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Which products work for restoring natural wood colour, and which are best for lightening the colour of darkened, aged wood furniture? Here's the thing - wood naturally darkens with age and exposure to UV damage which yellows the wood making it look less modern and undesirable. In this video I test out products designed on various different timber types, and restore a very orange pine chest of drawers back to it's original and natural colour.

Products tested:
Liberon Wood Bleacher https://amzn.to/4nVrPYq (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/cOSCA (Amazon Worldwide)
Liberon Liming Wax https://amzn.to/4460NGo (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/6ile (Amazon Worldwide)
Liberon White Palette Wood Dye https://amzn.to/4i7Xgxd (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/nBOkF (Amazon Worldwide)
Osmo Polyx Raw Transparent https://amzn.to/4hXzDqU (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/MIqe2 (Amazon Worldwide)

Non-darkening wax which I would recommend : https://amzn.to/43Wj9cY (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/evlrU (Amazon Worldwide)

A water-based varnish I recommend :
Matte https://amzn.to/4pd34Ii (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/bnTtEX8 (Amazon Worldwide)
Satin https://amzn.to/3Xw4cKU (Amazon UK) https://geni.us/yuOU (Amazon Worldwide)

For full disclosure two of the products were gifted to me: Liberon Wood Bleacher and Liming Wax. All other products were "paid for".