Ideas for repairing this water damage wood?

14 years ago

The plan is to strip, sand and paint and add new hardware to this old cabinet, it's nothing special, but I'd like to fix it up.

Any ideas/suggestions on how to fix this water damamged side area? I thought maybe some wide molding on both ends? I realize that will change the look of it and it would lose the curved sides, but maybe that's not overall a big deal? And would it be worth the effort to replace this backing where there is a small hole or just try to patch it somehow and paint over it?

I guess while we are at it, any thoughts on the drawer that has a chunk missing? can this be fixed somehow too? (by a novice, with lots of time on her hands and some basic power tools??

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rjinga
Original Author
14 years ago
Ok, well thanks anyways, I'll figure it out on my own.
sombreuil_mongrel
14 years ago
Sorry I didn't hop-to fast enough. Some fixes are rather problematic, and require rumination.
I'd flip the piece upside-down, and flood the de-laminated plies of veneer with a glue (like liquid epoxy) and clamp the area with wax-paper against the glue-soaked surface. There will need to be 1x3 (or so) clamping blocks used to get a straight edge on the repair. Two screw clamps will suffice if the blocks are used. When it dries, unclamp, take away the blocks, peel off the wax paper and it can be sanded and prepped for paint.
Casey
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rjinga
Original Author
14 years ago
wow, well that advice was well worth the wait ;) I'll definitely give that a whirl. Thank you very much!! (and sorry, I didn't mean to sound impatient in my comment before).
sombreuil_mongrel
14 years ago
I should clarify this: the 1x3 (or whatever) straightedge clamping blocks have to sandwich the repair from both sides. Otherwise only one side will dry straight and uniform. Am I captain obvious or what?
Good luck.
Casey
bobismyuncle
14 years ago
As long as you are going to paint, you can also fill the defects with Bondo and sand after it cures. I would suggest following Casey's advice about gluing back down first and use Bondo for any subsequent problems.

The back is up to you. Normally, it won't be seen and I'd be tempted to patch or leave it. You can easily replace the back panel with some 1/4" plywood, though.