Our church is painting and all of the pews and wood statues are being removed to make room. While everything is out how would we go about cleaning them? The statues and some other wood decorations are very dirty since they aren’t easily cleaned. The pews aren’t too bad but scratched some. The wood work dates form the 50s so I’m assuming the finish is a lacquer. Refinishing is not an option at this time. Is wax an option? I do not use any wax on top of a film finish in my projects either just a film finish or a oil and maybe wax. Normally dry dusting works fine but some pieces are really caked. I might have to use a brush and compressed air. Any suggestions? I always tell people to stay away from the “snake oil” finish care products.