How to repair this.

[basssound]

I've seen this new damaged table, originally £500 now down to £200 due to this damage.

No other than filling and painting is there any other way of repairing other than buying or making a new leaf.

 

[AJB Temple]

First off, if you want it, offer £100. It's near unsaleable.

Is it veneer? If so, take care.

I would strip the entire top. In my case I have a Mirka rotary sander and with 80 grade abranet the entire top would be stripped and sanded in under an hour.

Then refinish.

Not a big deal as long as the damage is not too deep.

 

[custard]

Konig lacquer repair.

I'm surprised the shop didn't do it themselves and then just knock £50 off, Konig is what most furniture retailers use for touch up repairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-FVXs_Uzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGyaWhFo-xg

 

[AJB Temple]

First off, if you want it, offer £100. It's near unsaleable.

Is it veneer? If so, take care.

I would strip the entire top. In my case I have a Mirka rotary sander and with 80 grade abranet the entire top would be stripped and sanded in under an hour. Any ROS will do. You can get lacquer repair from various suppliers. I've tried it on guitars and I can always see it, so depends how fussy you are.

Then refinish of you sand.

Not a big deal as long as the damage is not too deep.

 

[AJB Temple]

Crossed with Custard who has forgotten more about furniture than I ever knew. But I might know a little bit about repairing lacquered guitar tops. It takes a lot of skill and some luck to make it invisible. Plus elbow grease or mechanical polisher (mine is an automobile one, but you can use pads on a ROS).

 

[basssound]

It's made of engineered oak so in a way solid oak.
The damage is deep, I thought its too deep to sand out as my first thought was the ROS and refinish.

 

[custard]

The photo is deceptive, I thought it was just scratched lacquer. If it's a crush/bruise then you might be able to steam the dent out. But if the wood fibres have been severed then you'd need to patch and blend in the grain to obscure the repair, that's not a simple job.

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

I think you stand a reasonable chance of steaming those out but first i would soak them in water for a full day or even two, use an artists brush to apply the water in a puddle to the scratch only and as it gets absorbed apply more. After a day of soaking the grain should swell up quite a lot you can then move on to steaming.
P.S. £200 is too much for a table with that sort of damage £100 is more realistic making it worth the effort to save the table.

 

[Rorschach]

Offer a lower price and then if it doesn't work you could re-make it into something else. As other have said £200 seems a lot for serious damage like that. Mind you you ought to see what junk they try and pass off in our local charity shop for more than that with worse damage. :shock: