- Applications:Furniture, Other Paints & Coatings Applications, Other Industrial Coatings
- Product Families:Protective Coatings, Paints & Coatings
- Chemical Family:Waxes
Electrochemical Products Renaissance Wax polish was developed in the early 1950s in the British Museum research laboratories in response to a discussion among museum technicians at an international conference on fine-art conservation. In accelerated aging tests, British Museum scientists discovered that all current commercial waxes based on natural waxes (beeswax and carnauba wax) contained acids that, over time, could deteriorate original finishes on national historic furniture collections. He rejected them all and looked into the new 'fossil' or micro-crystalline waxes being refined from crude oil.