It is difficult to protect our furniture from scratches especialy in the households with pets, but you can remove the scratches without having to replace the piece. There are few special products for this, but as everywhere, there are also alternatives to them such as …nuts.

You will need fresh walnuts, nutcracker, clean cloths, crayons, iodine, household alcohol.
1. Crack open a fresh walnut to reveal its meat, using a nutcracker.
2. Rub the meat over the scratch, rubbing in the direction of the wood grain.
3. Rub the affected area with a clean cloth. Continue until the scratch starts blending with the wood. This method works well for light scratches.
4. Fill in a darker scratch with a crayon that matches the color of the wood and rub with a clean cloth until it blends in with the rest of the wood.
5. Apply iodine to scratches in mahogany, using a clean cloth. If you have a maple piece of furniture to repair, dilute iodine with household alcohol and cover scratches with the solution.