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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: Greg Scholl <beatkat@adelphia.net> (67-22-200-210.albyny.adelphia.net)
In Response To: cigarette burns (susan bongiorno)
Date: 8/18/5 12:27
Hi Susan, burns represent a real problem in a tabletop. If the wood actually carbonizes (charred black) there is really no way to remove that short of resurfacing the entire area or literally cutting out the area and patching it with new wood, both major repairs. Sometimes however, depending on the finish, only the finish burns and the wood underneath is much less damaged...or if you're lucky ..undamaged. If it's Oak then that helps your chances as it's quite hard when compared to Cherry, Walnut, etc. But it's also typically finished lighter and therefore harder to hide damage like this... In order to assess the damage to the underlying wood and remove any burn damage to the finish... you'll need to completely remove the finish. the scratches on the legs can be touched up with several methods...a furniture touch up pen is the easiest...but you could also get as elaborate as filling the areas and touching up with touch up stains and then matching the surrounding finish...a more professional solution....I would start with a good cleaning of the table base with some warm water with a few drops of liquid dishwashing detergent and a white ScotchBrite pad or some Mineral spirits and 0000 steel wool, drying as you go with rags....there are so many ranges of finishes that can be on a table like this from thick, pore filled glossy surface finishes to open pored flat finishes that barely protect the wood that it's hard to guide you accurately from the information you've given so far...pictures always help and any of us would be happy to look at some
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