Someone asked in the comments what kind of wood putty I used. I cleaned the notch out as best I could, prying some of the wood out and what couldn’t be pried, sanded the rest.Īfter the prying and the sanding, I filled in the notch with a wood putty shaping it just as I would if I were finishing a caulk edge. Some of the wood came off with the trim and some remained. About a third was missing and 1/2 of what was leftover of the “brass” had rubbed off so that it appeared silver. All along the edge was a “brass” metal trim piece. There was one other area of the desk that needed to be fixed before finishing. Use fine sandpaper and follow the direction of the wood grain to remove any scratches or blemishes from the desk top. For those hard to clean brass pieces I took a fine Sanding Sponge with the Brasso and worked it into the nooks and crannies of the leg pieces. The feet still need their chance in the bath. I can’t tell you whether or not the solution would work by itself if I left the pieces for the 3 hours but it did loosen the tarnish enough so I could finish cleaning them. The pieces were slightly less tarnished but after buffing them again with the Brasso, this time they shined right up. After an hour I was bored and pulled a couple pieces out to see if the vinegar solution was doing anything. To the internet where I found if you soak your brass in distilled white vinegar and salt for a few hours it should remove the tarnish. I tried my Brasso Metal Polish on the tarnished brass but it didn’t do anything. There were also tons of dingy brass accents and I removed all that I could for cleaning. Some of the veneer had peeled away and where there are white lines, the grain had become raised. The top had a lot of wear issues and I wasn’t sure I would be able to save it. She did pick out a chalk paint color just in case it was beyond repair but she let me be the final vote. She is totally into the mid-century modern look and if I could save the finish and the wood that would be her desired choice. My daughter-in-law, Mollie, loved the look of this desk when I found it at the online auction and was so happy I won the bid for about $30. I found this one but I’m still on the hunt for a second. Their current desk was built-in so it couldn’t make the move so they were in need of new desks fairly quickly. With both my son and daughter in law working from home they really need two desks in their new home. I mentioned that during my month off I was moving one of my sons into a new home and with a new bigger home they were in need of a few new pieces, one of which was a desk. This desk, along with an entry table which I’ll show you later on in the week, were from an online auction. I may have taken a month off from blogging in December but I still kept busy working on projects.
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