Kitchen Table - Wood scratches from an idiot

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AdrianStewart

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my neighbors bought a very suhweet kitchen set about 7 months ago ... upwards of 3 grand ...



yesterday, some idiot brought over a box of stuff that included tile samples which she set on the table and then proceeded to slide the box *(the cardboard box with the small hole across the bottom)* and it marred up the table surface ...



2 areas about 3 inches in length are fingernail deep - the rest is like car marring, almost 1/3 of the table area ... looks like it can be polished out?



any idea's on what I can do to help? without mucking up the finish?
 
I am all for doing things myself but I don't think you will get anything but hazing trying to buff a varnish. Its gummy by nature and adding a polishing agent will only want to make it happen quicker. Plus theres always the chance that the wood grain will get raised.



I wouldn't touch it but my experience with restoring furniture is very limited. I would have them call the place they bought it from or a store that carries higher end furniture and have them recommend their 'dent and ding people'



I would also ask the lady with the tile box to foot the bill. If they are performing that kind of work they should have liability insurance.
 
Take this advice with a grain of salt, but Glen Haege (syndicated radio talk show host offering home care and "handy-man" advice) recommends Meg's Swirl Remover for removing minor marks on wood furniture.



FWIW,

Tort
 
I guess it depends on the type of finish. Some members have posted about polishing the nitrocellulose laquer on their guitars; I'd wait for a few more replies about this. Is it a brand name table that you (or someone) could call the mfr. and ask what the finish is and if it's correctable?
 
Depends on the finish, I sanded and polished out our dining room table, but it's far from a 3k table and I shot the lacquer on it myself. I highly doubt a PC will hurt it, but this sounds like a job for an experienced finish restorer - they may need to sand down into the wood and re-clear.
 
stigg said:
I am all for doing things myself but I don't think you will get anything but hazing trying to buff a varnish. Its gummy by nature and adding a polishing agent will only want to make it happen quicker. Plus theres always the chance that the wood grain will get raised.



I wouldn't touch it but my experience with restoring furniture is very limited. I would have them call the place they bought it from or a store that carries higher end furniture and have them recommend their 'dent and ding people'



I would also ask the lady with the tile box to foot the bill. If they are performing that kind of work they should have liability insurance.
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Great advice concerning high end furniture. You need more information before tackling this project - varnish, poly-type or special in house mixture for their finish?



I was lucky enough that the first table I did was poly so this was easy after talking to their in house tech"s. The second table top [registered number and help phone number] was a flop. Their tech's said it would be and it was. My efforts did not work and they were going to have it redone by the companies "ding & dent people" anyway so I practiced.



The companies people kept the piece about a week and returned it looking amazing :shocked
 
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