How to Fix Chipped Wood Furniture

Even the most expensive furniture can become chipped with time and use. Chips in a piece of furniture will make it look old or outdated. Nobody wants to fix a chip in their kitchen table or dresser, but with just a bit of work you can make your furniture look like new. Not counting the drying time of the polyurethane, the whole project should only take a half hour to complete. You do not need to match the color of the fill stick exactly with the color of your furniture. All furniture has variations in color. When completed, most people will not even notice that the furniture was chipped.

Sandpaper
Vacuum
Fill stick
Clean dry cloth
Polyurethane
Paintbrush
Steel wool

Instructions

- 1
  Clean out the dent in the wood furniture with a small piece of sandpaper and vacuum. Rub the sandpaper in the wood dent and then vacuum out the dent so there is no loose debris.
- 2
  Fill in the chipped area with a fill stick. Fill sticks are composed of a tinted waxy substance and can be purchased at most hardware stores. Match the color of the fill stick with the color of your furniture. The fill sticks come in large variety of colors, but if you cannot match the furniture color exactly, get a fill stick that is just slightly lighter or darker than the furniture color. Rub the fill stick into the area until it is about level with the surrounding wood.
- 3
  Rub a clean dry cloth over the area until the fill stick matches the wood. Work carefully so you do not remove the fill stick.
- 4
  Apply polyurethane over the area with a paintbrush. Let the polyurethane dry completely.
- 5
  Gently rub the finished area with steel wool. The steel wool will help you to match the sheen of the polyurethane with the sheen of the surrounding area.

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