News

How to Spot-Apply Wood Finish Without Leaving a...

A halo is the visible ring that appears around a wood touch-up repair after the finish dries. It happens because the repair zone absorbs finish differently than the surrounding sealed...

Can You Use Polyurethane Over a Touch-Up Repair...

Polyurethane over a touch-up repair can hold for years or peel in three weeks. The variable is the material underneath. Wax-based fillers reject polyurethane at a chemical level. Alcohol markers...

How to Touch Up Wax-Finished Wood (A Completely...

Wax-finished wood is the most forgiving surface in furniture repair. A scratch in a wax finish can be fixed in about ten minutes with a cotton cloth and a wax...

Touch-Up Oil Finished Floors: What You Must Kno...

Oil-finished floors (Rubio Monocoat, Bona Hardwax Oil, Osmo Polyx-Oil, WOCA) don't have a film to repair. A scratch exposes raw wood fiber, and a proper touch-up means re-oiling that fiber...

How to Match Sheen Level When Touching Up Floor...

: To match sheen when touching up a floor, identify the existing finish (matte, satin, semi-gloss, or gloss) by viewing the surface at a 15–30 degree angle under a single...

Do You Need to Seal Wood Touch-Up Products? (Wh...

Most wood touch-up repairs don't need to be sealed. That answer surprises people, because the instinct after finishing a repair is that more finish equals more protection. Sometimes it does....