electrolux137
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The other day I saw that a neighbor had thrown out a small, square dining table. My scavenger nature overcoming me, I went over to take a look at it
Disappointed, I saw that it was pretty scratched and scarred; there was a fairly large area of lightened moisture discoloration on the top; the legs were pretty beat up; and one of the legs had broken off of the table, ripping away the wooden piece that the leg was bolted to. Figuring that it was broken and not reparable was probably why the people threw it out, I walked away from it.
But I kept thinking about it during the day, that it was a nice size for our apartment and it really might not be too much work to spruce it up. When I got home later on, it was still there so I hauled it upstairs.
Well ... after an afternoon of rubbing the top with brown paste shoe polish and liquid wood wax, then buffing it several times with my big, heavy Electrolux polisher, it came out beautifully! I surely wish I had taken some "Before" photos. You wouldn't believe the difference! There is still some slight water discoloration and marring on the top, but as Arlee says, that's just "patina."
And luckily, wood glue put the broken leg right again. It was a very easy repair job.
The table we already have we've had for many years so we won't get rid of it; this "new" one will just provide an interesting alternative for a while.
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The other day I saw that a neighbor had thrown out a small, square dining table. My scavenger nature overcoming me, I went over to take a look at it
Disappointed, I saw that it was pretty scratched and scarred; there was a fairly large area of lightened moisture discoloration on the top; the legs were pretty beat up; and one of the legs had broken off of the table, ripping away the wooden piece that the leg was bolted to. Figuring that it was broken and not reparable was probably why the people threw it out, I walked away from it.
But I kept thinking about it during the day, that it was a nice size for our apartment and it really might not be too much work to spruce it up. When I got home later on, it was still there so I hauled it upstairs.
Well ... after an afternoon of rubbing the top with brown paste shoe polish and liquid wood wax, then buffing it several times with my big, heavy Electrolux polisher, it came out beautifully! I surely wish I had taken some "Before" photos. You wouldn't believe the difference! There is still some slight water discoloration and marring on the top, but as Arlee says, that's just "patina."
And luckily, wood glue put the broken leg right again. It was a very easy repair job.
The table we already have we've had for many years so we won't get rid of it; this "new" one will just provide an interesting alternative for a while.
