Oil polish

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The oil polishing is a process for upgrading high traffic wood surfaces. The method was mainly used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. With a pumice stone , a grinding mass of drying oil , as well as fillers and pigments which was wood repeatedly honed and received a resistant to environmental influences protection . A matt silk sheen is created on the surface. Today this process is mainly used in restoration .

literature

  • Hans Michaelsen u. Mandy Breiholdt: " Slept with Öhl and finely consolidated": Part 2: the refinement of furniture surfaces with oil polish . In: Restauro . tape 109 , 2003, p. 564-569,590 .