{"product_id":"the-antique-dozen-vintage-half-stick-set","title":"The Antique Dozen — Vintage Half-Stick Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve vintage hand-poured half sticks · original Merit Industries stock\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e · limited stock, gone when it's gone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the antiques palette. Burgundy, dark cherry, red-brown mahogany, dark walnut, honey amber — the colors of pre-war furniture, the tones you reach for when the piece on the bench is older than you are. Twelve different half-length Merit burn-in sticks, about 2¾\" each. These are original factory stock, hand-poured and stamp-embossed, every stick cast one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's in the set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#2 — Oak, Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#1-W — Cinnamon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#14 — Amber, Ultra Translucent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#69 — Caramel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#550 — Transparent Oak \/ Honey Amber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#52 — Maple, French\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#50 — Mahogany, Light Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#77 — Burgundy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#16 — Cherry, Dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#2-D — Coffee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#22 — Walnut, Dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#27 — Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve half sticks, twelve different colors, running light to dark from blonde oak to black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat a burn-in stick does\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 — the same period-correct shellac-resin chemistry these sticks have carried for the better part of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLimited Heritage Colors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set exists only as long as the vintage stock does. Several of these colors might not be back in our regular rotation soon, which makes this the best chance at them. Expect a little surface character — pour marks, the odd bubble, an embossed number that stamped a hair off-center. They melt exactly the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking for the everyday palette instead? See The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shellac.net\/products\/the-repair-dozen-vintage-half-stick-set\" title=\"Merit Burn-in Sticks - The Repair Dozen\"\u003eRepair Dozen\u003c\/a\u003e — its sibling set, doubled up on the workhorse repair tones.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/merit-color-line\"\u003eExplore the full historic Merit color line →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merit Industries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53358325137701,"sku":"MRT-HALF-ANTQ","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/5136\/2853\/files\/merit-antique-dozen-hero_web.jpg?v=1786397587","url":"https:\/\/shellac.net\/products\/the-antique-dozen-vintage-half-stick-set","provider":"Shellac.net","version":"1.0","type":"link"}