beeswax polish and toys

[Serendipity]

we made the kids a doll sized treehouse and its almost done. i sent DP to the store for beeswax polish to finish it and the guy at woodcraft said it isnt a good polish because its too soft and wont actually protect it. so he bought beeswax/carnauba combo. is that safe? is the beeswax really not effective? is there something better to use?

[Miss Information]

If it doesn't protect it, then why does places like Nova Natural use a beeswax polish?

Maybe he's thinking of beeswax alone won't work. I do know that beeswax is usually combined with another oil in order to work properly.

I do know that some pills have carnuba wax in the coating.

Oh, and according to wikipedia, it's safe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnauba_wax

it seems weird to be putting something that is normally in your car wax in your body, but we do it all the time - tooth floss is coated in it, cosmetics and foods have it in there.

It is a plant wax, so apparently it is safe.

[beka1977]

I think that most/all of the beeswax polishes are mixed with another oil as well.