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   esch5995 | Feb 21, 2021 05:10pm | #1

   Do you know much about the table? I am no antiques expert but do know some furnish can be valuable before it's refinished.

   As to your original question I won't say definitively but it looks more like red oak than white oak to me.

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   GalaxyGlue | Feb 21, 2021 05:40pm | #2

   Hi Esch,
   Unfortunately I don't know much, if anything, about the table. It was gifted by her aunt to the girl I bought it from.

   -Jerrod

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   esch5995 | Feb 21, 2021 07:39pm | #3

   I might recommend getting the opinion of a legitimate antique dealer before doing any work on the table, odds are its an ordinary piece, but better safe than sorry in my opinion. With today's trend towards farmhouse chic or whatever term they are calling it I would want to know the value of the table before I "restored" it. Patina is a difficult thing to restore. I know my daughter would probably love the table just as it is.

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   elmaduro | Feb 22, 2021 12:06am | #4

   My thought is it’s worth more ‘as-is’. Other than epoxying the feet bottom to stabilize the cracks, I wouldn’t do anything to it.

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   john_c2 | Feb 22, 2021 04:30am | #5

   I'm not sure I'd do anything to the table either. Very little, unless there was a structural issue.

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   ysu65 | Feb 22, 2021 09:08am | #6

   Second the red oak material as I see visible open rings on the boards. No opinion on refurbishing it. Good luck on reselling it.

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   user-7022764 | Feb 22, 2021 02:58pm | #7

   My guess is that it is not an antique but a replica from China or somewhere across the ocean. Lots of that stuff has flooded the market the last few years.

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   _mj_ | Feb 22, 2021 03:21pm | #8

   I'm in on red oak. My guess is leftovers from a flooring job based on that shot of the underside.

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   user-7022764 | Feb 22, 2021 04:39pm | #9

   Doesn't look like flooring. The boards are random widths. I think the give away that its not old are the circular grinder marks on the bottom of the foot.

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   esch5995 | Feb 22, 2021 05:02pm | #11

   I don't know that those marks are proof that it's not old, in fact I would say they are an indication that this table was cut down from a full height table once upon a time. The size is more indicative of a dining room or kitchen table rather than coffee table, so it's not to far a stretch to think it was modified sometime in its life. I'm only looking at pictures but it seems to be authentic in its age, and yes I know that copies are made all the time, I just don't see this table as being one of them.

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    GalaxyGlue | Feb 22, 2021 04:59pm | #10

    Thank you all for the information. Any ideas as to the best epoxy and dye for the epoxy?

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    Beasley7 | Feb 22, 2021 07:02pm | #12

    I've had really good luck with System 3. Rather than dye, they make a precolored brown that looks like it will work for you.

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    GalaxyGlue | Feb 23, 2021 06:07pm | #13

    Thanks Beasley7,

    I'll look into the System 3.