Any wood gurus in the house?

My wife, while changing the linens on the bed today, accidently left a pretty good scratch with her wedding ring on our new bed. Typically, I wouldn't worry about this all that much but, this one is VERY noticable and in the worst possible place (other than in the middle of the headboard).

Here are a few pictures...






Can anyone recommend a fairly simple way to remedy this? I've never really had 'decent' furniture and this one burns a bit more because the stuff is only about 4 months old.

All help is MUCH appreciated!

Thanks guys!


RP

 

Laugh if you like, but I'd just pull out my old bottle of Old English and wipe over it. The Old English is furniture polish with some dark stain in it. The stain only soaks into the unfinished wood (the scratches), so the more you use the darker it will make the scratch. It's amazing how difficult it is to spot a scratch afterwards.

 

How about some dark brown paste shoe polish?

 

RP...couldnt you just hang the handcuffs over the scratch


Seriously, Old English is what I would try first. We use it on the cabinets in the boats when they get scratched and if not to deep, you cant notice them. If that doesnt work, get out the old box of crayola crayons. Find the brown to match and draw it in there. Once its nice and full, rub it gently with your finger to smooth it out and blend it in. Tehn polish over it. Worst case...go to a furniture store and get a furniture stick. Its basically a crayon, just in a few different shades of brown. The crayon trick may take a few tries, but you'll get it. Back in the day I ran a warehouse at a childrens furniture store and we had to fix scratches constantly. Good luck.

BREW

 

now, surely if the wood had a good coat of NTX then the scratch would have never happened.

 

Hardee har har on the NXT comment. LOL!

Thanks for the help and suggestions guys. Do they sell those furniture crayon thingamabobs at Home Depot etc?

 

Have you thought of a clear bra?

 

or wal-mart, or pretty much anywhere....

I was kind of thinking that looked more like a handcuff scratch myself.... hmmmm.... Is the wedding ring the story that she is telling you??? Or is that just the story that you are telling us???

Just kidding bro!

 

RP just stop by the store you bought it and talk to there furniture repair guy he or she will have just what you need to repair it. been there done that they even came by and fixed it themselves at no charge. In the future i would get the pink fluffy covers for the handcuffs and avoid future scratches.

 

..and if the pink doesn't tickle your fancy I've even seen some cow print ones. Definatly for the cow girls, lets just hope they are more like a girl than a cow.

 

It looks to me like the scratch goes across the grain, so unless you do some major refinishing, you will always know its there. The Old English product works surprisingly well in many cases. Making picture frames every day, I am constsntly touching-up blemishes and tinting end-grains where the corners join. I use solvent-based markers, special putty and touch-up sticks on the mitered corners. The problem you have, is that if you use a wax-based colored filler (which never really dries) you could rub against it and stain your clothing or bedding. Therefore...use either solvent based markers or that Old English stuff. If you aren't familiar or comfortable with blending marker colors, the Old English oil is the way to go.

MR

 

Thanks folks. Looks like it's OE for me... Considering that it's in a very high traffic area and we're constantly putting our comforter over the footboard so that the dog doesn't get hair all over it, it sounds like the wax might not be the best choice.

Could one wax and then varnish over though to seal it? I had one tiny blemish on the headboard when we bought it and called Haverty's (the furniture store). They sent a guy out who used heated wood tools (I have no idea what they're called) but, now that I think of it, I think he blended in some wax, ran his heated tools over them (they looked kind of like spatulas) to flaten it out and then used a can of some type of varnish over it to finish.

I'll make sure to be a little bit easier on the handcuffs and chains next month... I'm a married guy, not more than once per month.

 

I'm always late.

Dont for get about a furniture Pen....you could pick those up at any hardware store. Find the matching color...fill in scratch, and then go over with the Old English. No one would ever know it was there. I had to do that to our china hutch about 3 months ago.

 

Once a month!?

Your the man...

 

The furniture guy was probably raising the grain with the heated tools. Maybe you could find out from him what type of "varnish" he used. Years ago a lot of furniture was top-coated with a lacquer spray, but today they probably have to use an aquious clear coat. It may be rough for you to blend a clear coat over that scratch without it sticking out like a sore thumb. Plus...without sanding the surrounding surface, there may not be a good bond. I'd try a little satin polyurethane on a rag to blend it if it were me.

MR