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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11614742, member: 2844"]Olive or any other oil. I was taught as a little girl to always use a natural oil on Chinese lacquer. That was the treatment before microcrystalline waxes became available to the public, and it was so easy my mother let me do it at a tender age. My go-to oil is rice bran.</p><p>Later I learned about the damage caused over time by beeswax on Chinese black lacquer.</p><p>But I've done my bit and passed it on, the rest is out of my hands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11614742, member: 2844"]Olive or any other oil. I was taught as a little girl to always use a natural oil on Chinese lacquer. That was the treatment before microcrystalline waxes became available to the public, and it was so easy my mother let me do it at a tender age. My go-to oil is rice bran. Later I learned about the damage caused over time by beeswax on Chinese black lacquer. But I've done my bit and passed it on, the rest is out of my hands.[/QUOTE]
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