
First ever project, this veneer table, what do I do at this point?
Hi all,
This is my first project. I’m trying to refinish this cheap free table into something usable. It has a leaf but had some bad damage. It took until those patches became pale before the dings and scratches and water rings were out. And the seam between the halves was badly raised from water damage. I’ve gone over it with a Varathane marker but it doesn’t look very good on close inspection.
My issue is I don’t know how to balance out the colour now. If it’s better to take the entire veneer top down to pale like the spots or bring the pale spots up to the rest of the table.
The former is easy but risks taking away too much veneer however I would then have a simple time staining the top all one consistent colour.
The latter is faster less risky but may be more expensive if I get the colour matching off. I don’t know enough to know what colour on top of that pale almost yellowish patches will come out looking like the rest of the table.
Alternatively I suppose I could replace the veneer entirely but that’s something I have less than zero experience with.
If better photos are needed I can take some just let me know what you need to know to provide some advice on next.
Thanks for any help and tips you can provide.