Keeping Your Cabinets Nice and Shiny

Are your cabinets looking a little sad? Do they look dull and have crusted food on them from those little hands in your household? Or from just plain cooking? One of my sister-in-laws passed this tip onto me and now I'm passing it to you on how to make your cabinets look nice and shiny again (and any wood for that matter):

The first thing you're going to need is Howard Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish and Conditioner. You can get it right now at Amazon for $8.82 for a 16-oz bottle which should last for at least 2 applications (it all depends on how many cabinets you have in your house). This is basically beeswax and orange oil mixed together which makes for a strong, but pleasant smell while you're cleaning your cabinets.

Before you begin using this, you need to wipe down all your cabinets with a wet rag, trying to get off as much of that food and other grime as possible.

Then taking a rag, pour some of the Feed-N-Wax on the rag and wipe down the cabinet. Continue to all the cabinets. Your rag is going to get really really wet and greasy by the time you're done. After wiping down all the cabinets, let it sit for 20 minutes.

Then go back over the cabinets with a dry rag, wiping off the excess Feed-N-Wax.


And you're done! The result is shiny cabinets like this:

Granted, my cabinets are less than 5 years old, but I've seen this done on older cabinets and the difference is amazing! I can't tell you how many people compliment me on my cabinets after we do this. We do this once a year, but since the Feed-N-Wax uses natural ingredients, you could do it more often and it definitely wouldn't hurt.

What's even best for me is that my wonderful husband is the one who does it every year. So not only have I shared a tip that wasn't mine in the first place, but I've also admitted that I'm not even the one who applies this stuff! Either way, it works and you should try it out!