How to reanimate furniture from chipboard and MDF

On any surface, over time, there are some scuffs, scratches, and although this does not affect how the furniture will be to fulfill its intended purpose, its appearance deteriorates anyway, and sometimes it even pushes a step towards replacement furniture.

In fact, just a few simple manipulations are enough, and your furniture from MDF or laminated particleboard will look like new.

You can find the so-called folk ways to restore the appearance of furniture, but most of these methods either require cost of a large amount of time, or in the best case will not bring any result, and in the worst case, completely spoil coating. A huge amount of tools for repairing any coatings, including furniture, they cost quite a bit, but they have excellent efficiency, most importantly, correctly pick up. Moreover, when buying store products, you can be sure of their safety, which means that they will not bring any harm to the coating.

Soft wax for furniture

To restore chips and scratches on surfaces that are not designed for severe loads, you can use soft furniture wax. It is able to well restore the original appearance of the material, and also reliably protects it from moisture entering the wood board.

Soft wax is sold in various shades, therefore it is important to carefully choose the one that will be suitable for your surface. It is easy to use, if the furniture is just a scratch, then for application it is better to use a silicone spatula, in case of deep scratches or chips on the edges it is more convenient to use a knife. When using a knife or blade, be careful when removing excess wax. You can easily apply new scratches.

The place you restored should be polished with felt cloth.

Furniture marker

It is used to mask shallow scratches, it does not wear off for a long time, it has excellent moisture-resistant properties. Before use, the surface must be thoroughly degreased, you can use ordinary alcohol for this. Marker coating is applied in several layers.

In order to mask scratches of medium depth, it is better to use a furniture touch. Outwardly, he goes to a correction fluid, the bottle shakes well before use, and then a stroke is applied to the damaged area. Excess material is removed with a normal damp cloth.