Can you "spot' re-varnish wood?

Question

We have a varnished pine blanket box that has a few spots of varnish missing due to an accident with drips of nail polish remover. Is it possible to just re-varnish those areas or will we have to get the whole top redone?

Answer 1

You need not to re-do the whole thing...

Simply:

1) Sand paper the area of relevant spots
2) Apply with a tiny little brush the original color of the Wood Stain if it was a tinted stain....Dark / light Mahogany or so...
3) Once dried up, apply a Clear Varnish on top of treated spots...
4) You are DONE...

Answer 2

You first "mask it off" carefully. Lets say its a nail size damage. Take a hole punch and punch out masking take then place that round hole in the masking right over the damage. Then stain and apply a small drop of varnish or urethane varnish whichever to match the entire surface. After drying do not remove the tape quite yet. Get some 600 grit, wet and dry paper and with a little water and that paper spot sand that location till flush with the mask tape. Then remove the mask tape and get some 2000 grit wet and dry paper and carefully work that small spot by attaching a round piece of that 2000 grit paper to the end of a pencil eraser with some anerobic glue or any waterproof glue will due. Then polish it out using the pencil/2000 grit and water, never dry.

For a scratch, take masking tape and mask right close to the scratch on both sides. Then take and spread a thin line of varnish , let the varnish dry, then polish out with 600grit paper wet, then remove the tape and carefullly use the 2000 grit paper wet to final polish out the scratch.

Remember, always mask out the damage area first. Really expensive furniture is repaired this way. Couple of scratches and dings later using this method and you are and expert and varnish repairs. !!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

Sure ...just sand it out and touch it up....the best way to do it is with 3 coats and sand in between each coat with fine paper and lightly on the final coat...if this is just clear varnish you can use "mini-wax" water base polycrylic..it dries in about an hour..so you could do it in one day...if you use oil base you must wait at least 12 hrs. between coats....if it has been stained, then you need to apply a matching stain first.