Howard Products, Golden Oak Restor-A-Finish, 8 oz

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!

This really took years off my cabinets. The grain of the wood shows better, the wood looks “healthier “, not faded and dry. Biggest improvement was on the cabinets that are near the dog water bowl and behind which we store the trash. It wiped away water stains and hid areas that we had marred the finish on with constant touch.

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 I know they are considered “outdated” but we like the look of natural wood.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 was essential to restoring my vintage oak banker's desk that we picked up for free. Easy to apply and low maintenance. Not a super strong odor either.

I didn't know this would work. I had an old china cabinet of my moms (maybe from 1950?) that had seen some things. Anyway, the dogs water dish had been splashing on it for years, and the bottom was looking rough, water splashes had left round marks, taking off varnish. I gently rubbed this stuff in, and it was like magic. It almost erased the problem; you have to get close to still see it. I was going to throw out the cabinet, but it's back in the corner, holding the specialty dinner ware again, and I'm happy!

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

This is a great product, but I think I should’ve gotten a darker color. It does soak into the wood and changes the way it looks. I would recommend this product.

Great product it does a super job restoring the finish, and covering the scratches, only downside is it is smelly so open your doors or windows when using it.