Anyone know a good furniture touch up person?

[ErnieM]

A friend of mine collects these Jack Daniel's cases, and this one was damaged during a recent move. The finish is lacquer, and while it looks black in the photo, it actually has a bluish sheen when viewed in some angles. The case is worth over $1000, and I'm certainly not capable of repairing this finish. Does anyone know of a good refinisher/touch-up man or woman who can repair this damage? My friend lives here in Eastern NC, but I think he'd go elsewhere for a professional repair. Here are some photos of the damage.

 

[bobby g]

A friend of mine collects these Jack Daniel's cases, and this one was damaged during a recent move. The finish is lacquer, and while it looks black in the photo, it actually has a bluish sheen when viewed in some angles. The case is worth over $1000, and I'm certainly not capable of repairing this finish. Does anyone know of a good refinisher/touch-up man or woman who can repair this damage? My friend lives here in Eastern NC, but I think he'd go elsewhere for a professional repair. Here are some photos of the damage.View attachment 201373

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I know an excellent refinisher/restorer in Ohio. I haven't had contact with him in over 30 years. I could try to track him down if you like.
Bob

 

[ErnieM]

I know an excellent refinisher/restorer in Ohio. I haven't had contact with him in over 30 years. I could try to track him down if you like.
Bob

Thanks Bob. I doubt he would want to go all the way to Ohio, but I'll check with him to make sure.

 

[Graywolf]

That looks to be a little more than finish damage. I’m afraid it would not be a seamless repair. I’ll ask around.

 

[bobby g]

Thanks Bob. I doubt he would want to go all the way to Ohio, but I'll check with him to make sure.

I was thinking of him shipping it.

 

[ErnieM]

I was thinking of him shipping it.

He is out of town for the week, but I'll certainly ask him. I think he might be wary of
shipping it.

 

[KenOfCary]

That almost looks like plastic rather than wood to me. With the uneven chipping on the bottom right. I could very well be wrong though. It's a very bad gouge at any rate, right into the underlying insulation. As Richard mentioned, it will be hard to seamlessly repair.

PS. Glad to see you back posting actively Bob.

 

[Raymond]

That type of case starts around $1,500. It might be worthwhile to contact Jack Daniel's directly to see who made the case for them - that company may know who would be best to repair.

 

[PeteM]

I'd take a totally different approach. Treat it like a fiberglass repair and fill the damaged area with bondo or resin and blend in the finish with an airbrush. The key would be to find a good airbrush artist to do the blend. I'd start looking by checking in with some quality car or boat custom shops.

 

[JonB]

It's a little difficult to tell from the pictures but it looks like the case was made from MDF and wrapped, it's not really a finish at all. The white area looks like paper, could have been printed with a gloss UV coating to give it that shine and then glued/ laminated to the case. I could be totally wrong but I've worked in printing for many years and that's what I see.

 

[ErnieM]

It's a little difficult to tell from the pictures but it looks like the case was made from MDF and wrapped, it's not really a finish at all. The white area looks like paper, could have been printed with a gloss UV coating to give it that shine and then glued/ laminated to the case. I could be totally wrong but I've worked in printing for many years and that's what I see.

Jon,
Looking at the photos closely, I think you may be right. No other explanation for that layer of white that I can think of.

 

[Oka]

I don't know what they call it know, there used to be a fiberglass sealer DP3 I think it was called. They used it on fiberglass cars to seal the repairs as it set up a primable surface and prevented repair painting from "flashing" that is what that looks like to me.