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title: "Howard Restor-A-Finish, 16oz 1 Pack RF9016 1"
brand: "howard"
price: "S$104"
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reviews_count: 5
category: "Howard"
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# Restores original color & luster Eliminates heat rings & scratches 16 oz precision formula Howard Restor-A-Finish, 16oz 1 Pack RF9016 1

**Brand:** howard
**Price:** S$104
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✨ Bring your wood back to life — because your space deserves timeless elegance! 🪵

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Howard Restor-A-Finish, 16oz 1 Pack RF9016 1 by howard
- **How much does it cost?** S$104 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/725135154-howard-restor-a-finish-16oz-1-pack-rf9016-1)

## 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

- • **Trusted Legacy:** Over 40 years as the gold standard in antique woodcare
- • **Multi-Tone Match:** Available in 9 finish colors to blend seamlessly with your wood
- • **Effortless Elegance:** Smooths scratches, stains, and white heat rings for flawless wood
- • **Preserve, Don’t Strip:** Safely revitalizes wood finish without damage or removal
- • **Deep Penetration Formula:** Cleans and polishes beneath the surface for lasting restoration

## Overview

Howard Restor-A-Finish is a 16 oz woodcare solution designed to restore the original color, luster, and finish of wood surfaces by eliminating white heat rings, scratches, and stains without stripping the finish. Trusted for over 40 years, it offers a safe, easy alternative to refinishing, available in multiple tones to match various wood types.

## Description

In 1969, Douglas G. Howard set out to solve this dilemma. How to remove scratches on the wood finish and restore the original color and luster without removing the existing finish? Unable to find the answer at a local hardware store, he went to work in his garage and making his own products. His goal was to create more than a surface treatment, but nothing like a stripper or refinisher. It was important to develop a formula that could clean and polish the surface, penetrate it into the finish and leave the original finish intact. The result is the Restor-A-Finish introduced Doug Howard to a complete line of woodcare products. For over 40 years, Howard's Restor-A-Finish has set the standard in the antique industry. Restor-A-Finish preserves the original wood finish, which helps preserve its reliability and value, but when removing the finish can literally destroy its value. Almost any existing wood tone from Birdseye Maple to Jacobean, can be used to match closely with one of the nine finish colors. Traditional wood finishes, antique dealers, refinishing workers, and housewives have found a safe and easy alternative to stripping and refinishing. Scratches, oxidation, white heat ring, watermarks, smoke damage, sunburn will disappear

Review: Lässt sich sehr gut verarbeiten und pflegt das Holz außerordentlich
Review: 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

- 16 oz neutral
- Eliminates white heat rings and drip marks
- Smooths scratches and stains
- Restores color and luster to a faded finish
- This item is not for sale in Catalina Island

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000LNUKDS |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Brand | HOWARD |
| Color | red (cherry) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,936) |
| Date First Available | August 7, 2012 |
| Included Components | Howard - RF9016 |
| Item Weight | 454 g |
| Material | Sakura |
| Model Number | Howard - RF9016 |
| Power Source | Manual |
| Product Dimensions | 4.57 x 9.91 x 16.51 cm; 453.59 g |
| Quantity | 1 |

## Images

![Howard Restor-A-Finish, 16oz 1 Pack RF9016 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LKBErYzQL.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

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***Z on September 26, 2025*

Lässt sich sehr gut verarbeiten und pflegt das Holz außerordentlich

### ⭐ Review
*by H***I on August 27, 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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***R on November 7, 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
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- Homax 10120000 Steel Wool, 12 pad, Grade #0000, Rhodes American, Final Finish

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