Help! My dining room is on the east side of the house and although I keep the blinds closed until close to 1:00 p.m. every day, apparently enough light got in to discolor my table. I just took my runner off to change to a new one and I have a nice, long, 12" wide several shades lighter streak running the whole length of my 96" table where the sun apparently darkened the part showing.
Is there anything I can do to either speed up the darkening of the center, or polish it out so that it blends?
I am just sick about this - the table is only two months old.
Same thing happened to my custom made, rosewood, imported dining table. Right down the middle where the runner was there is a dark area surrounded by the lighter color caused by the sun. Take a hike to the home improvement store and look for Howard’s Restore A Finish in the wood tone of the table. I had to use the mahogany because it was the closest to the rosewood. Apply and leave it on for several days to let it fully soak into the wood. Then buff off the excess with a soft cloth (hubby’s t-shirts work well). I had to do this several times before the color was fully restored. I now have a piece of glass that has UVB/UVA protection sitting on top of the entire 96" long table to protect it and have had the window tinted to protect the side & legs facing that window.
You can apply some polish with a tint to it they sell Lemon Oil and they also sell the one that I am talking about .
But if this table was just purchased it should not have done that so soon ,I would call the store and tell them about it perhaps they have some kind of warranty on it.
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That is a little fast for sun bleaching. You did not say whether your table had a gloss finish on it. I will assume that it does.
I would try some automotive rubbing compound and rub that into the finish of the table in an inconspicuous spot like an edge. and see it that will do something. Or Jewellers roughe(which is even finer).
That or sun the whole table to get that full body tan.
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Same thing happened to my custom made, rosewood, imported dining table. Right down the middle where the runner was there is a dark area surrounded by the lighter color caused by the sun. Take a hike to the home improvement store and look for Howard’s Restore A Finish in the wood tone of the table. I had to use the mahogany because it was the closest to the rosewood. Apply and leave it on for several days to let it fully soak into the wood. Then buff off the excess with a soft cloth (hubby’s t-shirts work well). I had to do this several times before the color was fully restored. I now have a piece of glass that has UVB/UVA protection sitting on top of the entire 96" long table to protect it and have had the window tinted to protect the side & legs facing that window.
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30 years experience in interior design and should have known better.