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I accidently sanded thru the Mahogany veneer on a top I'm making out of MDF. Anyone have any touch up tricks or repair solutions other than re-making the whole top?

tnerb wrote:I accidently sanded thru the Mahogany veneer on a top I'm making out of MDF. Anyone have any touch up tricks or repair solutions other than re-making the whole top?

A while back, I saw someone else had posted a similar experience. Their solution was to fit another piece of veneer. That person was unhappy with the results, but others that commented about it did knot seem to be bothered by the "patch". With that in mind, you could either try to blend/grain match another piece of mahogany, be obvious with another non-matching piece of mahogany, or use a totally different and contrasting piece of veneer. Or you could put filler in the hole and recover with more veneer. I hope that someone else has a better idea.

tnerb wrote:I accidently sanded thru the Mahogany veneer on a top I'm making out of MDF. Anyone have any touch up tricks or repair solutions other than re-making the whole top?

Study the problem and see if you can think of way to make the patch fit into a design. Even the best patch is going to be noticable so rather than trying to hide it use it to set off your work. I don't know where the mistake is located but you usually can put a stripe through it, a inlay over it, or make a pattern out of it. Perhaps out of contrasting wood.

If it is toward the center think about something like a sunburst or something else as a inlay. If it is toward an edge is it possible to rout a groove through it as a border to the surface? Even if the border isn't exactly as wide as patch the border will draw the eye away from the patch.

The only other choice is to replace the veneer completely because I really don't think you can hide these type of things very easily.
Ed

Ed,

That is really clever, I would never have thought of that. I hope, I can remember that if the situation ever comes up.