Howard Products, Neutral Restor-A-Finish, 8 oz

This stuff is amazing. There are several colors to match different woods. I bought this in the natural neutral. I was surprised at how fantastic this stuff is. Get an old towel, tee shirt, or handicap wipes work really well. This brings dull wood back to life. It makes scratches and dullness a thing of the past. It does not change the color of the wood. It makes look vibrant and new. It’s very thin and not a stain. If you have the walnut color for instance it will be extremely scuttle on pine. Most people would not see the difference. Best restore hack I’ve found.

Typically have to built Sand and varnish every two or three years. This is a nice intermediate fix and the table looks great, so easy to use.

This product while not a miracle worker, did definitely improve the appearance of my late 80’s golden oak cabinets. I know they are considered “outdated” but we like the look of natural wood. Recently they were looking a little worse for wear, dull and dry looking in spots. In the past I have lightly sanded and brushed on a coat of clear poly with good results. I wanted to find something that didn’t require all that drying time. This fit the bill perfectly. It was very easy to apply & even though it warns about the fumes I did not find the fumes terrible. I did run the ceiling fan and opened a window.I have a smallish L shaped kitchen and the whole project was done in about an hour. It took about half the bottle.This product did well as far as giving it a good shine and evening out the color/tone of my most used cabinets that had worn down dry areas. It did not fix most of the deeper imperfections though (like I said, not a miracle product). But for the money and ease of applying, I would definitely use this product again.

This stuff really works. We remodelled a dining room that had dark knotty pine panelling over all the walls. We stored most of the panelling outside and NOT fully protected from weather. After two years of rain, wind & snow, we decided to try to use some of it to make a built-in bookcase. The panelling was pretty ratty by then, but Restore-a-Finish gave it a new life. It's better looking now than when we took it down.It will not really soften a film of finish, so don't expect to re-distribute anything to cover major scratches. However, the colorant in the liquid does a really good job of making scratches and blemishes disappear (I have several cans of an assortment of colors). Best of all, If you apply it with 4/0 steel wool, it cleans amazingly well, and leaves a soft glow on the surface after wiping it off and polishing with a soft cloth.A local museum of antique radios has used it to restore all of their wooden cabinets.Many products make empty promises, but this one follows through. Five stars!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Excellent product! It took away water marks, scratches from wood blinds, brought color back to an old oak bookcase!

Prob a good product. Didn’t do for me what it claimed to do with water spots. I’ll further research

I was given an old and used dining room buffet server from someone who moved out of town. As it’s much older, it’s made from real wood so the bones are solid. While the face is nice and size is right for my space, the only problem was the surface —scratches, ring stains, halos etc. — issues the previous owners could have prevented or easily treated had they done so when they happened vs letting them seep further into the wood for many years, becoming permanent.I am not a DIYer, at least not for woodworking but this was crazy easy and more like cleaning. First using #0000 steel wool, I then applied Restor-a finish, as instructed and am just amazed at the huge difference it made.While it didn’t get rid of everything (damage is too deep into the wood and would need a full restoration which is expensive for a piece of furniture that probably wasn’t all that expensive to begin with and holds no sentimental value to me) the restor-a-finish brought it to a level that I no longer feel I need to keep the entire surface hidden under a runner.I should’ve thought to do this sooner.

This was my first time using this product, and I'm I know means an expert I'm a beginner. It is so simple to use and it looks beautiful after it's done you just wipe it on, wipe off the access. Let it dry a little while and then polish it up and it's beautiful simple simple