Apparently using polish is now considered old fashioned.

I use good old Mr Sheen, quite a pleasant scent for most things.Poor you after your house blitz😲am sure your DD meant well but am guessing you won’t be needing this help again.😄

I only use natural cleaning products, Method, Purdy & Figg or M & S.

I am asthmatic and cannot tolerate overpowering chemical smells.

I haven't used polish for years .I use Orange Oil on my wooden furniture and a spray with vinegar in it for any glass tops ,TV stand,coffee tables etc .If the tables have been attacked by a toddler then a good wash with soapy water then sprayed with the water and vinegar mix leaves them sparkling.
I used to use spray pledge 50 years ago after I'd hidden any dirty dishes in the oven ,I sprayed the rooms with it and my late MIL always said ,someones been working hard....lol
She only found out about my shortcuts just before she died and she laughed so much she had tears streaming down her face.

I went out with the ark I think, I still use the old fashioned lavender wax polish on solid wood furniture. I do use Zoflora, but only in the kitchen, and only the fresh linen one, which isn’t too cloying.

I used to use spray pledge 50 years ago after I'd hidden any dirty dishes in the oven

I love that! 😂

I hate the smell of cleaning products as they really hurt my nose. A damp dust does the job in here.

Ooh I love lavender wax polish!

I like using polish

Some wooden furniture has a lacquer finish and polish can make it smeary.

I use a spray with beeswax and oils on some mid-century teak furniture as it nourishes it. I was advised to use teak oil but the spray is much easier, but not every time I dust.

I only use natural cleaning products, Method, Purdy & Figg or M & S.

After using Method cleaners for years, I found that recently they made me choke. Method has been taken over by a large conglomerate, I think, and the formula has changed.

I used to use spray pledge 50 years ago after I'd hidden any dirty dishes in the oven ,I sprayed the rooms with it and my late MIL always said ,someones been working hard....lol
😁

My MIL advised me to hide dirty dishes in the oven if someone was coming.
I never thought of the Pledge idea.

I use beeswax spray on my oak and pine furniture and a damp microfibre cloth on everything else.

I bought in bulk at the beginning of 2023, so using up what I have.

I am really impressed by Purdy and Figg, the starter kit is three small natural oils which you mix with water into the spray bottle provided.

Sorry that was to Callistemon213

I might look out for that make, GrannyGravy.

I was quite astonished when I used a new bottle of Method spray in the bathroom and ending up choking, not able to catch my breath.

I think less polish is used because fewer people have solid wood.
You shouldn’t use anything like Mr Sheen or Pledge on wood.
It has silicones and other nasties that build up and leave a film.

I use Wood Silk on the wood but only every couple of months, I just dust inbetween polishes.
A homemade vinegar spray for bathrooms and glass and a natural spray for everything else.
For anything really stubborn I use “the good one” natural paste.

When I see the huge array of stuff in the supermarket it’s quite overwhelming.

I agree re the awful smell left behind with some of these products,I’d rather smell dog than febreeze.

We tend to use Method for damp dusting. I hate Zoflora with a passion. I have quite a thing for bleach - love the smell. I used to use Me. Sheen but when DH took over a lot of the cleaning he threw it away- he said it left a sticky residue I had not seen this. I'm in charge of the kitchen , loo and bathroom so I get to use lots of Dettol products and Harpic for the loo. Open windows whenever possible and expensive diffusers.

I have all old brown furniture, quite valuable antiques some 20 years ago. My furniture all gets a coat of polish one a year. That is all that is needed. I use a spray wax polish with no silicone. It is called 'Woodsilk'.

Never use a silicone based spray on good wood fumiture it ends up dulling the finish.

I had a friend who also used the spray polish trick, a quick spritz in the air a few minutes before her DH came home from work, he assumed she’d been flat out cleaning all day!

I think there are so many adverts nowadays for air fresheners, bathroom ‘anti pong’ stuff, carpet and fabric ‘refreshers’, scent boosters for the laundry….

Just open a few windows.

Oh Calendargirl I agree. The advertising gurus try to sell smelly products to make our houses smell " so fresh".... as opposed to - what - stale?
Windows open let in fresh air ( the clues in the name)

I too haven’t used polish for years, wet or damp cloth is all I use but then the only wood I have is an unpolished natural wood table

M0nica

I have all old brown furniture, quite valuable antiques some 20 years ago. My furniture all gets a coat of polish one a year. That is all that is needed. I use a spray wax polish with no silicone. It is called 'Woodsilk'.

Never use a silicone based spray on good wood fumiture it ends up dulling the finish.

Yes, that's the one I use on retro teak furniture, it has beeswax and oils in it.

I use Woodsilk on the walnut bookcases, as the carpenter who made them advised it, and everywhere else I use Purdy and Figg.

The cleaner is a fan of Zoflora though, and mops the hard floors with it once a week. I suspect she uses it so that her clients know she's been if they are out at the time - a bit like the old Pledge trick 😂

Zoflora is poisonous to dogs, isn’t it?

I do just dust using a microfibre cloth these days, although I worry about microfibre being bad for the environment when you wash it.