DIY Wood Cleaner

The worst thing you could do with wood is use water to clean it. The water can stain the finish of your wood piece or even worse warp the wood. Once the wood piece is warped it is impossible to get the original look back. 

I wanted to share a quick recipe for a DIY wood cleaner that I've been using to clean all the wood furniture that I have received from my grandparents' old house.

In a clean and dry spray bottle I added the following:

½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar

½ cup Olive Oil

1 tablespoon Dish Soap

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

Just take a look at the results. I dusted the entire chair with a dry cloth and then cleaned the right side of the chair with my wood cleaner. You can see how dirty the left side was. 

You can use white vinegar if you do not have apple cider vinegar. And you can use any type of oil as well. 

The vinegar and soap act as cleaning agents while the oil conditions the wood. 

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Cleaning Metal with Toothpaste

I started a crafting endeavor recently which I thought would be quite simple and straight forward as I have done it in the past; turning an old light fixture into a candle holder. I hope to later write a post about how I have done that.



This time was different. The old light fixture was not clean. It had old paint layered on top and layers of dirt on the underside. I thought a quite wash with soup would do the trick… It did not. So, I turned to my tried and go to method for cleaning dingy metals; toothpaste. I know it sounds odd, but I have also used this method when cleaning jewelry.



Here is how the light fixture looked before I started cleaning.

I first scrapped off as much paint as I could and did a cleaning with dish soap and water. This is the results.

Then it was onto the toothpaste. Look at how it came out! The left (gold) side is the side I cleaned with the toothpaste. You can see the difference from the tarnished right side. I originally thought this was silver, but after washing it with the toothpaste, I can now see that it is actually gold.

I was quite happy with the results and am excited to move onto the next step to turn this into a candle holder.