Eduarda, I think I read something, somewhere about the oil in banana peels being good for wood. Although the indredient list for this product says banana, not banana peel. The color of the creme is ivory. There is a show about house cleaning on the BBC, which I sometimes watch. The ladies usually do their cleaning using old-fashioned methods. They once waxed a table with beeswax, and mentioned that the wood would go a shade darker. I couldn't really tell, as the wood was dark in the first place. They had to use a lot of elbow grease to rub that wax in! Lorna

I use it on my dinningromm table. It's polyurethane over mahogany. Looks very shiny and smells nice! No problems with it. I also put it on my mahogany desk, which has no finish over the raw wood.

There is a reason why French polishers charge a fortune, and this is it. A very difficult and time consuming process to master. Cabinet finishing and polishing apprentices require years to get this right in the U.K. There are many different colors of shellac. Knowing which one to use and achieving the deep mirror like finish requires the building up of many many PERFECTLY applied coats. Personally, I think this is not one for DIY, especially with a valuable antique as your guinea pig. Just my opinion.

Have black laquer dining room chairs that have a white film. How do I polish them to restore shine?