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CALLING ALL HANDYMEN AND WOODWORKERS

eits

eits

Lifer
my dog chewed up part of a solid wood piece of furniture. the part he chewed up was somewhat decorative. how do i go about getting it fixed?

i tried buffing it... it didn't come right out.

the damage
 
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Your dog did that? wtf.
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uh... that's nothing to the various other things he's done. it's just that this desk is important to my gf and i need to fix it or get rid of my dog.

my dog = italian mastiff (cane corso)
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
BILLY MAYS HERE!
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WITH OXY BUFF. GOT ANNOYING DAMAGE TO THAT PIECE OF DECORATIVE WOOD? WITH OXY BUFF, YOU CAN BUFF THAT RIGHT OUT. TEETH MARKS? NO WORRIES. FANCY DECORATIONS? OXY BUFF WILL RESTORE IT TO ORIGINAL APPEARANCE.
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Your dog did that? wtf.
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uh... that's nothing to the various other things he's done. it's just that this desk is important to my gf and i need to fix it or get rid of my dog.

my dog = italian mastiff (cane corso)
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keep the pooch, kick the gf 🙂...no idea though. I am sure i'll be wanting to know soon..My husky has bore her teeth into every corner of wood at our place.
 
A woodworking shop MIGHT be able to fix the damage...but I doubt it. It looks pretty bad.

Your best bet is to kill the dog and replace the desk.

(there's no fucking way I'd tolerate a dog that did damage like that...an occasional shoe or slipper as a puppy...ok, that's to be expected if you leave them where they can get them)
 
About all you can do is to build the area up with wood putty and sculpt the major features back in. Once it's stained back to color, it shouldn't be too noticeable.

Aside from that, there are some restorative woodshops (usually in the context of antique restoration) that can probably fix it up, but it'll cost you.

Good Luck
 
Holy crap. The best you'll be able to do yourself would be to cut off the part that he chewed so it's flat, and stain it to match the rest. Obviously that wouldn't fix it, but it wouldn't be so noticeable.

You could get someone with skills to fix it, but it'd probably involve replacing the whole piece that was chewed.
 
Originally posted by: ScottMac
About all you can do is to build the area up with wood putty and sculpt the major features back in. Once it's stained back to color, it shouldn't be too noticeable.

Aside from that, there are some restorative woodshops (usually in the context of antique restoration) that can probably fix it up, but it'll cost you.

Good Luck
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This is what I was going to say. Wood putty works pretty well. You can always go the Billy Mays route and get Mighty Putty Wood. It's strong enough to tow a pirate ship .. should be able to withstand a dog. 😉
 
I'd take a Dremel and round out the scuffs, you can even get somewhat ornate with it if you want, making a new pattern. Then re-stain it. Or in a pinch, you can just sand it smooth and re-stain.
 
Only hope is to dig out the splinters and use a stainable wood putty to shape it to the pre-mauled condition.
 
I think wood putty would be too brittle to try to sculpt something that is near your feet and likely to get kicked.

And if anyone knows a brand of stainable wood putty that actually resembles the wood around it when stained, I'd love to know it. I've tried various kinds and haven't had any luck.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I think wood putty would be too brittle to try to sculpt something that is near your feet and likely to get kicked.

And if anyone knows a brand of stainable wood putty that actually resembles the wood around it when stained, I'd love to know it. I've tried various kinds and haven't had any luck.
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I don't know of any either. Good luck OP 🙂
 
It depends on what you have for tools. The wood putty idea isn't going to work well. Yeah, you can do it, but it's going to look like wood putty.

I assume the piece is symmetrical. If you have the ability, you can cut the chewed piece off, then use the other side as a template to make a like piece. Glue the piece into place, and finish. That could be the hardest part. Matching finishes is a bit tricky, so you might even stain it before gluing.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Holy crap. The best you'll be able to do yourself would be to cut off the part that he chewed so it's flat, and stain it to match the rest. Obviously that wouldn't fix it, but it wouldn't be so noticeable.

You could get someone with skills to fix it, but it'd probably involve replacing the whole piece that was chewed.
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I would probably do this as I don't have the skills required to fix it properly. Cut off both sides and make them match.

If you are skilled, cut off the end, get another piece of wood and sculpt it, then screw it to the original section and plug the hole.
 
Originally posted by: ScottMac
About all you can do is to build the area up with wood putty and sculpt the major features back in. Once it's stained back to color, it shouldn't be too noticeable.

Aside from that, there are some restorative woodshops (usually in the context of antique restoration) that can probably fix it up, but it'll cost you.

Good Luck
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:thumbsup:

Restorations of this type are more a work of art than a procedure, the results are only limited by the time and skill and creativity that you put into it. I've seen repairs on worse areas that were just incredible

I would use this stuff
E-wood

Once it's molded and shaped use a dremmel tool for the fine detail shaping and and sanding. While finshing up with the dremmel sand off the finish on a small area on the edge of the damage exposing the original raw wood this will help match the grain and stainwash and topcoat. Then use a fine tip artist brush with the matching stain and paint in the grain pattern it may take a few coats to get the correct darkness and let it dry a couple of days, then apply the overall stain wash in coats until it matchs. Then put on a top coat to match the piece, oil, varnish whatever is on the piece

Of course if you go that far you may as well touch up the other nicks and dings and top coat the entire piece. I wouldn't recommend that approach for a highly valued antique, but from your picture that probably doesn't apply
 
My suggestion is to find a wood sculptor, not a woodworking shop. I've known some of these people and they are amazing. The shape you need to reproduce is not too complicated, so a good carver / sculptor would be able to do that. Moreover, many of these people really know wood and stains, and often have a private stock of hard-to-find wood. My guess is he / she would cut off the damaged part, fasten on a new block of matching wood, carve it to reproduce the shape, then stain and varnish. Not cheap, I'm sure, but no more expensive than a cabinetry shop might be.
 
You could make a mold of the other side and fill it with some high quality wood filler (like in one of the posts above this), or clump the filler on and sculpt it yourself.

The filler my uncle uses in his cabinet is actually sawdust with epoxy, you just select what type of wood and it will match perfectly. The stuff is harder than the wood itself when dry.

 
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