Not sure if this is where I should be asking this question but I’ll give it a shot.
Now for the particulars….. I have a new solid quarter sawn white oak table that has a spot on its surface where a ray fleck or it surrounding wood is lifting. I discovered it because the section is slightly raised and has a hollow sound when tapped on.
The size of the area is small… probably only 3/8th inch by 1/4 inch and as of now barely noticable.
The table is stained cherry and has a shellac finish then wax…(at least I think that was the finish used).
I can live with how the table is now …. my concern is the spot will eventually lift to a point it will get broken off…. maybe making a repair harder and/or more noticable.
So I guess my question to all of you is …. would you repair the problem now and if so how would you go about making the repair.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Dan
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Tough question. I've never seen this particular problem in working with hundreds of bf of qtr sawn white oak. I would be inclined to use a very thin c/a glue and reattached the loose piece. Hopefully, no sanding would be required and you could just rewax the surface. If I was doing it I would probably airbrush some shellac on the patch and rub it out with 0000 steel wool before the waxing. If that fails, l you may have to refinish....but don't despair, oak is very forgiving, particularly if you knew the exact components of the original finish, ie, color of stain, etc.
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