Exact Match Wood Touch-up is a wood repair system used for furniture, wood floor, and leather repair.

Take a good look around as you get up close to your furniture, cabinets doors floors etc.  It can be a bit shocking to see all the damage that has been caused over the years of use. Kids, pets, vacuum cleaners and general wear and tear can cause all sorts of damage to your home and it’s contents. I have found it amazing that even in my personal home I still find things I’ve missed doing the repairs on. Now I have a monthly walk around to see what is new after I fixed almost everything  I saw on the initial walk through. My home is over twenty years old and many flaws can accumulate if not taken care of. It looks great now and the monthly time it takes is now negligible. Take your Exact Match Wood Touch Up system around the house and spend twenty minutes a month touching up you minor and not so minor flaws. You will be amazed at what a difference it can make.

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If you’ve got a scratch, fix it with Exact Match!

When you new furniture is delivered it will usually have a slight film on it from the factory.  Take the Exact Match wiping cloth and rub with the grain, the length of the grain if possible. This will reveal the true potential of the finish. After this apply a high quality polish/preservative such as Exact Match Luster Restore wood polish.

If you have ever looked at a tree on a very windy day you might be amazed at how flexible they can be before breaking.  This is because the tree creates natural oils to keep it flexible.  Once cut into lumber and made into furniture it no longer has a method to stay flexible and moist. If wood dries too much, larger pieces are prone to twisting and cracking. At the least the wood will shrink.

Look at the front panels of an Asian made china hutch. If you don’t maintain moisture in the wood they will shrink and become loose. The panel will show bare wood on the edges where there is no finish. There is no finish because the panel shrunk.  All in all it is not a good situation to have occur.The reason for these problems is that their climate is very different from ours here in the states and sometimes wood is not fully dried before being assembled into furniture . As long as you periodically feed your wood there will be no inherent problem with buying an Asian made piece of furniture.

Keep feeding your wood to maintain proper moisture levels. Exact Match Luster Restore is a proprietary blend of bees wax, orange oil, very expensive carnuba wax and one more special ingredient we don’t tell anyone about. It is simply amazing what is does for dried out wood. Once applied it will protect the piece for four to six months. We did our initial research on outdoor furniture. We figured that if it could hold up to the harsh environment of being outside it would hold up very well  inside. After six months outside, water  was still beading up on the piece. Extreme testing has led to a superior product.

We are now offering an 8OZ Luster Restore bottle at www.exactmatchwoodtouchup.com  Just a little goes a long way.

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I don’t know exactly how but every time I move picture frames there seems to be a scratch on them. If you have a picture frame that is gold, bronze or silver tone the Exact Match Wood Repair system comes with these color cards.

Pick the color, active the stain and touch up the scratch. These colors are special in that they have a pearl pigment added and require more mixing than our standard solid colors. When you activate these color cards use a little more activator and swirl it for a little longer and your repair will come out great. If you have a deep nick on an edge use the Exact Match fill sticks to level off the nick and then apply the color on top of your filled area.

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I just wrote a piece on repairing missing color on leather seats in your car and this is an addition to the last posting.

The color on car seats can be easily replaced where it simply comes off from getting in and out of your car. There is one other commonly seen problem if you haul things in your car such as boards, skis and anything that can rub on the seat. If the item is rough enough it  can remove the finish on the leather by simply rubbing back and forth on it as you drive.

The technique for repairing this is similar to replacing the missing color with the exception of the brush technique. Instead of finding the Exact Match color card, activating the stain and stroking it on you would simply use a dabbing,  smashing or stippling technique on the repair. Because this surface can be rough it is necessary to smash or dab the brush into the leather fibers in order to get the stain into the repair. On these types of repairs it may be necessary to apply more than one coat to get full coverage. Once dry apply the leather preservative of your liking.

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Car seats take a beating. Even with the best care of twice a year cleaning and preserving them with a good leather preservative there still will be some wear.  I’ve found it’s  mostly on the drivers side and along the side bolster on the far left side. This is logically the highest wear area of your car seats. Many times the color or finish on the leather wears off in streaks or where the natural folds of the leather occur. This is just part of getting in and out of your car and is unavoidable unless you cover your seats with some type of seat cover.

These are easily repaired because leather is generally a solid color and the color match is quick and exact. Take you Exact Match repair system and fan out the color cards. Find the color that matches and activate the stain. Use the included red sable hair brush and simply apply the stain to the areas where the finish is missing. Give the repair five minutes to dry and apply the preservative you most like to use. Our Exact Match kit is compatible with everything we have ever tested so be confident you’ll have no problems. Step back and marvel at your handy work.  You just made you car look better and increased it’s value.

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When you buy your new instrument weather it be a new cello or a new guitar you do your best to take care of it. Inevitably you get a nick or scratch in it’s beautiful new finish and it’s now there forever.

No so. These types of repairs can easily be done at home without the need for a professional to do the repair. With the Exact Match Wood Touch Up System in about five minutes your repair can be exactly color matched almost invisible to the eye.  Most repairs consist of picking the correct color card, activating the stain on the card and touching it up.

The finish we use in our Exact Match kit is the same type of lacquer found on almost all wood instruments. The repair will be permanent and look great. If you have something like a gouge this can be easily repaired as well with our Exact Match wood epoxy. There is no need to sand and refinish the instrument with this repair technique.

We have many “instrument repair guys” using our product with great success. If you are a musician and and have an instrument in need of repair we have a 100% money back guarantee. Of the thousands of kits sold to date we have only returned one. This customer was unwilling to try more than one color to get her color match. If you’ve got a scratch. Fix it with Exact Match.

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Because of leathers texture a stabbing technique with your brush is required.
The Exact Match system can be used to repair missing color on leather.
#1 Pick an Exact Match color card.
#2 Activate the stain.
#3 Use a dabbing or stabbing technique to push the stain into the texture of the leather.
The color will stay and remain flexible so it is useful on clothing as well as furniture.
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The problem: The finish is missing from a chair or table edge or corner. This is a very common and easy problem to repair with the correct product and brush technique.
#1 Pick the Exact Match color card that matches the missing finish.
#2 Activate the stain on the card.
#3 Apply using the side of the bristles not the tip. I’ll clarify. When you apply the stain, use the edge of the bristles halfway between the tip and the metal ferrule. What this technique does is allow an even application of the stain. No excess will be present and your repair will look great. Thanks for reading the Exact Match Wood Touch Up Quick Tip.

Repairing scratches on wood floors is probably the most requested or searched subject we see at Exact Match.   We will be releasing a new product that specifically addresses wood floor repairs.  The proposed release date is the end of May. This repair system will make replacing a scratched board a thing of the past.  Now anyone can fix a deep or shallow scratch on any type of wood flooring. Keep tuned in to our Exact Match Quick Tip for a video demonstrating the actual repair. You won’t believe how easy and durable the finished repair is.

Tv’s, satalite receivers, stereo equipment computers etc all create heat.  Something as simple as a quarterly polishing

and putting a towel down can save the finish on your piece.

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