lacquer repair?

[Mike Davis]

I have a friend at work whose daughter set a bottle of fingernail polish remover (Acetone free?) on her dining table. It left a ring of dissolved finish.

Is there a way to repair this without refinishing the whole table top?

It is a factory finish on dark stained pine - solid wood, so probably lacquer.

 

[DaveO]

I would think that since lacquer burns into each coat and doesn't build in layers that you should be able to feather out the repair area to blend with the rest of the table. I don't think that you would need to strip and re-finish it all but it might require a single application over the whole surface to get everything even again once the repair is built up.

Dave

 

[Robb Parker]

Make sure silicon based furniture polish has never been used.(Can you say serious fisheye!)
Robb

 

[TracyP]

As Dave said, we feather this stuff out every day in the body industry. It is a very workable product and is fairly easy to repair. You should have good success.

 

[Travis Porter]

What is the best to use on a table top? Nitrocellulose, pre-cat, etc?

 

[CrealBilly]

Mike a high speed buffer with that pink auto body compound you can get from NAPA works pretty well and will most always heat the lacquer up enough that you can feather the repair. Just take it easy or you'll make it worse. Above all if there was ever any wax like pledge applied, you might as well strip it and start over because you'll never be able to remove all the silicon from within the finish. You can try a little naptha (lighter fluid) but a product like wax wash by mohawk is much better. Keep in the back of your mind to wash an entire top is kind of pointless and would be easier (in the long run) to strip and refinish...

 

[CrealBilly]

What is the best to use on a table top? Nitrocellulose, pre-cat, etc?

Travis I would say pre-cat, it dries FAST and HARD. Just ask FredP :rotflm:

 

[FredP]

Travis I would say pre-cat, it dries FAST and HARD. Just ask FredP :rotflm:

yeh real fast and real hard! then ask jeff to come spit on it. believe me it works!:rotflm:

 

[CrealBilly]

yeh real fast and real hard! then ask jeff to come spit on it. believe me it works!:rotflm:

Nothing beats a little 400 grit spit sanding...