How to Repair Finishes?

Before we go on repairing finishes, we must identify what are the possibleproblems/damages in your finishes.First is Superficial Damage which can be in the form of light scratching, light cracking or dullness of the finish. Next is damage to the color finish and color in the wood and lastly damage through the finish and into the wood itself in the form of deep scratches or gouges.

Superficial Damage can be repaired by rubbing the surface using steel wool to eliminate the dullness of the finish. For the damages of the color finish and the color in the wood, it can be repaired by applying another topcoat of the original finish to omit this problem.Take note: Before applying another topcoat it is recommended to sand the original finish to form sanding marks for better adhesion property and prevent from delaminating.  Lastly for the damages through the finish and into the wood itself in the form of deep scratches or gouges. These can be repaired by sanding the original finish from 100 grit to 240 grit until the original finish will remove then you can apply the desired topcoat as you can see in the picture below.

As you can see in the image no. 1 which shows a deep scratches and delamination of the finish, by applying sanding methods and SPARKO SURFACE COATINGS it will look elegant and new like in image no. 2

                                                                Image 1

                                                                Image 2

The aforementioned problems were based on Reader’s Digest Association Incorporation at Pleasantville, New York/Montreal entitled UNDERSTANDING WOOD FINISHING (How to select and apply the right finish) by BOB FLEXNER.

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