Vance Wood

If the stand was made by a professional with access to industrial finishes it is probably a Catalyzed lacquer of some kind. As such it is very difficult to touch up without re-coating. Incidentally this is exactly what I do for a living. Catalyzed lacquers are very good to work with, they flow out well and if applied properly look as though they have been hand rubbed. This is what makes them difficult to repair. Everything is dependant on a chemical reaction that is difficult to duplicate with common touch up techniques. Sometimes marks like this can be made to disappear with a mist coat of the appropriate matching sheen of a similar product but this is difficult to find outside of the trade.

If this piece has a sort of mat finish you do not want to be putting wax on it. Another problem with catalyzed lacquers is in the differences in sheen. This can range from high gloss to an almost dead flat. With anything short of high gloss any attempt to rub something like wax into the finish will polish out a spot making the repair look worse than the original damage. I know this probably has not helped other than to inform you what you are up against. This family of lacquers is very industry friendly and easy to use in general but when it comes to repair they can be very difficult.

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The only finished bonsai is a dead one; me 1992 MABA Des Moines Iowa