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Figured I could fix an old dresser drawer in 20 minutes. That was 4 hours ago.
Picked up a beat up solid oak dresser from a garage sale in St. Paul for 40 bucks. One drawer was stuck and I figured a little sanding and wax would have it sliding smooth. Ended up having to pull the whole thing apart cause the runner board was warped from humidity. Had to soak it, clamp it flat, and let it dry for two days before I could even reassemble. Then the wax I put on gummed up with dust and I had to start over with beeswax. Anyone else have a quick fix turn into a weekend project like that?
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dianaanderson10d ago
Had to soak it, clamp it flat, and let it dry for two days" - wait, TWO days? I would've given up and just shoved it back together after an hour and called it good enough. That's some serious dedication to a garage sale find.
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the_amy8d ago
Oh goodness, I have to push back a little on the "good enough" idea. Properly dried wood is the difference between a drawer that works for years and one that sticks again in three months. If you shove a warped board back together while it's still wet, it'll just bend back the same way when the humidity changes. That oak dresser probably sat in someone's damp basement or garage for years before it got to that garage sale. It took me a long time to learn that rushing a wood repair just means doing it twice. And honestly, there's something really satisfying about fixing something right the first time, even if it does eat up your whole weekend.
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