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Refinish Without Stripping?

9 years ago

Hi! We have a lot of great dark furniture in a house that's filled quite often, with a lot of active grandchildren. And so we have a lot of furniture with scratches and nicks that stick out pretty bad on those dark finishes. Is it possible to "cover over" these dings without doing the whole refinishing/stripping process? Anyone ever do this with good results? Would appreciate some advice. Thank you for any words of wisdom! :)

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klem1
9 years ago
You can buy many colors of filler sticks resembling large crayons at paint and big box stores. Chose one near color of each piece and fill the scratchs.
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