I buy and resell furniture, and have used Howard's for years. I have cans of all colors. Howards is an amalgamating finish which dissolves and mixes with the original finish. Results are usually stunning. A few caveats, it doesn't work well with urethane finishes, and will soak under the finish and create blotches. Also, it colors, but doesn't fill scratches. The Howards wax and the orange oil and beeswax products are good to have too. I give my antique furniture some of the orange oil and beeswax every year.
I love this product, love it. It is a miracle worker. I use it all the time. I would recommend pouring some product into a shallow plastic container. It is much easier than going back to the can and it saturates the applicator much easier giving the best possible results.
Howards is always my go-to if I have a piece that needs just a little help to show it's true beauty... the results are always a pleasant surprise. If the piece is so far gone that it's going to need a full restoration (or worse, a couple coats of paint) then no Miracle in a Can is going to help your project but a few decades of neglect and drying? Grab a can of Restor-A-Finish and Polish & Conditioner (or Feed and Protect) and give it a few hours and you might be amazed!
Thank you for this review. Restor-A-Finish is amazing stuff and I like that it 'fills in' and isn't opaque. I used Ebony on the arms and legs of a friend's chair that her dogs and vacuum cleaner had scuffed up that she was having recovered. It turned out FABULOUS. She was so thrilled and I like that it leaves the 'character' of the piece but makes it look awesome.
I use Howard’s products a lot. You didn’t use enough Restor-A-Finish on the top. The ring on the top started to come off when you hit it with the steel wool, but you quit too soon. Too bad you didn’t get to show the Feed-N-Wax as it is a good product and easy to use. I have found a bunch of furniture restorers on RU-vid that also use it inside and all around the outside of drawers. I hadn’t thought of that, but plan to do it in the future.
Hello, that was very nice watching your technique in repairing the table top. That must have been solid wood. I have a CARB composite table top with little flaking spots similar to your table. I tried the exact same product and technique as you but it did very little for fixing it. It's obviously not the same table top as you have. Does anyone know how to do it. Thanks for your video. Awesome!
FYI...I don’t believe that was a water ring in the middle of the desk. Instead, it looks like someone a long time ago sat a quart can of paint on the desk. I really think that’s either a paint ring, or a stain ring from their cans.
Yay!! You posted another vid and it is exactly what I needed. In the process of moving and I will use your advice on some scratches and mishaps. p.s. you should make more restless mind thoughts and ideas. Welcome Back!!!! ~:o)
I have a very old cabinet/pie safe that is a family piece. It sat in storage in a basement for decades and the bottom of it about three inches up from the floor has black stains, most likely water damage. My husband is convinced that to refinish it would hurt its value, but I don't think it is very valuable in the condition it is in anyway. It also has very old paint splatters on one side. Do you have any advise on how I can improve it and remove these stains and restore it without sanding it down and completely refinishing it?
Personally, I would try to scrap off the paint by trying to get the paint off with minimal disturbance of the finish. Then I would do the Restor-a-Finish. That should be an improvement if you aren't looking to refinish it.
I have an old Oak school desk. It appears that large areas have the original light oak finish completely worn off (down to bare wood). The piece had an original blond tone. Would Howard’s do a good job on this desk ? I will have to clean the dirt off of the desk first.
I have a can of this stuff. I tried the 0000 steel wool trick. VERY light rubbing then buffing off. Left microscopic striations on the surface. Don't know what to do next. Probably have to strip the whole table. I don't know whether the table is laminated or not.
Really helps if you follow the directions on the can and actually clean the surface before you start refinishing, that would get rid of your water ring and those deep dark lines a lot better then filling them in with darker finish over the top.
Do you think this would work on a older piece where the paint was stripped on an area of my dining table where liquid from a glow stick took the paint off down to the wood? I hope I explained it?
From my experience, it helps a great deal.. it depends on how much the nail polish remover got into the wood. Once, I accidentally spilt polish remover on a dining table of mine and it completely removed the wood varnish. No amount of restor a finish fixed the issue. I did use the neutral colour and the feed and wax after. As it was completely removed. I suppose I could’ve used the correct colour for the walnut finish but I didn’t. It did make it better though
Good question. I am currently looking at options for sprucing up my own builder-grade, 20 year-old oak cabinets. I see people on Pinterest have used Restor-A-Finish on cabinets, but I haven't personally.
@@janemayhewbarnard6958 I had some major life changes so I haven't tackled the cabinets. I would still love to see someone do this though. I got a price for having them painted at $2000.00
You went much too fast. The maker of the product made a demonstration video in which the product was applied to a small spot at a time and really rubbed in using a light touch. He did the same with the steel wool. And if the first pass didn't do it, he repeated the process until he got the result he wanted. Oh -- it also needs to sit for a couple of minutes before you wipe it off so it can penetrate the wood. All in all, this isn't a great "how to" video.
I tried to spot fix a small ring on my dresser left from a perfume bottle lid and it took the original finish off so I'm going to have to strip and restain the top of my gorgeous Amish solid wood dresser :-(.
Also appeared to improve some mild mater marks on other pieces but within 6 months they came right back, the Restor-A-Finish didn't last and cost quite a bit for something that had to be redone so much.
when making a tutorial video it’s wise to use a mic or have camera with mic CLOSE enough so we can hear you u sound far away and echo in room garage or wherever you are ty
