Hi,
My mom wants her mother's dining room table refinished so she can use it in her dining nook. It's old, and unfortunately spent a number of years baking in the Arizona desert. Many hours of work later, the top and leaves are glued back together and finished. I need help with the legs. They are laminated birch, and there are some cracks where glue has separated--but the cracks do not go thru, and are mostly solid. I think just from drying out. I have played a little with spraying some water on them--this seems to work at least temporarily to close up many of the cracks. Obviously need something more permanent. I don't think I really can get a lot of glue in there, and they don't really clamp shut. Don't think I can get a wood filler in there (and don't want to if I can avoid it). It seems I need something to just permanently swell the wood. Not sure what to use or do. Any refinisher's tricks out there?
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