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Josepi[_11_] Josepi[_11_] is offline
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Default How to fix a gouge in a table top?

The steam technique only works if all the wood material is still there and
you may have left it too long to work properly.

I used some wood filler on my oak staircase before sealing, sanding,
staining and urethane and they are hardly noticable. It was a special filler
that would take stain properly according to the brag on the squeeze tube.



"busbus" wrote in message
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Hello, Josepi,

This is ripped out rough. It is a lot worse than a depression. The
finish is all gone in that area and you can see the smashed wood
fibers, if you know what I mean.


busbus



On Nov 29, 10:25 am, "Josepi" wrote:
Is this a depression or a ripped out rough?

For a depression you could try the wet cloth and a steam iron to re-raise
the wood fibers.

after removing the finish get some wood filler that is snadabel and
stainable. Sand it off with the wood and then stain and finish it. You
will
always see it but it gets quite hard to see when it is done from "scratch"
(Pun intended)