required to restore its natural beauty.

Common Problems and Their Remedies . . .

Read the complete Floor Care Guide

Briwax is Available in Clear and 9 Wood Tone Colors

Briwax comes in Clear as well as nine wood tones -- Light Brown, Dark Brown, Antique Mahogany (Cherry), Golden Oak, Tudor Brown, Dark Oak, Teak, Rustic Pine, and Ebony (black). Take a look at the color chart below to see how the colors compare with each other.

Clear is the perfect choice when you don't want to impart any color onto the wood. Clear Briwax has absolutely no color and will not yellow. Of course, with that said, Clear Briwax will not hide or diminish any scratches on the wood.

Light Brown is the most versatile of all of the colors - it takes on the color of the wood on which it is used.

Golden Oak has yellow undertones. It compliments beautifully the red tones of Heart Pine.

Antique Mahogany can also be called Cherry. It has a hint of red and is beautiful on Cherry or Mahogany woods - brings out the red tones of the wood. Try Antique Mahogany on Red Oak floors to highlight the red tones.

Dark Brown is a deep, rich brown. It is widely used on Walnut to enhance its rich, dark color.

Agine Pine

Looking to make new pine look old? Read the complete Aging Pine article. You'll be able to easily make the honey colored English/Irish pine look using new pine boards, sodium hydroxide and Briwax.

You can create looks like this:

Entertainment Center photo compliments of Nottingham Antiques, Atlanta, GA

Read the Complete Aging Pine Article

Using Briwax in a Liquid State

Briwax is designed to melt at 85°F. Use in the liquid state to get the wax deep into cracks, crevices, carvings, etc.

This piece of driftwood was found on the beach. How can you preserve this piece properly?


Using Briwax in a liquid state, the wax can be poured into the deep recesses to fully preserve the piece. You can use Briwax in either a liquid or a solid state. You will achieve professional results in either mode.

Briwax Can Be Used On Ceramics

An unglazed ceramic piece can be given a new look by waxing the piece with Briwax. Is the piece dull and you would like more sheen? Want to create an aged look? Look at these ceramic pumpkins in the picture below. All of the pumpkins looked dull, like the one in the foreground. The pumpkins in the group were waxed with Golden Oak Briwax - check out their sheen and enhanced color -- they almost look real!!

How to Achieve a Sheen Using Briwax

If you looked at a cross-section of your wood after it has been sanded, under a microscope, the top surface would look much like this:

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The pores of the wood look much like "peaks" and "valleys". You cannot see this with the human eye after sanding with 180 grit. In order to achieve a sheen with Briwax, you must first fill the pores or the "valleys" with Briwax.

On soft woods, such as pine, the pores of the wood are large. Generally three or four applications of Briwax are necessary to completely fill the pores and develop a beautiful hand rubbed luster on raw pine. Pine wood that has already been stained or finished will develop a sheen more quickly.

On hard woods -- maple, oak, birch, etc. -- the pores are quite small. The hand rubbed luster can easily be achieved with one or two applications of Briwax.

Remember these key elements in applying Briwax:

1. Use Briwax sparingly -- a little goes a long way
2. Always buff after each application of Briwax
3. If the wax smudges, you've used too much Briwax.