How do I sand down a dinning room table?

I have this dinning room table I love and I dont want to get rid of it. But on the table surface its scratch up, i think it need to be resurface or sanded. How do I sand a table to make it look like brand new again?How do I sand down a dinning room table?
Like most things..it depends. If you want to just fix the scratch, and it's not too deep, you can buy a wax filler stick, that matches the finish color. You rub this stick across the scratch, and the wax fills in the ';valley.'; There are color stain pens that wood working stores sell that will match almost any wood color perfectly. Once waxed and ';penned,'; a little polish will make most minor scratches disappear. Go to a wood working store for all these supplies. They sell them at Home depot and Lowes, but not the really great quality stuff the pro places have.



If it is a deep gouge that has actually cut into the wood surface, then you would need to remove the finish, and sand / refinish the surface. This would involve first stripping off the old finish with a gel stripper. This is very messy and difficult. Stripper is basically an acid that eats away the old finish. Once that is gone, you would sand it smooth with a palm sander, and progressively finer sand paper. Like go from 100 grit to 320 grit to 500 grit sand paper. Clean all the sanding dust off, with a tack cloth, then apply a stain. Then finally finish the surface with a few layers of polyurethane. This whole process is not easy, and requires special brushes and tools, and practice. If it is a big gouge, I would recommend getting a quote from a pro.How do I sand down a dinning room table?
Hi,

If it's just the finish that's scratched up you need to sand the finish with 120 grit sandpaper %26amp; then follow up using 220 grit. When that's done clean off the surface %26amp; follow up using a tack cloth to remove what you can't see. Apply 2 coats of polyurethane of desired finish. If you really want a super smooth finish, allow the poly to cure about 2 weeks, then use 4/0 steel wool %26amp; go over the whole surface. After that it will look kind of dull, if you apply a coat of OZ furniture polish you will have a beautiful looking table. I guarantee people won't believe that you refinished it %26amp; swear you had it professionally done. A good hardware store should have Oz polish or find it online.