wood table fuuarked by my massive server

Dear Lainons, I fuarrrked up big time. I'm renting this room in a shared apartment and I bought myself a server. Little did I know, the server had little screws on the bottom and grooves. It fuarrrked up the table, which I don't own (picrel). How do I go about fixing this mess? The scratches are not too deep but you can feel them a little with your finger. Any woodworking Lainons want to help? Thanks!

if you don't have the same finish as covered the table originally, you can't easily patch it. Even if you did you likely wouldn't well be able to. Get some new finish or lacquer, sand the whole surface of the table, and refinish it.

>>30264 this lainon is right. The only thing you can do is sanding the whole surface of the table to remove the current layer and buy glaze and lazure/lacquer, first to apply the glaze then form a new layer with the lazure/lacquer. Imho it doesnt worth all the work.

>>30263 Well... fuarrrk these screws!

>>30264 if you do this, also check first if its a veneer or solid wood. If its just a veneer then its probably not going to be worth it. You could maybe get a little oil and darken the wood but its a cheap table and sanding it down might just reveal the ugly insides

Rub a walnut on it and prey

If wood is compressed, not scratched off, a hot vapour directed at these patches would hypothetically decompress wood cells into previous state. I don't know how would you then proceed with dehumidifying wood again into room levels. A more crude option is to apply special wood scratch wax which is not meant to repair such wide scratches. If you look well enough, you would find a darker one matching general hue of your desk finish, and a lighter additive to dilute the tone. Is this table even real wood or veneered particle board? As I assume it's a continuous sheet for whole tabletop, it's most likely tangential cut/rotary veneer. Depends on veneer thickness, you could probably sand it down to depth of your scratches, but you will need orbital sander and it's a very tedious work, and landlord might notice the desk has changed color and looks fresh-finished. I'd suggest you apply wax and pay the collateral for this desk or buy a new one, it's probably not the most expensive one.

Get this and some sandpaper. You can find it at Home Depot if you have one of those around. This stuff is surprisingly good at blending into the stuff that's already on there, if you don't wanna completely strip and re-finish it.

>>30292 I have bad experience with these products that's why I didnt recommend it but in theory this could work too I guess. It never did for me, looked ugly as hell, complete waste of money.

>>30306 Interesting. Wonder what kind of finish was on there as a base. It's always worked like a charm for me