--- product_id: 722771822 title: "Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016" brand: "howard" price: "KD 3.63" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 category: "Howard" url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/722771822-howard-products-restor-a-finish-cherry-473-ml-rf9016 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Blends out scratches & blemishes Restores original wood finish Quick wipe-on, wipe-off application Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 **Brand:** howard **Price:** KD 3.63 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🪄 Bring your wood back to life — because your space deserves the spotlight! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 by howard - **How much does it cost?** KD 3.63 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/722771822-howard-products-restor-a-finish-cherry-473-ml-rf9016) ## Best For - howard enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted howard brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Banish Blemishes Like Magic:** Eradicates white heat rings, water marks, sun fade, smoke damage, and oxidation seamlessly. - • **Effortless Elegance in Minutes:** Simple wipe-on, wipe-off process saves time while delivering professional-grade results. - • **Trusted by Experts for Over 40 Years:** A staple in antique restoration, ensuring your wood surfaces look timeless and cared for. - • **Tailored to Your Wood’s Unique Tone:** Choose from 9 precise colors to perfectly match and revive any wood finish. - • **Preserve Authenticity, Not Just Appearance:** Restor-A-Finish penetrates and restores without stripping, keeping your wood’s original value intact. ## Overview Howard Products Restor-A-Finish (Cherry, 473 mL) is a finish-penetrating wood restoration formula designed to blend out minor scratches, blemishes, and oxidation without removing the original finish. Available in nine colors for precise matching, it quickly removes heat rings, water marks, sun fade, and smoke damage with a simple wipe-on, wipe-off application. Trusted by professionals and antique restorers for over 40 years, it preserves the authenticity and value of wood surfaces effortlessly. ## Description In 1969, Douglas G. Howard set out to solve this dilemma: how can you eliminate blemishes in wood finishes and restore the original color and luster without removing any of the existing finish? Unable to find an answer at his local hardware store, he went to work in his garage to create his own product. His goal was to make something that would be much more than a surface treatment, yet nothing like a stripper or a refinisher. The key was to develop a formula that could clean and polish the surface, penetrate the finish with stain, and leave the original finish intact. The end result was Restor-A-Finish, Doug Howard's first in what would become a complete line of wood care products. For over 40 years, Howard's Restor-A-Finish has been a standard in the antique industry. Because Restor-A-Finish preserves the original wood finish it also helps preserve its authenticity and value, whereas stripping the finish may literally strip the piece of its value. Almost any existing wood tone, from a Birdseye Maple to a Jacobean, can be closely matched using one of the nine available finish colors. Trying it on just about everything with a traditional wood finish, antique dealers, refinishers, and homemakers have found it to be a safer and easier alternative to stripping and refinishing. Scratches, oxidation, white heat rings, watermarks, smoke damage, and sun fade simply disappear. Review: Tolles Produkt... - Lässt sich sehr gut verarbeiten und pflegt das Holz außerordentlich Review: No funciona nada. - Yo lo uso para mi suelo de madera y la puerta de madera ,pero no funciona nada.Y no se seca,deja con aceite hasta el segundo.Y yo lo limpio y segundo día con agua,y me deja igua que no ha aplicado.Me he perdido dinero. ## Features - Restor-A-Finish is a unique finish-penetrating formula that restores wood finishes while blending out minor scratches, blemishes and abrasions - Available in nine colors to match almost any wood finish tone; Neutral, Maple-Pine, Golden Oak, Cherry, Walnut, Mahogany, Dark Walnut, Dark Oak, and Ebony Brown - With a simple wipe-on, wipe-off process, most finished wood surfaces that seem to need a complete refinishing job can be restored in a few minutes - Removes white heat rings and water marks, sun fade, oxidation, smoke damage and most other blemishes - Restor-A-Finish restores the finish without removing any of the existing finish ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000LNUKDS | | Best Sellers Rank | #90,833 in Health & Personal Care ( See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care ) #152 in Furniture & Wood Polishes | | Country of Origin | USA | | Generic Name | Wood Finish Restore | | Imported By | CLICKTECH RETAIL PRIVATE LIMITED | | Importer | CLICKTECH RETAIL PRIVATE LIMITED, 18, RABINDRA SARANI, PODDAR COURT, GATE NO.2, GROUND FLOOR KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, 700001, INDIA. | | Included Components | 1 Can | | Item Dimensions LxWxH | 46 x 99 x 165 Millimeters | | Item Weight | 454 g | | Item model number | Howard - RF9016 | | Manufacturer | Howard Products, Howard Products, Inc. 560 Linne Road Paso Robles, CA 93446, Howard Products, Inc. | | Packer | Howard Products, Howard Products, Inc. 560 Linne Road Paso Robles, CA 93446 | | Product Dimensions | 4.57 x 9.91 x 16.51 cm; 453.59 g | ## Images ![Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LKBErYzQL.jpg) ![Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71SJ+ZGfRmL.jpg) ![Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-lzRjzf-L.jpg) ![Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71L4T6pJ-zL.jpg) ![Howard Products Restor-A-Finish, Cherry, 473 mL, RF9016 - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Dz3LymfwL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Which color should I get if I have dark expresso color wood?** A: Their Ebony Brown shade is ideal for modern Espresso finishes. I've used it to dramatic and fantastic effect. Great stuff! **Q: what to use to clean wood first and then after the application of restor a finish** A: I dust first. If it's really bad, I use Howard OrangeOil Wood Polish first. The Restore-A-Finish actually cleans as you use it. **Q: Would you recommend this color for a teak dining table? I'm not sure if the other finishes would work better.** A: I wouldn't, I would go darker on teak. This stuff does not really add any color like a stain would. I have used golden oak for kitchen oak cabinets, and dark oak for 25 year old Minwax 230 Early American stained oak trim, and cherry for an antique cherry dininig room table and they all did not "darken" anything. This stuff isn't a stain and it should only restore any mis-colored spots, if its a dark teak -I would use the dark oak. **Q: Where can I see samples of the colors of this product?** A: On the website ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tolles Produkt... *by S***Z on 26 September 2025* Lässt sich sehr gut verarbeiten und pflegt das Holz außerordentlich ### ⭐ No funciona nada. *by H***I on 27 August 2024* Yo lo uso para mi suelo de madera y la puerta de madera ,pero no funciona nada.Y no se seca,deja con aceite hasta el segundo.Y yo lo limpio y segundo día con agua,y me deja igua que no ha aplicado.Me he perdido dinero. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Transforms many wood surfaces, removes white heat marks! *by A***R on 7 November 2013* This is a very good product that performs as promised to restore and clean many wood finishes. Restoration is not the same as refinishing. On some types of wood furnishings and finishes, it will improve the appearance dramatically, remove blemishes and clean the wood. It works best on: -Furniture that is scratched with a dull stained finish -Fine furniture with a shiny lacquer finish It will improve the appearance of badly scratched furniture with the above types of finishes. It does not work well on sealed finishes (polyurethane). I have used this product in all of the above situations. Following are some of the results achieved. First, a small pine table with a dull finish appeared shabby and needed improvement. The surface was severely scratched, with mostly surface level damage. After a five minute simple wipe-on application of the product using a rag, the results were dramatic. If I wanted to fuss over this piece, I would reapply using fine steel wool and touch up some of the gouges with a stain pen. Six months later, the table looks almost as it did prior to using the product, and it needs to be reapplied. Howard's Restor-A-Finish proved it's worth during my second project, the restoration of a high quality solid wood table top with a glossy, lacquered finish. The table had white heat marks the size of a salad plate that would not disappear with any previous methods attempted. Prior to using this product, I attempted to remove the white marks by researching solutions in Google. "Removing white heat marks from wood" yielded several cautious attempts from "applying steam again" to using toothpaste, mayonnaise and other so-called "remedies". The white marks remained in the finish. When I found out about the Howard's product here on Amazon, I read some of the reviews where reviewers claimed they were able to remove white rings by simply wiping the product on with a rag. I tried this and it did not work. I was afraid my money went down the tubes, but decided to try using steel wool. 0000 Steel Wool was too soft and ineffective. With 000 grade, it took some patient effort, but less than ten minutes later the white marks were gone. Replenishing the piece of steel wool regularly increased the effectiveness of the process. Work with the grain, use light pressure and keep checking your results to be sure you don't damage the finish. (See before and after photos.) Howard's is also an excellent product to polish and detail wood furniture that is already in good shape, reviving it a bit and making it look exceptionally clean and shiny. For best results with wood finishes that need cleaning, use steel wool. As mentioned earlier, the product will improve the appearance of some finishes, but does not do anything that I would consider restorative on certain finishes. For example, I wiped it on a small table that appears to have had a polyurethane finish that was in poor condition. It deposited a light stain in the areas that were lighter, but the result wasn't very impressive. The areas where the urethane finish was not damaged was cleaned, but the stain was unable to penetrate the lighter scratches. The only solution for this type of situation is either covering the old finish or removing it. A similar result was obtained on a very old veneer top using steel wool and minimal elbow grease. The result is better than before, but the wood still shows a lot of the underlying damage. Another mediocre result was achieved on a furniture with deep scratches. The product changed the color of the scratches and improved the appearance dramatically. However, the damage was still visible. Better results were achieved by filling the scratches with a wood crayon, and smoothing them out using fine steel wool and a light hand to prevent marring the finish. This is a stop-gap solution for furniture that either should be refinished or painted. All in all, this is an excellent product for cleaning and addressing many wood furniture problems without refinishing. ## Frequently Bought Together - Howard Products Store Howard-RF9016 - Howard Products Beeswax Wood Polish & Conditioner, Feed-N-Wax for Wood Furniture Polish, 16 oz, Orange - Homax 10120000 Steel Wool, 12 pad, Grade #0000, Rhodes American, Final Finish --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/722771822-howard-products-restor-a-finish-cherry-473-ml-rf9016](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/722771822-howard-products-restor-a-finish-cherry-473-ml-rf9016) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-14*