Repairing scratches with soft wax repair kit?

[username132]

My mum bought a nice cabinet from a second-hand furniture store and it has some scratches which could do with repair. I was wondering whether a soft wax repair kit like this one would be a good choice? Reviews I can find online seem to be polarised.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

It depends on the exact nature of the scratchesnand without seeing the piece in question it is very difficult to be specific. If the finish is a clear lacquer and the scratches are whitish and/or deep you may need to colour them with a furniture touch-up pen first to disguise the scratch before mixing and applying any wax - coloured wax annot hide everything. For light abrasions alone coloured wax mixed to a close match, rubbed along the scratche then buffed out can do the trick. Also a quick application of old fashioned furniture wax (e.g. Johnsons paste wax) followed by buffin out with a clean, lint-free cloth can generally make a piece of furniture look better especially if it is a little dulled.