ScratchCure Gray Wood, Laminate and Vinyl Scratch Repair Pen

Do not buy this product or any other product from cal floor! The simply sell cheap markers covered in their labels for twice as much. Total scam!

We bought this product to repair small scratches on our taupe bamboo floors. We used the fine tip on the pen and went over each scratch in the floor. Then I smudged the lines a little with my finger. The scratches pretty much disappeared. Not sure how it will hold after I wash the floor, may have to reapply. See before and after pictures.

Using this scratch repair pen is a quick and easy way to touch up scratches and dings on your flooring and furniture. I personally got this scratch repair pen to use on my dark gray bathroom vanity. The pen is supposed to work to fix light, medium, and dark gray wood, depending on how may coats you apply. The first application came out very light gray. Allow some drying time between applications, otherwise you will just remove the first coat. As you can see by the before and after pics, I never was able to get it to completely cover the scratches with a dark enough color, but it may just be that whatever my vanity is made of made it harder to cover. But from far away, you cannot hardly notice the scratches now.

Basically a marker. It's as easy to use as a marker. I've done the mixing of patch paint before and that annoyingly takes a lot of time, time which I don't have with young children. But this marker I was able to use to cover up some scratches on a chair leg - it took about 20 seconds. This is a marker. This isn't your child's marker, it's a permanent marker. In fact, it looks and smells exactly like some of the high quality markers I used as an art student. So I suspect this will last for years in a drawer without drying up, just like the artist markers I have. The only downside is it is a marker - so you're putting color onto the bare wood exposed by the scratch, and the wood is soaking in the ink. It will match the finishing just fine, provided you select the right color. The color will match, however, if you have a shiny finish on your wood it will not match the finish. So I suggest using this for small, thin scratches. Anything wider than a millimeter or so, you may wish to repair using a more involved process that will fill and match the shine. My scratches were along an edge of a chair leg, so I used the thick side and just went up and down for a few strokes to fill in. For darker colors, apply multiple times.

The CalFlor Scratch Repair Pen did a satisfactory job of covering up scratches and small scrapes on our light gray wood vanity. It’s basically a large marker. It has a Fine tip on one end and a Broad tip on the other for larger applications. It is supposed to have 3 shades. Light, Medium and Dark depending on how much you apply. I did not seem to see the Light gray upon initial application. The color seems to apply as either Medium or Dark gray right away. For the most part I am happy to have acquired this Repair Pen as our vanity does look better. You have to zero in on the areas that were repaired to really notice a color difference. At a casual glance the scratches are no longer visible which is after all the desired result. I hope it does not fade over time but I will store the Repair Pen in the vanity for any future applications.

Having just moved several hundred miles, we had numerous dings on various pieces of furniture and picture frames. I needed to try to fix up a fairly large dent/chip on a picture frame and preferred not having to buy a dark gray or ebony stain and mineral spirits. This product performed well enough for this particular application. The only reason it does not get 5 stars is that at its current price, it costs more than double than what a half pint of ebony stain does and more than a quart of gray stain at THD. It is convenient, but one pays the price for that convenience.

Rating provided by a verified purchaser

This worked so well to hid gouches in my new vinyl floor. It doesn't take them away, it makes them less noticeable. I'm glad I tried it.

This worked perfectly -- filled in two slightly damaged areas on my gray desk. It looks new once again!

Exactly what I needed