re-polishing a table

Jul 18, 2008 3 Replies

We have an old polished table, and the polish has got really dull around the edges - also there are numerous dings where the kids poke the table through the oilcloth with their knives and forks.



I want to bring it back to shininess and remember reading that polishing requires 1% polish and 99% elbow grease.



Are there mechanical means of providing the elbow grease?


Is it french polish? If so, a reviver is a good bet. It effectively redistributes the existing polish. Meths will do the same but in a less controllable way.

Wax I think - possibly FP covered with wax.

Then white spirit on a rag will act as a reviver

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