Repair Warped Laminate Furniture

Diy technique to repair loose veneer on wood furniture.

Repair warped laminate furniture. The furniture refinishing studio was created to help you with your furniture restoration refinishing and repair projects through combined video demonstrations and articles using a collaboration of skilled and approved creators. You can repair warped veneer with common woodworking glue and a few hand tools. What to do when the finish is bad. Rod shows us how to repair a bubble in the veneer on a table top.

Wooden furniture generally comes in two types natural or laminated. Cover the repair with wax paper and a flat wood block then clamp the blister flat. If the damage is extensive remove the damaged areas and replace with a new piece of particleboard. Mix thoroughly cup of oil canola oil is perfect and cup of vinegar white or apple cider.

I started with my favorite primer then chose two paint colors for this dresser. Re finish the damaged area or if necessary the entire surface or piece of furniture. To repair a veneer blister carefully slit it open with a razor knife. You can also repair scuffs by rubbing them with a walnut.

Let the repair dry for one to two days. Use the tip of a craft knife to surgically cut a tiny slit through the middle. I finished it off with the clear furniture wax and buffed it off to a smooth finish. Champlain for the main color and linen for the interior and exterior of the drawers.

You paint it of course. To fix water damaged sections of particleboard furniture remove the damaged areas using a sharp razor then fill the space with wood filler see above and sand smooth. Follow application instructions and your wood pieces will be looking as good as new in no time. To repair fairly minor damage just use this all natural recipe to restore your wood.

Let the glue cure overnight. 1 cut an access into the warped veneer. Then very lightly sand the patch and the surrounding veneer. A laminated piece of furniture uses a very thin covering of a different type of wood or particle board that is stained or finished to look like a more expensive or exotic type of wood.

Publications international ltd. Then use a glue syringe or a toothpick to apply yellow carpenter s glue beneath the veneer.