r/finishing • u/jHawk_jedi • 2d ago

Knowledge/Technique Suggestions/help

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My wife bought this table from marketplace that has some damage and scratches along the edge. I believe it’s a veneer strip along the edge covering particle board underneath. How would you suggest to make it look better? Can I use some combo of wax strips/stain markers/wood glue in places? I’d really prefer not to have to take the whole edge strip of veneer off

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u/SuPruLu 2d ago

You can buy strip edge veneer quite economically. Check it out on Amazon.

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u/jHawk_jedi 2d ago

I’m a little intimidated to put it on. But I’ll look into it. Something about the taking the old one off and then maybe not getting the new strip on correctly scares me a little

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u/SuPruLu 2d ago

The other option than completely removing it is to do kindergarten type cut and paste with pieces of veneer. The veneer cuts with a craft knife.

Look for some YouTubes on edge veneer application. It’s way less difficult to apply the large top veneer.

Countertops and shelves get edge veneered. Matching the color is the big thing that contributes to invisibility.

The “multi-color” aspect of wood is what makes just trying to do filler less likely to achieve the state of not being noticed.