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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Simple Wood Restoration


More times than not, when you find a piece of furniture second-hand, it'll have some visible wear and tear. Sometimes it might need to be sanded and refinished, but if you're lucky, it might just need some touch-ups. Enter Howard's Feed-N-Wax.

My husband was browsing a consignment store a few years back and he noticed one of the employees wiping a dresser with something. He was impressed with the results they were getting, so he thought we should give it a try. We bought our bottle from Fred Meyer (in the home improvement section), but it's available at several other stores, and on Amazon.

While Feed-N-Wax won't completely restore damage, I was surprised at how well it disguised scratches and water rings. It's all-natural—just orange oil and beeswax—and the bottle lasts a long time. Most of our furniture is in the medium oak range, so I don't have much experience using it on birch or dark walnut finishes. If you've tried it, let me know what kind of results you've had.

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