Enhance Upcycled Furniture with Gilly’s Black Wax - Antique Effects for Rustic Charm Protect and enhance the look of upcycled furniture with Gilly’s beautiful Effects Waxes. Designed to provide a layer of protection over mineral or chalk paints, while giving a subtle, washed effect, these non-toxic waxes will quickly become an essential part of your upcyling toolkit. Gilly’s Effects Waxes are a unique, natural blend of renewable waxes, oils and pigments. They can be used on raw timber to provide a white or black washed, stained look. Alternatively, they are brilliant when applied over another finish to add an antiquing effect. Mineral and chalk paints are especially good candidates for the rustic effect of these waxes. The pigments in Gilly’s Effects Waxes accumulate in the corners of relief carvings and mouldings, picking out the details and allowing you to develop an antique, rustic effect easily and quickly. This will allow you to control the amount of pigment on the surface. Follow up both colours with a coat of Carnauba Polish Clear for added protection and to lock colour in.