Merit No. 14 Amber — Burn-In Sticks
Ships from Waynesboro, Virginia.
Merit No. 14 Amber · ultra-translucent burn-in sticks · half dozen or dozen
No. 14 is the ultra-translucent amber — deep and warm on the stick, and light passes through the fill, which is what makes it the working choice for chips and edges where the grain has to keep showing through.
How it's sold
- Half Dozen (6 sticks)
- Dozen (12 sticks)
Full-size Merit sticks, hand poured from the original shellac-and-rosin formulas, each stick embossed with its color number.
What a burn-in stick does
A burn-in stick fills chips, gouges, and worn edges with hard resin that takes a finish like the wood around it. Melt a little off the stick with a heated knife, flow it into the damage, level it, and finish over it.
Working notes
A burn-in repair only disappears when the color is right, and a translucent stick is forgiving there — the surface below does part of the matching. Expect a little surface character — pour marks, the odd bubble. They melt exactly the same.
Working across a range? The Wood Tones Dozen covers the natural browns end to end.
