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Question from wfan66

I dont want to make my own wood furniture cleaner instead I would like to know which products are the best I can buy from any stores like whole foods, amazon,etc CAN IT BE USED ON ANY WOOD SURFACE? thanks alot df

Debra’s Answer

Readers, what products do you recommend?

I personally do have wood furniture, but I don’t ever clean it with anything, I just dust it.

One of the issues about cleaning wood furniture is that wood has many different finishes. The finish on my desk, for example, is Flecto Diamond Finish, a water-based polyurethane finish that dries nontoxic. I can just wipe it with a damp sponge if I need to, but mostly just dust.

Another table has a plant-based finish by Auro, which gets sticky if you put water on it.

So your first question needs to be: what kind of finish does your wood furniture have?

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