HI all,
What’s the best solution? I have a table that my mother bought in 1965 (?) at an auction. At the time it was black. She stripped it, refinished it. When I got it from her 1984 (?) I also stripped it and refinished it. I think I would have used polyurethane. Now pieces of the veneer are breaking off, very noticeably at one end and in pieces along the middle seam. Repairs are necessary. It also seems that there is little finish left on the wood. So should I:
1: Patch the veneer, and refinish with a polyurethane.
2: Level out the missing veneer with something and try to add a layer of veneer on the whole table? How hard is this to do? I consider my skills to be low intermediate. I’m great at following directions that I read.
I attach a pic of the table and the missing veneer.
Thanks for your thoughts and advice.
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If that spot in the photo is the only damaged part it should be fairly easy to fix. Cut along the grain with a knife and straightedge and lift or chisel out the damaged portion. Get a small piece of the best matching veneer you can, and glue an oversize piece into place, butted up with the straight edge you left. You can use some masking tape to keep it from wandering around while you clamp it down. Use a flat caul with some non-sticky surface to apply pressure. After the glue sets, trim off the excess veneer. Do a bit of cosmetics to get the color match as close as possible,then refinish the whole top.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
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