{"product_id":"the-repair-dozen-vintage-half-stick-set","title":"The Repair Dozen — Vintage Half-Stick Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve vintage hand-poured half sticks · original Merit Industries stock · when they're gone, they're gone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne set covers the repairs that actually walk through the door. Twelve half-length Merit burn-in sticks — about 2¾\" each — in the working palette of furniture finishing: blonde maple through coffee and cherry to jet black. 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#3 — Maple, Natural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#14 — Amber, Ultra Translucent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#18 — Natural Mahogany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#16 — Cherry, Dark \u003cem\u003e(×2)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#2-D — Coffee \u003cem\u003e(×2)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#22 — Walnut, Dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#27 — Black \u003cem\u003e(×2)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve half sticks in all, doubled up on the three shades repairs burn through fastest: dark cherry, coffee, and 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\u003cp\u003eA note on #14: it looks fiery orange-red in the stick. That's the translucency — it burns in as a clear, warm amber, which is what makes it the most-reached-for stick in the box.\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\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":53347060121893,"sku":"MRT-HALF-DZ","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/5136\/2853\/files\/merit-repair-dozen-hero_web.jpg?v=1786384515","url":"https:\/\/shellac.net\/products\/the-repair-dozen-vintage-half-stick-set","provider":"Shellac.net","version":"1.0","type":"link"}