How To Repair Furniture With Water Ring Damage
By Richard Barthallo
It can be a major expense to furnish a home, especially when you invest in high quality furniture. When you purchase expensive pieces of furniture you do so expecting them to last a lifetime. With proper care these furnishing could last you a lifetime and can even be passed on to your children. That is how we acquire many antiques. They are passed down to us from our relatives and so has sentimental value as well as monetary value. Sometimes antiques are also acquired by shopping garage sales and estate sales. However you come by your precious furnishings, you will want to keep them in as good a condition as possible. The better kept the piece of furniture is the more it will hold or even gain in value.
Sometimes the finishes on older furniture can be worn down from wear over time. This allows the pieces to be more susceptible to damage. They can be scratched more easily and the scratches will show more. Most people today know that refinishing pieces of antique furniture can diminish their value when and if they are resold. Antique dealers recommend that you keep the furniture well dusted and use only a quality paste furniture wax or beeswax. This is a good choice to use on new furniture as well.
Even when we try to give our furniture the best of care things will probably happen to it anyway. The scars of time and everyday wear are bound to show up eventually, especially if you have children. Water damage from water rings is one of the most common accidents that can mar the tops of our furniture's finishes. Many times these rings are caused when someone has sat down a glass that either spilled or had condensed moisture settled at the outside bottom of the glass. This causes a white ring on the finish of the piece. One method used to clean these white water rings is to use a dab of toothpaste on a soft cotton cloth. Buff the spot carefully going with the grain of the wood and then remove with a clean cotton cloth. This can make a big improvement to the spot where the water ring is found.
Dark water damage spots are common on furniture for the same reason as the white rings. The difference is that if the spot has blackened it can mean that the water has eaten through the finish on the wood and mold is growing in it. Dark spots are more serious than the milder white ones. To repair these spots you should remove the finish and clean with bleach. This will kill the mold. After that the piece of furniture can be refinished. If the piece of furniture is a valuable antique call a professional to refinish the piece. By doing so, you can be assured that the job is done correctly, avoiding the possibility of creating even more damage to the furniture piece.
Furniture is a big investment so it is wise to care for it well and when water damage occurs to a piece of furniture take the time to fix it promptly. That way you can keep your furniture for a lifetime.
About the author
Richard Barthallo's life experiences has made him a legend with Orlando Water Damage Restorations. He has assisted and advised on many Orlando Water damagesituations. from http://www.FreeArticlesAndContent.com
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