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<p>[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 279819, member: 121"]<b>TRY THIS AT YOUR RISK!!!!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I had the same issue with a table top some years ago. It was suggested at that time that I just put a piece of glass on it instead of trying to repair it (as others here have suggested).</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the (4 mm) glass cut and when I felt its weight I had an inspiration..........I sprayed water on the "bubbles" (I know, it SOUNDS counter intuitive), THEN I placed the glass on top and then I piled it with books to weight it down - lots of books, distributed evenly. After a week or so (possibly longer?) <b>most</b> of the bubbles had flattened out. At least enough that the glass would lay flat on the table top. It was not a real repair, but cosmetically the table looked MUCH better.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS getting custom glass can be expensive - shop around, gently letting the merchants know that you are open to having them re-cut a piece that was done in error or refused by the buyer. The point being that they WILL DO THIS ANYWAY and not mention it to you - if you mention it first you may get a slight discount.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 279819, member: 121"][B]TRY THIS AT YOUR RISK!!!!![/B] I had the same issue with a table top some years ago. It was suggested at that time that I just put a piece of glass on it instead of trying to repair it (as others here have suggested). I had the (4 mm) glass cut and when I felt its weight I had an inspiration..........I sprayed water on the "bubbles" (I know, it SOUNDS counter intuitive), THEN I placed the glass on top and then I piled it with books to weight it down - lots of books, distributed evenly. After a week or so (possibly longer?) [B]most[/B] of the bubbles had flattened out. At least enough that the glass would lay flat on the table top. It was not a real repair, but cosmetically the table looked MUCH better. PS getting custom glass can be expensive - shop around, gently letting the merchants know that you are open to having them re-cut a piece that was done in error or refused by the buyer. The point being that they WILL DO THIS ANYWAY and not mention it to you - if you mention it first you may get a slight discount.[/QUOTE]
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