Ask My Little Buddha

June 29, 2009 | Print

Do you know of any baby friendly wood finishes (safe before, during and after treatment is applied) that I can use on a table and chair set I am building for my wee one?

Yes! Lyndsey has used linseed oil and beeswax finishes on wood furniture, both worked well. She googled “beeswax finishes for wood” to find a do it yourself application. The beeswax looks really nice and brings out the natural color of the wood.

This eHow beeswax wood finish recipe is similar to the one Lyndsey used. We also love the Pacific Rim Woodworking Maple cribs which have a non-toxic hand rubbed finish of beeswax and tung oil.