In 1969, Douglas G. Howard out to solve this dilemma : how can you eliminate blemishes in wood finishes and restore the new color and luster without removing any of the existing finish ? . incapable to find an answer at his local anaesthetic hardware store, he to work in his garage to create his personal product. His goal to make something that would be large indefinite amount more than a surface treatment, yet nothing same a stripper or a refinisher. The listing was to develop a formula that could clean and jerk and polish the surface, the finish with stain, and leave the new finish inviolate. The end result was, Doug Howard 's number one in what would become a perfect line of wood care products. For over 40 years, Howard 's Restor-A-Finish has been a in the gaffer industry. Because Restor-A-Finish preserves the new wood finish it also preserve its authenticity and value, whereas stripping the finish may literally strip the piece of its value. Almost any existing wood, from a Birdseye Maple to a King of Great Britain, can be closely matched using one of the nine on tap finish colors. Trying it on just about everything with a time-honored wood finish, gaffer dealers, refinishers, and homemakers have it to be a safer and easier alternative to stripping and refinishing. Scratches, oxidation, White heat rings, watermarks, smoke damage, and sun only disappear.