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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: James Schooley (0-3pool240-147.nas2.sioux-city1.ia.us.da.qwest.net)
In Response To: Restoring Dining Room Table (J Ernst)
Date: 7/18/4 01:31
You can remove some dents with steam, by laying a damp cotton cloth on the wood, press a med. hot iron onto the area. This should reduce the dents pretty well, the tip of a soldering iron can work for tiny spots. Keep moving the cloth to get a fresh wet spot for steam to raise the dents. I have found Famowood fillet to be better at taking a stain, but fillers will all be hard to hide, some marks look better than the repair. Unless you know touch-up well. The brushing lacquer will be perfect, just make shure to sand lightly between coats and thin a little if your test doesn't flow out well. Grain filler is grain filler, I find it is often not needed, it depends on how much open grain your wood is, toss in some oil base stain, test on some scraps and enjoy the workout.
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