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I have an old piece of furniture (large chest fish flip up lid) that my grandfather made for me when I was born that I want to refinish, or at least revive. I grew up watching my grandfather build stuff for us, and he almost exclusively used danish oil for finishes, so I want to try to keep this refurbish to the way he did it and I don't want to change the piece ,just clean it up and renew.
Applying danish oil is pretty easy, and I think I will wet sand (with the oil) between coats (600 grit sandpaper?) for probably 3 coats. I have that part under control.
But my grandpa used to also apply paste wax as the last step, and I've never done that part on wood finishes. Seems kind of pointless to me, but I dunno.
Is it as simple as applying and wiping/buffing off? Do I use an electric buffer, or just hand buff? Is the paste wax a waste of time?
Do you ever use DO, or have any additional tips?