Shut.the.front.door.

My friends, Howard's Restor-A-Finish is the meaning of life.  If I could ask Restor-A-Finish advice about life decisions and career moves, I would.  This stuff knows what it's doing!!  Let me show you what it did for my washed out and mistreated dresser just last week.  Here is the before:

And the rich, sparkly (still slightly wet) after!  Holyslapmyfaceandcallmeshirley!

Oh yes, this is the same dresser.  No, it isn't the same room or the same lighting....but the results still speak for themselves.  I used the Walnut shade because restorers online suggested using it for nearly every shade of wood except very light tones. 

This stuff is a miracle worker, obviously.  Another before:

Those white marks were actually paint transfers.  I took some Goof Off* to these areas prior to using the refinisher, and it all came off!  And after:

Hot Dang!  Woo hoo!  Front scratches before:

And 'holy cow' after:

When I was able to pick my jaw up off the floor, I let the Restor-A-Finish dry overnight, then coated the entire piece with a nice thick layer of Howard's Feed-N-Wax, and buffed out the excess after about 30 minutes. 

This stuff smells delicious thanks to the orange oil, and it makes your furniture glow with a soft luster.  It will harden up and protect the furniture after application, but it smells so good, I just want to keep applying it!   So, mine may never harden up like it's supposed to.  Maybe I should just start using it as a body lotion instead?   Here is the dresser after a dried coating of the Feed-N-Wax:

I love the soft sheen!  Both products were just wiped on with old towels, in case you are curious.  There was nothing complicated about the application.  So, who's going to buy some Howard's products to fix up their old wood furniture?  Or maybe a better question is, who isn't going to buy this stuff??

* in my first post about this dresser, I said that Goof Off didn't work to remove the bad spots - I guess I didn't try very hard back in March!!  ha