How Do You Repair Dining Table Top?

Whether a damaged dining table needs ten minutes or a full weekend depends on one question: does the mark sit in the finish or in the timber underneath? This guide starts with the simple tests that tell you which finish you have and how deep the damage goes, then works through each repair in turn. We cover light scratches on oiled and lacquered surfaces, reversing white water rings with heat or a mild paste, raising dents, filling gouges with the right product for your finish, and reattaching chips on veneered and high gloss tops. There is also clear guidance on sanding and refinishing a solid timber top properly, stabilising a table that wobbles, and recognising the point where replacement makes more sense than another repair....