Help with repairing chipped wood on Dresser
rsimaoh10
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Hi there,
I’m new here so apologies for the basic question. I’m looking to repair a bit of chipped wood off a dresser. I’ve attached what the chip looks like here. You can see a bit of the bare wood, and the top could be some sort of other wood-looking laminate or vinyl? not sure. Either way, would love to repair it, but I’m not sure whether to use wood filler or putty, or something else. Doesn’t need to be perfect, just needs to be not that.
Thanks!
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It looks like particle board underneath, and some kind of laminate on top. I would use filler, make it smooth, then mix some artist's oil paints to match the rest.
I believe I would level and square it up with some filler (epoxy putty might work best) and not be concerned about how it looks. Then I would apply a new layer of plastic laminate over the entire top and edges.
If you don't want to go to that trouble and expense, you might experiment with clear epoxy mixing it with different species of wood dust (a mixture of cherry and walnut might work) until you get a matching color and then use that for a repair. Make the mix to the consistency of putty.
Once its leveled up you can use a sheet of wood grain photo or contact paper. This is what appears to be on their know. Order on it on web will have self-adhesive back.
It's not a woodworking solution, but it is not THAT...
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