Repairing a dining room table (refinish, glue, worth, damage)
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I recently picked up this old antique dining room table. As you can see the top has some damage and wear. This area is the worst and most of the table is fine, although it has a nice aged well worn look. Anyone have any home remedies for trying to minimize the damage to this table top? I am not looking for perfection, just trying to clean it up a bit.
It depends on how antique it is. A true antique you don't want to mess with -- but if it's simply old and doesn't have real value (which just sounds awful!) I'd go ahead and sand the top and shellac or poly it.
The reason I say doesn't have real value -- if you watch Antiques Roadshow they constantly tell people If you hadn't refinished this, it would have been worth a gazillion dollars.
Very hard to tell from the photo. If the wood is a veneer, you have to be careful with any sanding you do, or you will sand thru it and ruin the top. If its not a veneer, then just sand it down and put a new finish on it.
Putting a new finish on it can be tricky. You should really find out what's on it now, so you can use something that is compatible.
You could use a rub on oil finish. It will bring out the grain and give it some protection too. You just want to make sure whatever you put on will be OK with whatever is now on it.
Just a quick tip - if you do sand the table, make sure you keep all the old wood dust. Mix it with some glue and you can use it to fill gouges, cracks and other parts of the table that need repair. Do this prior to any finishing oil or polish obviously.
Just a quick tip - if you do sand the table, make sure you keep all the old wood dust. Mix it with some glue and you can use it to fill gouges, cracks and other parts of the table that need repair. Do this prior to any finishing oil or polish obviously.
OHH!! EXCELLENT idea! Do that.
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