Restoration of coffee table

Looks like a big project. I can’t tell from the photos what it is Have you thought of having a smoaked glass top made? I guess that may be a little expensive though.
I am in the process of refinishing a desk with a return 60” X 70” it was so dark I could not tell what kind of wood it was and I thought it was just particle board with veneered paper. Boy was I wrong turns out its walnut veneered plywood and a thick veneer at that with 1/4” edge band. The desk is done and I will bring the return in and attach it tomorrow. And to think I all most took it to salvation army but thought they would not take it. Whew cloae one!

You got that right. what I had considered doing is getting some maple from Lowe’s, glueing up to the right width and using the old particle board top as a pattern.

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After you mill and laminate some boards, you could actually use the table itself as a pattern with a zero clearance (pattern follower) router bit, then treat the edge with round over bits or some such, stain, poly and fasten it.

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No idea on what kind of wood, kinda has the feel and weight of ash. The mess on the bench was cleaned up yesterday. I’m not a good house keeper. LOL. Can I stain over the tung oil?

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Hi Telt,
I had luck once mixing a little bottom of the stain can pigment with tung oil over a repaired area (Water stain). Area already had tung oil finish on it, It just took and extra hour or so to dry. No promises but it worked once for me. Good luck, looks like a great project.

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Formby’s isn’t tung oil; its a highly diluted wiping varnish.
Sand, use an oil-based stain then finish with a good polyurethane varnish.

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