My beautiful coffee table!!!!!

[ellideb]

Grrrrrrrrr. One of my mindees scratched my gorgeous mango fruit wood coffee table yesterday, quite badly (it was his last day) when he put a toy with an apparently scratchy base on it and scraped it up and down the table whilst I was seeing off another mindee. I almost cried when I saw it and I think I had the most amazing self control as he is still walking around and breathing.

Please somebody, tell me what I can do to rescue it and restore it to its former glory! Will I need to hire a professional to remove the troughs scratches in its once beautiful surface? My tears didn't improve their appearence no matter how hard I cried and hugged it.

[bubblagirl]

wax crayon may work and aslo coffee rubbed in for dark wood will disguise and tea for light wood

[brimfull]

ear wax works wonders

my brother once disguised a scratch on our dinner table when we were kids-I thought he was a genius !

I can send you some

[prettybird]

I'll vouch for the Brazil nut technique. Also works wonders for water rings on wood - even on blonde wood.

[cluelessnchaos]

depends what kind of finish is on the wood, is it oiled, waxed, lacquered?

[CurrantBM]

Another vote for the brazil nut technique.

[ellideb]

Really? Brazil nuts? LOL ggirl, but I think I'll stick with my own, thanks all the same! Not sure what the finish is, its dark wood and I do use beeswax on it occasionally, its very shiny.