Table restoration

To buy new high-quality furniture, you usually need to spend a lot of money. However, you can update your favorite product yourself. For this process you need to devote a little time, patience, and also use available tools. Any, even inconspicuous element, can become spectacular and unique. This will allow it to fit into the new interior of the room. Restoration of old furniture is carried out taking into account some recommendations and rules.

In what cases is table restoration necessary?

Over time, any wooden furniture ages and dries out. But there are still many cases as a result of which furniture becomes unusable. After all, not only old antique furniture needs restoration, but also modern furniture may require serious restoration work as a result of many factors. Tables are most often restored for a number of reasons:

• Changes in color due to exposure to direct sunlight, as well as changes in color of furniture due to the natural aging process.
• Exposure to substances spilled on a table surface. Solvents, pigments or paints can be particularly damaging.
• Scratches and dents that appear during mechanical damage and transportation of furniture.
• Defects during production.Sometimes it happens that a manufacturing defect is not immediately noticeable. Time passes and you have to repair the table yourself if the warranty has expired.
• Traces on the tabletop from hot objects. In this case, the wood may crack and even burn if such an object is left on it for a long time. In some places the veneer may even fall off.
• Table legs can become damaged if you frequently move the furniture from place to place or simply move it periodically.
• Strong bend of the table top. This may be caused by very heavy objects being placed on the product.

But, nevertheless, no matter what the reason for the defect, the furniture can always be restored to its original appearance or made into a new interior solution. You may literally not recognize your old table. Professionals will always be able to use unconventional restoration techniques, as well as special tools to create a unique image and interior.

When contacting professionals, you will not need to first go to the store and buy the necessary materials for restoration work. As a rule, masters always have all the necessary arsenal available.

Who restores tables?

Restoration of tables, as a rule, is carried out by restorers, designers, finishers of wood products, designers and decorators. The activities of restorers can be divided into two areas:

• Reconstruction. This term implies restoring a thing, giving it its original appearance.
• Conservation or museum restoration. In this case, a historically valuable object is preserved.

Depending on the interior item that needs to be repaired, there are different types of restoration work.Products are restored by specially trained craftsmen, specialists in the restoration of furniture and wooden products. Experienced master restorers can open their own workshops and engage in both the manufacture and restoration of interior items.

Furniture makers also restore tables. They can also bring any type of table into the appropriate shape: kitchen, coffee, billiard or writing. It all depends on the appearance of the product, on what solid wood it is made from and on how old the product is. Also, sometimes you can do a total restoration of a thing, namely, replace some of its parts. For example, replace the tabletop, legs or other elements. You can also change the color and design of the design.

Thanks to new technologies, it is possible to design the appearance of a future item in 3D. And together with the customer, determine all the necessary changes and resources required for its production. In addition, you can put the future table in the room and already know exactly how the updated furniture will look there. This process is carried out by interior designers.

How long does it take

The amount of time spent directly depends on the complexity of the product itself. The more chips and scuffs there are on the surface of the table, the longer it will take, of course. If you restore it yourself, without assistants, you can also spend more of your time. For faster restoration, you still need to use the help of someone close to you.

If you restore a table in some original way, then not all materials may be available in the store. For example, self-adhesive paper with a certain pattern or design, or acrylic paint of the desired shade. In this case, restoration actions may take a little longer.Therefore, it is important that all materials and tools are at hand.

But on average it is worth noting that restoration takes from 1 day to 1 week. It may be that the table needs to be covered with several layers of varnish or paint. Then you need to take into account that it will take a lot of time for it to dry. You can also restore the table with your own hands at home.

Is it possible to restore the table yourself?

Self-restoration of the table and any other furniture is, of course, possible. This restoration has a number of advantages:

• You can monitor the work process yourself;
• There is no need to take the table to the workshop;
• You can easily make adjustments to the work process.

Before you start working on your own, you need to disassemble the product and follow the following instructions:

• You need to disassemble the furniture using a screwdriver.
• Degrease the table surface.
• We clean out the unevenness and roughness using sandpaper and a spatula.
• If such a need arises, then we fill in the visible flaws.
• Let the boards dry.
• Apply even tint using an aerosol. You can use, for example, acrylic paint. Sometimes just one coat is not enough. It is also worth remembering that breaks are needed for the paint to dry after each layer.
• Apply varnish and secure it with another additional layer.

IMPORTANT! In order for all layers of paint to lay flat and without smudges, you need to avoid drafts in the room.

The windows must be closed during the painting period. All parts must be painted separately. This method will allow you to work out all combinations more thoroughly, as well as prevent the appearance of smudges.

In addition to applying paint, there is another method: gluing film. The materials used are very cheap.Also, after drying, you can treat the facades with a weak vinegar solution. This will help remove the fatty layer, which will subsequently interfere with the connection of the slab and the self-adhesive.

Recommendations

You should pay attention to how much the tabletop bends. Sometimes the countertop may not be subject to further restoration. Therefore, if it has acquired a “boat” shape, it will be easier to completely replace it. Indeed, in this case, the functionality of the countertop is lost. Do not try to straighten a strong bend in the tabletop. The press with which this can be done can both straighten and split the tabletop. It is better not to perform this procedure yourself. Or entrust the table to the reliable hands of a restorer.

If parts of the tabletop are broken, then you can glue these broken parts together using self-tapping screws, i.e. First drill, and then lubricate with glue and tighten the component parts with self-tapping screws.

ATTENTION! Another important tip for those who are going to unscrew the legs of the table. You must remember to mark the leg on the table so that you don’t have to look for a place to attach it back later.

Restoring a table can be turned into a real creative process. The most important thing is to understand for what purpose it is being repaired, where the product will be located in the future and what materials will be used.