Table Redo
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:20 am
Have had this old coffee table for 20 years I think. Got it at a Sears in Bay Area CA ( Sears still around?)
Anyways-after 20 years, multiple moves, and a couple kids-it had seen its better days. We always liked the basic style, but it had been moved to storage and languished for a few years.
I figured I could sand it down, restain it and get it back in use. The legs went fine.
I errantly believed the table to be a solid top due to the weight- and nearly torpedoed the project when i managed to sand through the veneer on the plywoood top. The edges are solid wood-but the center is a plywood . Argh.
At this point-the project stopped for awhile until the wife noticed a piece of 1/4 birch ply which she wondered if could be used on top of the mess I had made...so the project came back to life. Glueing over my mistake.
I had to find some solid wood strips around the shop to span to the edges and allow for sanding/staining there. Luckily there was some stuff around which fit the bill.
Everything glued in place-it started to look like a table again.
Finally finished off with some Helmsman Poly - which tends to yellow things a bit- really brought out the birch nicely.
And the table goes back into use. A fun project that almost went to hell early on.
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I figured I could sand it down, restain it and get it back in use. The legs went fine.
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