{"id":305,"date":"2022-12-11T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikewardwood.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2022-12-12T07:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T21:32:07","slug":"a-different-sort-of-inlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikewardwood.com\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"A different sort of inlay"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend and neighbour who had recently moved house  was upset to find that the removalists had chipped the veneer of two of her family heirloom pieces of antique furniture – a card table and a French writing desk. She asked for my advice as she had looked at this website and seemed very confident that I could make the repairs.<\/p>\n

I appreciated the compliment but at first I didn’t share her confidence as there is obviously  a world of difference between the sort of free-form metal powder inlays with which I have decorated several of my platters and vases and the challenge of matching and inserting a new piece of veneer. I therefore  suggested that we should get a quotation  from  a professional furniture restorer for the repair but the estimate of the cost was very substantial. <\/p>\n

I then recalled seeing an episode of the fascinating BBC TV  ‘Repair Shop’ series in which the furniture restorer had repaired similar damage using epoxy filler and careful staining \/ painting to match the surrounding wood. <\/p>\n

It seemed that the filling the defects wouldn’t be too difficult but that the colour matching would be tricky. Fortunately my wife Lucy has the requisite oil painting skills <\/a> and always welcomes a new challenge. <\/p>\n

With some trepidation, but helped by a useful video<\/a>, we started off with the chip on the leg of the card table as any flaws in our joint operations on this piece would not be in a direct line of sight<\/p>\n

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It turned out quite well …<\/p>\n

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…so thus emboldened we set out to tackle the writing desk. <\/p>\n

This was a much bigger challenge as the chip in this case was on the front edge and any shortcomings in the repair would be very obvious.<\/p>\n

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The repair itself is not difficult – you just have to clean out any loose debris and make sure to use a suitable epoxy filler such as KwikWood (QuickWood in USA\/Amazon). This  type can be easily molded and sets hard. Ordinary wood fillers are too soft and fragile for an unsupported edge defect.<\/p>\n

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It’s best to protect the surrounding veneer with masking tape:<\/p>\n

\"\"The filler sets in an hour or so and can then be carefully sanded with 200 and 400 grit paper:<\/p>\n

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The critical task is obviously the colour  matching however, but our friend was very happy with how close Lucy was able to get to the appearances of the original veneer:<\/p>\n

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This was a pleasing result and a satisfying joint ‘arts and crafts’ project<\/p>\n

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