Thread: Table Top Gaps -Finished - Purists Beware!

I agree with WW

I would have taken the top off and bggr the nailholes, that table will always look rustic so a bit more damage wouldnt matter. That filler will be hell to remove next time round.
sorry but thats MHO.

Astrid

I have always been in the "Take it off and joint it properly" camp since I first saw pictures of this table in a previous thread.

If the top was not going to be removed, a better solution would have been to simply refinish it the way it was with the gaps and make a feature of them. Many old tables only had the planks pushed up together. If the gaps were too wide, the planks could have been clamped up as close as possible and a wooden butterfly routed in from underneath across the joins.

If the filler stays flexible, it will get damaged and kids for sure are going to see it as something to poke and dig at.

None-the-less Billy, you have done a good job of it and it looks flat and clean... much improvement over the original! We all have our own opinions and expectations and the main thing is that you are happy with it.

Cheers,

Chipman