Saw something at the antique mall in Springfield that made me cringe...

I was walking through the big antique mall on Main Street yesterday, just looking for a piece to work on. I stopped at a booth selling a nice old oak dresser, but when I ran my hand over the top, it felt like sandpaper. Someone had clearly tried to strip it with a wire wheel on a drill, and they went way too deep... you could see the swirl marks cut right into the grain. The seller wanted $450 for it, but that top is basically ruined now and needs a full sand-down past the damage. Has anyone else run into this kind of 'restoration' out in the wild, and how do you even fix it without losing too much thickness?

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lilyfisher1d ago

Is it actually ruined though? That sounds like a pretty easy fix with a belt sander. Just take it down until the marks are gone.

murray.betty1d ago

That belt sander will just make a bigger mess, @lilyfisher.