Chipped Wood Furniture Repair

Then apply contact cement to both surfaces or spread carpenters glue on the base wood.

Chipped wood furniture repair.

Repair chips on wood surfaces and edges with polyester resin wood filler. Let the bondo wood filler dry and then sand it down. Rub the chipped area of finished wood furniture with walnut meat rubbing in the direction of the grain to fill and mask the damage. Apply a second coat of bondo or fill in small imperfections with wood filler.

Continue rubbing walnuts over the affected area until the chip. Use clear nail polish to fill in the. Glue down or remove all of the loose veneer. Gouges nicks and dings step 1 sand slightly to level wood photo by william wright.

In this case you need only to repair the damaged finish. Small chips and dents we can mostly live with but large chunks of wood missing from some misshap just needs to be fixed. Small shallow chips can occur in the finish of the wood leaving the stain and the color intact. Preparing the missing area.

On the other hand almost anyone can accomplish a repair with resin filler without any specialized tools. Apply a coat of paste wax over the repair and the entire adjacent surface to impart an even sheen. Mix up a small batch of bondo wood filler and spread it over the chipped veneer. Today i want to show you how to use wood filler on chipped wood.

Sand the bondo down smooth. Step 2 select wax stick photo by william wright. Let the bondo dry for at least 30 minutes. You can also use wood repair wax but doing so requires special tools and a certain amount of skill.

Clamp the mended area. Mix up bondo and quickly spread it over the missing veneer. How to fix chipped wood furniture. Apply a small amount of vaseline to the top of your card or straight edge this helps the wood filler from sticking to the card and slide it under the damaged corner.

Gather a few scraps of cardboard and a straight edge i used an old medical card. Get ready for paint or refinishing. A gouge sometimes has a slightly raised burr around its perimeter. Fit the broken edges carefully together to make sure they match perfectly.

Level it by sanding lightly with 600 grit paper. Set the broken veneer carefully into place matching the edges exactly and press firmly to knit the broken edges together.