Chipped Wood Furniture Repair

You can also use wood repair wax but doing so requires special tools and a certain amount of skill.

Chipped wood furniture repair.

Rub the chipped area of finished wood furniture with walnut meat rubbing in the direction of the grain to fill and mask the damage. Clamp the mended area. Fit the broken edges carefully together to make sure they match perfectly. Let the bondo wood filler dry and then sand it down.

Sand the bondo down smooth. Start by adding some sort of brace for the filler. Preparing the missing area. Today i want to show you how to use wood filler on chipped wood.

Gouges nicks and dings step 1 sand slightly to level wood photo by william wright. Then apply contact cement to both surfaces or spread carpenters glue on the base wood. A gouge sometimes has a slightly raised burr around its perimeter. 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.

Mix up a small batch of bondo wood filler and spread it over the chipped veneer. Use clear nail polish to fill in the. On the other hand almost anyone can accomplish a repair with resin filler without any specialized tools. Step 2 select wax stick photo by william wright.

Small chips and dents we can mostly live with but large chunks of wood missing from some misshap just needs to be fixed. Gather a few scraps of cardboard and a straight edge i used an old medical card. Get ready for paint or refinishing. This allows for a nice smooth foundation for your wood filler.

Apply a coat of paste wax over the repair and the entire adjacent surface to impart an even sheen. Repair chips on wood surfaces and edges with polyester resin wood filler. Let the bondo dry for at least 30 minutes. Glue down or remove all of the loose veneer.

Apply a second coat of bondo or fill in small imperfections with wood filler. Mix up bondo and quickly spread it over the missing veneer. How to repair chipped veneer furniture and then stain it scuff sand the damaged wood and right around the damaged area for the best results. In this case you need only to repair the damaged finish.

Set the broken veneer carefully into place matching the edges exactly and press firmly to knit the broken edges together. How to fix chipped wood furniture.