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As a wood furniture owner, you will probably run across situations wherein in spite of your best efforts and utmost care, your prized possessions will incur some form of damage or another. This is a regrettable fact of life that you must be prepared to accept, given that there is simply no way that you can protect your wood furniture from every single instance of damage that comes along. Fortunately, most types of damage that will occur in your typical household will be of the minor variety and are easily rectified. So unless you are in the habit of swinging wrecking balls in your living room or bedroom, then it is safe to say that a lot of the damage that you will run into will probably be fairly minor and temporary in nature. Cigarette burns are still a fairly common type of damage that is encountered at home. These instances will probably lessen as more and more people abandon what has been well proven to be a dangerous habit. In any case, when burns from cigarette embers do occur, you will want to treat them with a paste that you can make out of rottenstone and linseed oil, both of which you can find in your local arts and crafts supply store. If these ingredients are nowhere to be found in your locale, ask your furniture dealer where you might be able to find a scratch concealing polish. Heat marks are another common type of wood furniture damage, and these can be addressed easily enough with a piece of dry steel wool or a dish-scouring pad that has been slightly moistened with camphor or mineral oil. If you are concerned about scratching your precious furniture further, you may opt to use a piece of cloth instead. Whichever you use though, you should makes sure to wipe only along the grain and in a very gentle manner in order to avoid making things worse. If you are moving into a new house, you may encounter some unavoidable instances of paint splatters. Depending on the type of paint in question, you will want to use different approaches. Latex based paints will require only water to remove, while oil-based paints will need a thorough but gentle scrubbing with mineral spirits. Minor damages, such as the previous examples, are a normal part of every household. A little care and attention will go a long way in dealing with these slight annoyances and will have your precious wood furniture back in tiptop shape in no time! | 
