Need some Advice Please.

I was given an old Coffee Table that I'd admired for ages, it sat in a friends shed as they never used it. It's a very heavy solid thing and it took the 2 of us to load it in the car and again to get it into my house. Problem is I can't get it to shine up no matter how much I polish it. I bought a bottle of very expensive colour restorer and scratch remover. I did as it said on the bottle but it's still got this dull finish any one got any ideas? I'm all out.

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Hi Raven do you know what wood it is made of, is it solid wood or a coated veneer ?

I don't think there is an easy way to get a good shine on wood.
I have sanded wood back to the bare wood then built up the shine in coats with a top quality wax polish like Briwax Clear to produce a shine.

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What is the table made of, Oak, Walnut or what?

You could try Vineger and turpintine mixed together, using a soft cloth try damping it in the solution and try rubbing it into a small area for about 5 mins then dry it off and notice it the area is brighter than the reat of the table.

Use kitchen gloves to protect your hands

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A good wax polish like antique furniture polish, put it on and rubinto the wood and then polish it off, its hard work but does wonder for depression, not that I think you have it, its what I do when I have it.

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I don't know what wood it's made of, it's a dark colour could be Mahognay, I'm not really sure. It looks very like this but minus the shine.

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I've taken things back to the bare wood, then stained it and brought up the shine with a tin of beeswax and plenty of soft cotton rags.

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I don't think you'll get the shine up to that in your picture, is that a bit of french polishing there?

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That looks like a vaneer inlay so the mixture I told you to use should bring back the shine.

ps, I forgot to say add a bit of light oil to the mixture something like Lemon oil.

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Ok I'll get the sleeves rolled up again tomorrow in the daylight ....Thankyou all. Fingers crossed eh.

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I don't know lol. That's just a pic I found on Google when I went looking for a table like the one I got, to show you. I'm pretty sure the top is solid wood on mine though.