I recently won an antique dental table from a local on-line auction. It was AWESOME, except for the top. I couldn't even tell what the top was (or if it were -gag- blood-stained). It turns out that it was felt, and the reddish areas were the true color of the felt.
Fortunately the lovely oak with the great patina was only a "frame" to the pine with the felt glued on. You can see that by removing the oak "frame" (carefully) I was able to sand the felt off of the pine surface without touching the outside oak.
I had saved a small piece of thin upholstery leather for such a time as this. I knew that I wanted to "upholster" the naked pine piece with the leather. After cutting the leather to size I used spray rubber cement on both the back of the leather and on the pine top. After letting them both dry separately I pressed them together (you only get one shot at this, so be careful!)
I cut niches out on the corners so that when it was folded under it wouldn't bunch up -- the oak "frame" fit pretty tightly around the pine rectangle. Then I folded the extra leather under the pine and pushed in some tacks to hold it in place.
Then the scary moment --- was the oak piece still going to fit over the pine? YES, success. Mostly. One corner was a little bunchy had to be cut with an exacto knife.
Really the whole thing only took about 1.5 hours, and for me that is a quickie project. Especially for such a beautiful result. Sold at the 2017 Platte City Antique Show for $85.
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Looks great! What a find!!
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