Wood 1015 Spot Repair I: Repairing a scratch

We are back at it in 2009 doing some spot reapirs. In Spot Repair I we learn to clean, fill, and hide scratches in wood. In the following pictures you can see damage to this piece of furniture. It has been filled with a plastic. Once the voids are filled and level and smooth, we begin painting in color and mimicing the grain pattern in the wood. finnally we protect our repair by giving in a coat of finish to seal the color into the repair.

Techniques like these are used everyday by professionals.