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scratches happen. Scratches on your kitchen counters will happen. Your kitchen table is probably the busiest place in your home, where everything ends up, where you drop your keys, where you eat your meals and where the kids do their homework. Removing these scratches can be difficult, but it’s not impossible. How you remove scratches depends on what type of table you have.

glass tables

First, make sure the scratches are really scratches. Spots, streaks and other marks often look exactly like scratches and give the impression that they are. Thoroughly clean the table so you can tell what is a scratch and what is not.

Once you’ve established what really is a scratch and what isn’t, it’s time to get some jeweler’s blush or compound. This is the type of material jewelers use to fill in scratches in gemstones. You can purchase this type of material at a jewelry store or specialty jewelry store.

Apply the compound according to the instructions. Be sure to remove any remaining compounds from the surface. After curing or drying, you should clean the table again to ensure that any remaining residue is removed.

Your table is ready for use.

wooden tables

As soon as you notice scratches in your wooden kitchen table, the same first rule applies – clean the table. Again, you want to make sure what you think are scratches are real and not just dirt or bits of food that look like table damage.

The easy way out is to use a wood repair kit, which you can purchase at your local hardware store. If so, follow the instructions.

If you prefer a do-it-yourself method, you’ll need a nut. Walnuts and pecans are used for this. What you have to do is open the nut and rub the flesh into the scratches in the wooden tabletop. This requires a little repetition and patience. As you rub back and forth, the flesh of the nut heats up from the friction and the oils from the nut begin to liquify and fill the crack. Make sure the whole area is warm to the touch before you stop grinding the nut.

Take a quick look at the area and see how well it worked. Sometimes it takes more than one time to completely fill the scratch.

One issue you may notice is that there is a slight color difference in the scratch area (from the nut meat) to the rest of your table. This can easily be solved by breaking into the kid’s art supply box. Find a crayon that is as close as possible to the color of your table and lightly color the scratch.

This isn’t an exact science the first time, so you may need to be patient and try the method a time or two to make it look completely how you want it.

Back in the day, scratches on kitchen tables were just a focus of frustration until it was time to replace the table. Nowadays, a scratch is just a minor annoyance that can be easily removed.

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