My son is in BIG trouble!

[Mike Goetzke]

My oldest son has a model building hobby. He and his wife have a 1-1/2 year old son and he is at that super active age. My son had a model on the dining room table and he said for the past few days his wife has been telling him to move it somewhere else. You probably already know what I'm going to say, his son took a small bottle of acetone and spilled it on their very expensive wood dining room table. He told his wife and she said she didn't even want to talk about it!

I googled a little and find he is not the only one with an acetone issue on a table. Seems there are even experts that do such repairs (he is in the western suburbs of Chicago so if anyone knows of a reliable repair company please let me know). At first I was thinking we could do the repair but then he sends me a couple of pictures - attached. Sure looks like it was painted white then gray and then possibly a black stain on top?

Any repair help appreciated.




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[luvmytoolz]

Doesn't help him with the missus, but it seems like a good excuse opportunity to buy an ETS EC 150 and refinish the top! ;-)

 

[derekcohen]

Mike, I would avoid sanding the top as it will lose its patina. Instead, use a card scraper to remove the marks and smooth down the surface around the marks. Not a sanding pad, unless it has a hard surface, otherwise it will create indents. Then touch up - to do this, experiment with finishes. You will likely need a touch of colouring to match the existing tones.

Regards from Perth

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[ChuckS]

If you want a restoration expert's opinon, try Tom Johnson of Thomas Johnson Antique Restoration who has a YT channel. There's no guarantee, but he replied to a couple of my email inquiries before.

 

[Steve1]

That's probably very basic work for anybody that does furniture repair. You don't need to ship the table to Thomas Johnson.
Google "Furniture repair Chicago".

If that is a retail purchased table, in all likelihood the finish is lacquer. There are simple methods to test for finish type. Lacquer can be spot repaired, but the question is locally removing the damage, as @derekcohen pointed out.