How can I loosen a 'stuck' dining room table - which should slide open to insert a leaf??

Question

We slide our antique wooden dining room open to insert extra leaves about once a yeear without a problem. The year the 2 halves of the table barely move. Any ideas on what/how to loosen the mechanism up? Thanks.

Answer 1

Rub it with Ivory bar soap. Candles or crayons are O.K. too, but not as good as bar soap.The effect will last for years.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Could be that the screws that hold the glides are too tight due to aging of the wood or swelling. Try loosening them just a small amount. If this works, wipe the glides with a clean cloth to remove any build up that may have helped with the sticking. You'll need a straight slot screw driver probably, since very old screws weren't made w/ Philips heads. Also do it gently, since the metal tends to be a bit soft in a lot of the old screws-make sure the screw driver is the right size to prevent damaging the screw head.

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Answer 4

NO! do NOT use the WD40 option it just swells the wood!

Firstly have you moved it from a dryer atmosphere to a damper one? If the answer is yes, try to dry it out slooowllly. If not then try to open it albeit stiffly, then either use talcum powder to make the slides slippy, or use some sort of wax. I have had success with the correct coloured shoe polish, but use sparingly and buff off the excess. The object is to get no tightening of the slides. A more adventurous solution is to carefully assess where the sticking is occurring and to try scraping the "high spots" with an unguarded Stanley knife blade. hope some of this helps, good luck.

Answer 5

Hi, you could try some WD40 on the hinges. Don't spray it on straight from the can as it may stain the wood but squirt some WD40 onto a dampish clean J cloth and wipe it along the moveable bits of your table including any hinges. That should loosen it up for you. Good luck!

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Answer 9

use bee wax.. it wont hurt the wood and u may first need to use a light grid sandpaper on the surfaces that touch.. its probably warped a lil from moisture in the air. if there are any metal parts lubricate with wd40

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Answer 10

once you get it unstuck rub a candle on the wooden bits to stop it sticking and help them glide, wd40 is good for the metal bits but as someone has pointed out don't get it on the wood.