Nail polish remover spilt on my kitchen table.

iliketrees

Hi folks,
I am hoping to get some advice please. I have an ash kitchen table and half a bottle of nail polish remover was spilt on it. It has removed the finish and looks bleached over quiet a large area. Any advice on what I can do with it? Thanks

CJhaughey

iliketrees wrote: »

Hi folks,
I am hoping to get some advice please. I have an ash kitchen table and half a bottle of nail polish remover was spilt on it. It has removed the finish and looks bleached over quiet a large area. Any advice on what I can do with it? Thanks

Sand the rest back to bare wood and then refinish with the coating of your choice.
Matt or Satin varnish looks well with Ash.

iliketrees

Thanks CJhaughey,
What would be the best way to sand the table? By hand or get one of those mouse sanders? I might look into getting someone to do it for me. I'd be half afraid of messing it up. I don't know if anyone would be bothered with such a small job.

happywithlife

CJhaughey wrote: »

Sand the rest back to bare wood and then refinish with the coating of your choice.
Matt or Satin varnish looks well with Ash.

Crap :-(
I have a similar problem and had hoped to avoid needing to sand it back. Op if you find any other solution would you mind letting me know.
Think I will cover it with an oil cloth for now and save to get someone in - have been wanting to do the stairs anyway so could wait and get it all done together

CJhaughey

iliketrees wrote: »

Thanks CJhaughey,
What would be the best way to sand the table? By hand or get one of those mouse sanders? I might look into getting someone to do it for me. I'd be half afraid of messing it up. I don't know if anyone would be bothered with such a small job.

You could do it by hand with a cork block and some fine grades of sandpaper.
A small mouse type orbital will be a lot easier but maybe not worth buying if you are only using it once.
Its easy enough to sand back just time consuming but you will learn about refinishing furniture.

Or You can buy a chemical called krud kutter gloss off which might help.
I'd try it on a hidden piece first before you go the whole way.

Not much to lose really, go into the local paint shop and ask their advice, the big thing will be to make sure that the type of varnish is compatible with the one you have already, some may bubble or react so again try it on a part that isn't visible.

iliketrees

Hi Happywithlife,
Think I might get an oil cloth myself!! I am going to ask around and see about getting someone to do it for me. I'll let ya know if I come up with something.

iliketrees

Thanks CJHaughty,
That's a great reply, exactly what I needed to know. I wouldn't be the handiest myself at DIY, even painting my nails I make a mess!!! I'll weigh it up during the week and call into a paint shop some eve after work n see from there. I very much appreciate your help.

GrumpyMe

iliketrees wrote: »

Hi folks,
I am hoping to get some advice please. I have an ash kitchen table and half a bottle of nail polish remover was spilt on it. It has removed the finish and looks bleached over quiet a large area. Any advice on what I can do with it? Thanks

Spill the other half bottle on the rest of the table - you will have the whole of the table in the same condition... If you use some other method on the remainder it may never be the same as the initially damaged part!;)

Now proceed to clean, stain and/or polish as you choose...

navyddr713

If all else goes wrong you might have to Paint the table...

CJhaughey

Its not rocket science, the acetone has lifted the varnish used, the varnish from the factory probably has a light pigment to accentuate the grain.
Sanding it back will remove the old varnish and a very thin layer of wood, use fine grit to finish the table so its really smooth. Prep is everything with painting and vanishing, once sanding is finished wipe it down with a clean rag with some white spirits on it, and paint.
Put 2 coats on and see if there is any specs in the varnish, if there is let it dry and lightly sand again, paint again.

iliketrees

Thanks to CJhaughey's inspiring post I have spent the evening sanding the table by hand, I'll have a look at it in daylight but I reckon it's not quite there yet, So far so good though. I used The Black Crows "Shake your money maker" as my backing track!

CJhaughey

Keep us posted and some pics are always good! You might need some more posts to post them though!

iliketrees

Think I might be nearly there with the sanding. Sanded it down again yesterday morning with a medium sanding block, got a loan of an orbital mouse sander and have now done 2 goes with 120 G/K sanding paper. The sanding blocks are handing for sides, corners etc. I'll wipe it down with white spirits now and see how it looks. It is time consuming and dust everywhere but it'll be worth it.

iliketrees

Just a quick update - had to give the table one more light sand and have now done 2 coats of varnish, it may need another coat. So far so good and I am really happy with it. Don't want to have to sand it again so fingers crossed it'll come up ok.

CJhaughey

Great its worked out for you. Satisfying feeling doing a good diy repair.

iliketrees

Thanks for your help CJHaughey, wouldn't have had a clue your guidance.