One item that may help is a hot iron and a damp cloth, often the scratches have damaged wood fibres at the bottom and raising them before taking the rest of the surface off may help with an improved final finish.
Niel.
Re-varnish dining table
May 29, 2004
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I want to re-varnish a G-Plan veneered teak dining table, it has got a lot of scratches and heat damage. What is the best way to prepare it, a scraper, sandpaper, or varnish remover?
If it is teak then Varnish is probably not a good idea. I have a dining = table that had previously been varnished that looked pretty awful. = Stripped the varnish with varnish remover, then scraper, then steel wool = to get it to a fine surface. Then refinished with Tung oil. This is very = similar to teak oil but with a harder finish. Now looks far better than = with a varnish finish.
Mike
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