How To Repair Chipped Wood Table Edge

Don't permit a little impairment deter you lot from buying a piece of furniture. With the correct product, you lot can easily repair chipped and broken corners, edges and gashes to make them expect similar new over again!

(I'm interrupting this months Dollar Store DIY serial to share another furniture makeover. I'll resume the regularly scheduled plan next calendar month)

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I've been able to get some astonishing pieces at great prices and other times I'g as well tardily, sellers don't always respond or they sell it out from under you lot. It can definitely be frustrating, but incredibly rewarding at the same time. Just the other week, I was able to snag a beautiful MCM dresser that I was immediately drawn too. I hesitated due to the damage to the corner, only the seller was super dainty, the price was right and information technology was simply ane town over, so I decided to take my chances.

Sherwin-Williams Iron Ore Painted Furniture

I haven't repaired besides many pieces of furniture, but I trusted my abilities and with the most astonishing wood filler I was able to repair the corner with no trouble.

SUPPLIES USED TO REPAIR AND PAINT MCM DRESSER

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-Sherwin-Williams Emerald paint in Iron Ore

- Minwax High-Operation Woods Filler ( I've tried many forest fillers in the past and this i is by far the best. It dries rock hard in less than thirty minutes and is ready to be sanded and painted )

- Inexpensive paint brush for priming

- fourscore and 120 grit sander paper for Corner Cat

- Straight border and scrap cardboard (putty knife, sometime credit bill of fare, etc)

- Vasoline

- Paper Towels

Besides the damage to the corner, the dresser was in great shape. There were a few chips and knicks in the veneer on the drawers, but they were super easy fixes.

Damaged MCM dresser before

Damaged corner to MCM dresser

HOW TO FIX A DAMAGED CORNER
(Go along in mind I am past no means a professional. I just institute this to be the easiest manner to repair a damaged corner and idea it would be helpful to share)

one. Using a utility knife, scrape off any loose wood or veneer around the damaged area. This gives the forest filler a nice foundation to attach to.

two.Get together a few scraps of cardboard and a straight border (I used an sometime medical card). Use a small corporeality of vaseline to the summit of your card or straight edge (this helps the wood filler from sticking to the card) and slide it under the damaged corner. This allows for a nice smooth foundation for your wood filler.

three. Mix a small corporeality of forest filler together and utilise it to the damaged corner. I used a popsicle stick for mixing and applying. Add scraps of cardboard to the corner to grade the forest filler into a correct angle.

Wood Filler for repairing damaged corner on furniture

How to repair broken corners on furniture

iv. Remove the cardboard earlier the wood filler fully dries. It dries quick so yous won't accept to leave it in that location long.

5. Let the forest filler fully cure (30 mins or then) then sand it smooth. If the corner isn't fully square or shine yous tin utilize some other minor about of wood filler and echo steps 3-5.

Repaired corner of damaged furniture

After I was satisfied with how the corner was repaired I gave the dresser a good sanding, cleaned information technology well with Simple Green and so added a coat of my favorite primer to the body and drawers.

repaired and sanded MCM dresser

Primed MCM dresser

I lightly sanded to smooth out the primer then added ii coats of my favorite color, Sherwin-Williams Atomic number 26 Ore. I used leftover pigment that I've used throughout my own home and since it has a satin cease there was no need to add wax or poly.

Sherwin-Willilams iron Ore painted MCM dresser

I styled the dresser in my entryway with my new favorite slice of art and a few items I had effectually my home. The Dabble Leaf is from Michaels (in-store just), the books were thrifted, the vintage suitcase was from a recent flea marketplace and the rug is from Five Below .

Repaired and Painted MCM highboy dresser

The corner may non be perfect, simply I call up it turned out pretty good and if anything information technology looks MUCH better than it did earlier.

Repaired corner of MCM dresser

Of form, I love the color, merely the clean lines and geometric detail on the drawers requite it just enough involvement and get in perfect for a boys room or office. I tried to convince Owen to let me movement it into his room, only he wasn't having it.

Geometric drawer detail of MCM dresser

dovetail drawers on MCM dresser

This gorgeous MCM piece is headed to Sugariness Clover for the Mothers 24-hour interval Sip and Store sale May 11th-13th. If y'all are local, stop past for a little shopping, wine tasting and flower bouquet making!

Sweet CLOVER

4051 Stanford Ct

Frederick, Physician