Making Furniture Polish With Bees! (featuring Will Kirk)

My good mate and fellow expert from The Repair Shop, Will Kirk, asked to borrow some wax from my bee hive for a special project! So I invited him to my garden and workshop, and we both learnt a thing or two!
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Links:
Instagram - / dominicchinea​​
Ranalah Ltd - / ranalahltd
Will's Instagram - / williamkirkrestoration
Filmed & Edited by Dan Cross: / djcross87

[@Tulku]

I’m so glad I found this channel! Every time I saw Dominic on The Repair Shop I always thought what a respectful, humble and wholesome guy he is.

[@ronhill2]

Honey comes from NECTAR not pollen. It is good to see more people taking up beekeeping Dom. I am impressed.

[@stephenrice4554]

Brilliant , those bees are well behaved . An idea , how about yourself working on a vehicle and Will doing the timber dashboard and fittings . Coachbuilt and carpentered . 🤔 Great video 👍🇬🇧

[@ianthomson9363]

That was wonderful! Full of things I didn't know and two good mates doing stuff together.

[@paddrivers]

"Out of the strong came forth sweetness"

[@mikeparker3865]

you are a true renaissance man Dom! One of my favorite all time episodes. I love when folks from "The Repair Shop" pop in. I really am fascinated with bee keeping. One of my favorite underrated movies is "Ulee's gold"

[@DominicChineas]

Glad to hear it, thank you so much for the positive comment

[@peteredge3577]

Absolutely wonderful episode this week 😊 just as pure, innocent and selfless as the repair shop. Thanks Dom & Will oh and Dan too ! 😁

[@andywarrington4738]

excellent , nice to Will , wishing safe winter for the bees

[@DominicChineas]

I will do my best to help them through!

[@janzienkiewicz5295]

Absolutely brilliant video Dom. Like you said, if you heat metal up to cherry red dip it in beeswax let it cool down then wire brush any excess off you will have a totally protected piece of metal from the elements. This is really useful if you want to keep the bare metal look but have the similar protection of paint.👍🏼

[@DominicChineas]

It’s a brilliant traditional way to protect steel, it works very well

[@simonevanschaik9224]

I guess some people learned a lot today about bees, beeswax and some of the tricks of the Woodwizard named Will

[@tiptoptigger]

Not what I would have chosen to watch normally, but much to my surprise it was really enjoyable to watch and interesting. Thank you !

[@DominicChineas]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the message

[@kevinsimpson7114]

Another fantastic video Dom. You certainly are a man of many interests. Thank you for sharing.👍🏻

[@lynnhaswell1690]

Super surprise Video today Dom - lovely to see you Will & Dan having such a great time with the bees, the wax, furniture polish and honey added bonus 👌😊

[@DominicChineas]

We had a great time! Glad you enjoyed watching

[@lynnhaswell1690]

@@DominicChineas it was also lovely seeing you and Will at TRS this week whilst you were all busy filming TRS Christmas Special as well Dom ❤👌😊

[@liamperry7095]

Nice easy watching on a Sunday afternoon. Thanks Dom and Will.

[@DominicChineas]

Your welcome!

[@martinhaskell376]

The ‘Masterchef’ bit was hysterical. Will probably doesn’t think so… 🤣

[@DominicChineas]

Haha glad you enjoyed it, more than Will anyway

[@Andrew-uy5gh]

All I can say is that I'm totally relaxed after watching this video. Excellent keep them coming.

[@jman3254]

This is so interesting. Watching it is like being with two of my best friends in a wonderful backyard, somewhere.

[@barrywest8944]

Brilliant seeing you both together doing something, doesn’t happen on the repair shop.

[@DominicChineas]

It was nice to do something outside of the repair shop

[@ellmo1022]

My friend keeps bees up in Northern California which I would like to see some day. Great video, Dom. Learned a lot from you and Will.

[@DominicChineas]

So glad to hear it! Thanks

[@roydavies260]

Team work, great video. Thanks Dom and Will. Best wishes

[@tony.b4368]

Excellent as always, good to see Will with you too…top blokes 👍👍

[@markalienhead1944]

If you are feeding them sugar syrup with the supers still on, they are storing the sugar syrup along with the honey. You have simply given Will a load of sugar syrup. Never feed bees sugar syrup with your honey supers still on if you are going to extract and use/sell the honey.

[@DominicChineas]

That’s very helpful info, thank you! I had only just put the syrup on there so will should be ok with his honey!

[@sandroblq]

Ciao Dom, Alessandro from Bologna here..great episode and great content as always..would love to see more about how you got started with the amazing Bee's and also would love to know how you built your welding table.. love it!

[@iandunipace]

glad the bee's bee hived themselves.

[@DominicChineas]

Haha!

[@pyzikscott]

Such fun. Thanks for taking us along with you. So glad a Repair Shop follower recommended your channel.

[@andrelacourse]

Great episode, love seeing the different side of your workshop life 👍

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you

[@dilihopa]

Great video! Very enjoyable and entertaining to watch!!

[@vickiesandover6008]

Two of my repair shop faves. Loved it 😊

[@likeakite]

Lovely

[@keironcornell9396]

Dom, stop being so awesome mate! I loved this video!

[@inekelassooij840]

Geweldig gedaan. En mooi om te zien hoe jullie het gezellig samen doen top. 👏👌👋🏼

[@clivebeegood]

Hi Dom try putting grass or mint leaves in your smoker to cool the smoke. I rarely use a smoker just a small water sprayer with water in it. I know this is the wrong video but if you want help with your Bridgeport just let me know. I was a toolroom machinist and I worked on a Bridgeport.

[@busterboy7505]

Well I hive learn something about bees and making wax, nice one guys 👍👍🐝.

[@daz41262010]

excellent day with will from TRS good to see you and him and the bees :) cool to see the honey and wax and will's homemade beeswax linseed oil wood polish :) lovely pots of polish and jar of honey :) so sweet pun intended :)

[@norriestewart4333]

That was surely "The Buzz Inn" that the bees visited to get their syrup fix in the hive.

[@colinhead5996]

Mind your own beeswax is a slang rendition of the phrase mind your own business. There is a popular theory that mind your own beeswax started as a retort in the 1700s. As the story goes, women covered their pockmarks with beeswax in the 1700s, which would often run off their faces when they got too near the fire.

[@DominicChineas]

That’s interesting! Thank you for sharing

[@MikeSmith-sg9pt]

Dom, that was fab, really interesting. I love the fact you try to minimise using smoke, so as not to panic the bees 😃 I love beeswax on my woodwork

[@bobt3374]

That was excellent Dom good to see Will with his own idea about the wax & i think the hive looked great. Very good video.😎

[@philipdavis5572]

Excellent, really interesting. Lucky bees.

[@normanbott]

Did a small batch of polish about a month ago. The beeswax was shop-bought so no nice honey smell. About 50% wax, 40% Boiled Linseed Oil and 10% white spirit. Made quite a firm wax, good for the cast iron table of my restored bandsaw and wood shop surfaces - glue doesn't stick so much. It's fun to do if your careful with the heat. Nice video Dom, I'm enjoying these.

[@DominicChineas]

Nice thanks for sharing the recipe

[@markmurphy3578]

I good different video. But honey comes from the nectar ( carbohydrate). The pollen is the protein. The wax is super hard and very useful. In medieval times bees were mainly kept for the wax and the honey was the by-product. Hard wax candles provided better light for monks who needed it for writing. Honey was made into mead, but it was also one of the few sweet substances of the time. 👍

[@Neenerella333]

Turns out, honey has antibacterial properties. Ancient Egyptian honey unearthed, was good as new.

[@daveshort6738]

Dom on a slight side note I watched a video last week about Aston Martin Heritage in Rockford Street Newport Panel. Before Haydon was opened this was where all Aston Martins were made. Now it is purely for special projects and AM restorations. What made it even more interesting was that they had 2 Ranelagh English Wheels there which had been there since the place opened and are still used today by the time served guys and the apprentices. It would be great if you could connect with them as part of your project to raise the profile of the Ranelagh English wheel.

[@DominicChineas]

I have met them actually, I would love to Do a workshop tour one day, need to meet the ranalahs!

[@daveshort6738]

@@DominicChineas sorry about the spelling of Ranalahs. Keep up the good work.

[@kevinisaac9139]

Nice video Dom 👍

[@davidmanning8329]

Awesome watching the two of you working together. Very cool guys!

[@moonstarer55]

Excellent video on a fascinating subject. Beeswax I have is as hard as rock. Great stuff Dom

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

Not quite a Porsche but very interesting, look forward to the net one.

[@garysmith4717]

Fantastic video..

[@Joe1967Strummer]

Brilliant Video. I have just found your channel recently and really love all you videos. Such a inspiration

[@DominicChineas]

So glad you have found us! I hope you’ll stick around

[@Keyswiz71]

That was brilliant!

[@David_11111]

Yay

[@frances7243]

"Not a bad day". You can say that again and a great video to go with it. Nice to catch a glimpse of the 356. Paul

[@amunarjoh]

Looking forward to the continued process!

[@jonno7910]

Wow another brilliant VLOG. I think you and Will should start your own programme. Great duo 😊

[@digitaIgorilla]

The Dom and Will Show. Loved it. You're very natural presenters lol

[@ManuelaPatzel]

Very cool video 👍🏻

[@Georgeolddrones]

Brilliant video Dom thanks 👍

[@marieeaton-smith5168]

Thank you Dom, tell Will to stay calm and relaxed and it is unlikely that he will get stung. I love your hive story, and good luck with the verroa treatment. Lovely video.

[@DominicChineas]

He was actually really calm! He did really well

[@pauljobson723]

My wife grates Beeswax onto a cloth puts it into the oven to melt rhe wax into the cloth. Makes great reusable sandwich or food wraps and environmentaly friendly.

[@DominicChineas]

That is such a good idea! I like that, very sustainable

[@smd1uk]

Great video, I really enjoyed it. Great to see Will and Dom having a good time.

[@SunnyGlade]

This is so wholesome🐝

[@nickmassey9104]

Proper feel good video Dom and Will .Great to see another aspect of your world

[@Neenerella333]

Nick Massey, Didn't Dom knit a lovely scarf for Will on the Repair Shop Christmas show some years ago? Coupla lovely guys.

[@roberthead127]

Add Turpentine to the bee`s wax to make a cream that`s how you make polish

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for the advice appreciate it

[@rogerbond7811]

That was unexpected and well worth watching. Brought some piercing saw blades last week the description suggested using beeswax as a lubricant.

[@DominicChineas]

A little would work well for that, just not clogging up the blade completely!

[@nicolaliddle9622]

Loved seeing inside the bee hive, that was fascinating, great film.

[@joffbrown]

More like this as well please really so interesting

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you ok will do!

[@ahurapersian5973]

Thanks ✊

[@luciascalisi7172]

Sweet in ever way✨-bringing my clogs to trs next week, get ‘em polished & smelling like lavend’aaah ✨🤗✨

[@DominicChineas]

I hope you’ll wear the clogs! Thanks Lucia

[@kensherwood4866]

A little something different Dom, away from the workshop and projects for a while a guest star too! Very interesting, lovely viewing. Cheers

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@nicola.00]

Wonderful programme! You also use beeswax when sewing or doing any kind of needlework, it strengthens the thread, stops it fraying and getting knots in it.

[@philiphartley8823]

Another great way to make beeswax polish is to flake it with a scraper and mix it with white spirit until the wax melts into a nice creamy texture. Keep it in an airtight tin to help it not dry out, if it thiskens up juat add a few drops of white spirit to the surface and let it gradually soak in. I'm a traditional cabinet maker and have been doing it that way for around 60 years. It's great for lubing drawer slides too.

[@DominicChineas]

That’s brilliant thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@keithphilliskirk]

Good video, given me a couple of ideas 👍🏻🐝🐝

[@DominicChineas]

That’s really nice to hear

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hi Dom, Nice relaxing show for a Sunday afternoon, thank you. How long have you been keeping Bees? Take care. Paul,,

[@DominicChineas]

I’ve had them about a year and a half now, so far so good! Still learning slot

[@kingcal53]

Great video! Really enjoyed this.

[@WingingItBoatingonaBudget]

Wow! that was awesome, loved the idea of making wax direct from the hive... On the moorings where we live on the narrowboat there are a couple of beehives (looked after by one of the boat owners dads) - I will definitely be seeing if I can get some wax off him... Especially as today we got two old 'carpenters boxes' from the boot sale that need some tlc and a good shine up!

[@bencaddey6574]

Cracking episode Dom! Learned quite abit there, would love a bee hive 🐝

[@DominicChineas]

So glad to hear It!

[@qshed]

Loved that Dom and Will. Bees is on my wish list along with a workshop hopefully I'll get there one day, in the mean time thanks for the inspiration.

[@alifetomake]

I add 1 part turpentine to mine. It's good for wood, metal (to prevent tools from rusting for ex), and leather protection. Nice video, guys!

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge

[@markwatters6875]

Well done mate.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you

[@nickcarophotography]

Hi Dom, just discovered that the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5's body was wheeled on a Ranalagh. Kudos right there..

[@rusty633]

Great , video Will seems a really nice bloke . All of you at the Repair shop are so talented

[@DominicChineas]

He is alright! Haha thank you

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Dom, What a nice time Was fantastic to see how you work with bee's, (If Will has time on his hands , new hive more was ??) Just a try, All the Best Brian 🤗😎

[@FU2Max]

Marvellous stuff. What a great video Dom, Will and Dan.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@BunnyKins1970]

I make my polish with vegetable oil because it's to be used on spoons, cups, bowls etc. 🐝🐝🐝🐝 💚🐇🐴💚

[@DominicChineas]

To be good safe? That’s a good idea thank you

[@BunnyKins1970]

@@DominicChineas No problem! 💚🐇🐴💚

[@spitspotmichael]

Wow, what an interesting video. Well done lads 👍🏻👏🏻

[@DominicChineas]

Glad it was interesting, thank you

[@busman2000]

Dominic now when you are beating metal into shape you'll drift off to a restful sleep thanks to the lavender oil. lol

I make a conditioning wax from linseed and coconut oils, a little of my bees’ wax and a little carnauba. Good enough to eat and makes a lovely fretboard conditioner. But you can use it on any wood or leather. And it’s not toxic like so called ‘lemon’ oil.

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

Delightful episode. Gotta love those Bees! 👍🙂👍

[@DominicChineas]

They are great! Thank you

[@mikeraymond6822]

hello Dom its mike from west wales, i've now got a mini i'm rebuilding why? so ive more room in my garage lol, i too spend a lot of time in there, my other passion is bees, loved the video my garden is getting there with a wild flower garden no grass and lavender bushes for the bees, i'm debating getting a hive bees are wonderful creatures last thing the Porsche wow love the rebuild thanks for great videos

[@judygebhart2974]

Love it. You guys are great!❤

[@chillyspoon]

Cool video - thanks!

[@DominicChineas]

Your welcome!

[@andrewmarch7891]

Very informative thanks.

[@DominicChineas]

No problem!

[@antrog1895]

Oh god the duck clip tickled me. Great vid and really interesting I never realised the wax was so hard. Cheers 🍻

[@DominicChineas]

Haha!

[@LoraJonesVideos]

Great video - I learnt loads! Thank you!

[@DominicChineas]

That’s brilliant! I hope it inspires you to possibly keep bees one day

[@LoraJonesVideos]

@@DominicChineas Absolutely! Next year, I hope.

[@kelvincolemanAnimal]

Wot a fantastic video lads 👍👍👍😊😊😊♥️

[@peterpedroza6683]

Fascinating Dom, really interesting. Nature is unbelievable.

[@DominicChineas]

Amazing little things aren’t they!

[@tommytar222]

i live near Lancaster .Check the local Scrap yards. There some good stuff to find

[@smudgersmith1786]

That was a great video, they are getting better, even the wife came and watched (she likes Will though!). I'm looking forward to more 'guest' appearances, Suzi and Steve perhaps. :) Who needs the BBC? :P

[@DominicChineas]

This is all a bit learning experience for me, what to film, what people want to see etc so I am glad they are getting better! We are trying! Thank you for the support, plenty more to come!

[@oscartango64]

Great video. Honey straight from the hive is the best.

[@R.Craig.Collins]

Nice to see you your garden, and life outside of work... but I am hoping to see more Porsche soon, when you have time

[@DominicChineas]

I’ll be back on the Porsche soon

[@sharibrown1668]

Loved this video!