You might try a piece of the clear wall edge protector on the table.
Bill
At 12:00 PM 1/11/2004, GA Carnut wrote:
>I have some chairs and a table that the wife bought. She loves 'em but
>when you slide the chairs up to the table, the bottom edge of the tabletop
>nicks the chairs, and nocks the paint off. They're farmhouse-type
>furniture, w/ black painted (distressed) chairs and a black table w/
>natural satin-poly'd top - solid wood.
>
>Short term solution:
>
>Home Depot didn't have any solid color touchup pens, only stained ones
>(semi-transparent). Anybody have any suggestions for a source of paint
>and/or a touchup pen/marker? I need satin black.
>
>Dealing w/ the company, they're local, and won't return our calls. They
>did send a touchup marker, but it's graphite colored, not satin
>black. The repairs w/ that pen look almost as bad as the bare-wood
>exposed marks...
>:-)
>
>Long term solution:
>
>Take my sander and w/ a fine paper round the bottom edge, so it's not so
>sharp. Then, use some satin-poly and w/ a sponge touch up the bottom edge
>a bit, if any sanding is noticable from the top. I think it'd blend back
>in to the rest of the finish (same technique I use when spot-fixing
>scratches in our solid-hardwood floor).
>
>Any ideas? Pros/cons? Do's or don'ts?
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Chip
>
>
>Chip Mautz
>Dacula, GA
>
>'65 Austin Healey Sprite
>'88 BMW 528e
>'03 Chevy Suburban
>
>I didn't grow up - my toys just got more expensive.
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