Conditioning Furniture With Coconut Oil

by Heather -ThriftyStories

5-10 Minutes

Easy

Have a family heirloom that needs a little bit of love and you can't bear the thought of painting it? Or maybe you found a vintage steal on Craigslist that needs some minor attention?

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Breathe new life into your antique pieces and make that dried out and aged wood gleam again with coconut oil. Yes, coconut oil! Here's yet another great use for coconut oil in your home.

As pictured above, my vintage Craigslist find was looking a bit sad. It truly needed something...I just wasn't sure what. I was on the fence about painting the piece and didn't know what to do. So there it sat for months. Months.

Then I remembered coconut oil.

I dabbed a bit onto the wood and buffed it in with a soft cloth. Beautiful.

Like me, you will be shocked at the difference it makes in the wood. I thought that perhaps the gleaming and darker finish would dry back to its original dull and light finish of the wood- not so.

The next day it still looked just as conditioned and lovely, so I did the rest of the dresser. I was so excited. Coconut oil allowed the beauty of the wood grain to really shine again, and yes, even all of the little imperfections of a vintage piece of furniture. You probably already have some in your kitchen pantry, making this a FREE project. If not, coconut oil only costs about six dollars.

Wanting a product that restores gorgeous wood tone, that is a quick application and that is non-toxic and safe to use? Try coconut oil.

Find more pictures and the full tutorial in the link below!

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Cathi on Jan 03, 2015
Just a heads up, if you intend on using coconut oil for furniture, floors etc. And you have dogs, they will Love the taste of your furniture, floors etc..😄 no worries though, coconut oil is Very good for them too!

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Denise on Jan 14, 2015
@Teresa I have a very old wood mirror that is so dry it has started to develop cracks throughout in the wood. Not small cracks, but cracks that are pulling open into crevasses. I want to try the coconut oil on this piece to try and salvage it. Would you recommend applying it straight from the jar in its solid condition or melting it and brushing it on? Do you think it will replenish the loss moisture enough to help? I want to eventually put the mirror back in and use it. It is probsbly more than 100 years old and I want to do whatever I can to save it. But don't want to create a barrier that won't allow me remove it easily if needed to apply something else. Do you have any thoughts or recommendations for me? Thank you in advance.

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