Our mother had one of these when we were a kid, and we were recently tipped off to it again by Teresa:
"It's such a great little tin -- worth the $4.99 I spent on it -- and it does work on most scratches."
Tibet Almond Stick is a "tightly rolled cotton stick, soaked in a secret family formula" which rubs on and quickly hides the raw wood that is revealed by a scratch to the surface. Manufactured by the Zenith Chemical Works since 1908, it trades on the fact that almond meat was often used to hide wood scratches in the old days. The Tibet part just sounds made up to us! (Thanks, Teresa! - Via CoolTools)
It seriously works on all but the deepest scratches! I use it all the time on the junk...errr...antiques I pick up in my New England travels!
is it more effective than rubbing an actual almond on scratches? not that i've tried that on my dark furniture...
This is the best scratch concealer around, whatever the color of the wood's stain. Floors, furniture, cabinets -- 'sall good. Even deep scratches look better over time with repeated treatments.
I swear by it too! I removed my carpet from an apartment a few years back and the floors were a mess - especially all the tack holes. This worked great on cleaning it up! I picked mine up at Restoration Hardware.
Agree this stuff is amazing. It's what all the vintage furniture dealers use to conceal scratches.
When I was young my mom showed me how to remove a table scratch by rubbing a walnut on the surface of the wood. It worked like magic. I have no doubt that this product works, but I bet rubbing an almond on your scratches would work well too.
I just inherited a dining room set and one of the last things my Nana did was get down under the table to a scratch that she'd noticed with a walnut. The set is a mid-dark mahogany and it was like a miracle.
This stuff ROCKS! I wouldn't be caught without it
The real question is, can I use it on my armpits?
Guys, I don't live in the US. Do you know any US retailer who would sell this to me and post me a tin internationally?
I've just moved into a new home and this would be v useful on an old chest of drawers that I've inherited.
PS: I live in Australia :)