Red Oak Dining Table Refinish

This old red oak table was quite a mess when it arrived.

It was stored in a damp garage for years leaving it filthy. Boards in the top had separated as the old glue gave out so the top was in numerous pieces when it arrived.

• 

• 

• 

• 

You can see the difference in color when we first sanded half of the top. That new wood color is almost always hiding under the ruined finishes on these antique pieces.

We stained it a nice medium brown (Minwax Honey if memory serves correctly). Out of that seemingly destroyed old wreck came this finished beauty. It is all solid oak, no veneers, so it ought to be good for another century.