John Evans writes:
Hello Groop,
I need to repair this pedestal from a 25 year old Drexel
Heritage dining table which has cracked and the owner tried to
repair with screws, staples, gorilla glue, caulk, liquid cement
and anything else he could find at Home Depot. I have a few
questions:
1 - Repairing the crack: Since the owner dripped various adhesives into the crack I don't have clean mating surfaces to perform a good repair. I'm thinking of drilling 2 - 1/4" holes down the crack to eliminate some of the bad surface so I can get the two halves to come together under clamping pressure. I will then run liquid hide glue into the crack and clamp overnite followed by redirilling the 1/4" holes and inserting dowels with titebond. I'm also contemplating a dowel through the side of the pedastal perpendicular to the crack to reinforce the repair. Any thoughts or problems with this?
2 - All the tails and sockets have been damaged so I will be shimming each tail to return to a tight fit. When finished should the tails be glued into the sockets and at the top of the leg or are they designed to work without any adhesive?
3 - What would you have charged to do this cleanup and repair?
Thank you for your time and wisdom,
1 - Repairing the crack: Since the owner dripped various adhesives into the crack I don't have clean mating surfaces to perform a good repair. I'm thinking of drilling 2 - 1/4" holes down the crack to eliminate some of the bad surface so I can get the two halves to come together under clamping pressure. I will then run liquid hide glue into the crack and clamp overnite followed by redirilling the 1/4" holes and inserting dowels with titebond. I'm also contemplating a dowel through the side of the pedastal perpendicular to the crack to reinforce the repair. Any thoughts or problems with this?
2 - All the tails and sockets have been damaged so I will be shimming each tail to return to a tight fit. When finished should the tails be glued into the sockets and at the top of the leg or are they designed to work without any adhesive?
3 - What would you have charged to do this cleanup and repair?
Thank you for your time and wisdom,
John Evans
New Port Richey, FL
New Port Richey, FL
