Thread: Mixing stains with tung oil?

Shellac is the way to go. Can you french polish as well ?
Tung oil wont raise grain. keep anything water based well away .

Can you put up a few pictures of the table and the damage .

Originally Posted by auscab

Shellac is the way to go. Can you french polish as well ?
Tung oil wont raise grain. keep anything water based well away .

Can you put up a few pictures of the table and the damage .

Hi Robert
My wife has done some french polishing, but years ago. She feels that french polishing is not appropriate for a dining table. Here are some photos of the damaged corner, and the solid walnut frame. It may be impossible to do a perfect job just in finishing. What do you think? is it worth trying to get a 95% job done, or should we replace the whole veneer?
The table is 1400 x 1400mm.
Are there suppliers of walnut veneer in this size in Oz (especially WA)?
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Rob

Originally Posted by DrRob

It may be impossible to do a perfect job just in finishing. What do you think? is it worth trying to get a 95% job done, or should we replace the whole veneer?
The table is 1400 x 1400mm.
Are there suppliers of walnut veneer in this size in Oz (especially WA)?

Rob

Repair veneer and touching out with the right colours , possibly first correctly bleaching the repairs is what id suggest first . Finish with what ever your comfortable with . keep it simple as possible and fast I reckon , its a cheap looking piece from what I can see. Re veneering the whole leaf or top is a bit of a big job for such small damage. 1400 x 1400 is a decent size to re lay too. What method of re laying a table top that size would you be thinking of using ? It took me 3 years watching older guys doing that before I could do it . We hammer veneered with hide glue back then. Pressing is a better way though. 40 years later and I still don't have a press big enough for 1400 x 1400. 1200 x 2400 is what I have. I have vacuum too but don't like it as much as a screw press.

I have no idea about veneers available in WA. Its a pretty straight plain Walnut . And glued down to chipboard with no solid edge . Looks easy to reglue down using PVA and a block of wood with paper in between . Chipped end grain edges are harder to hide though . Little V patches and careful colour matching under the finish will hide it . I may have suitable stuff for patching it . Id have to go look . May take a day or four to do that though.

Rob

[QUOTE=auscab;2248087]... its a cheap looking piece from what I can see. ... And glued down to chipboard with no solid edge /QUOTE]

Thanks for the helpful feedback. We'll try the v-shaped repair technique.
Just to clarify. The original table had solid walnut edging glued on with animal glue. We took that off to start the restoration...
Rob