Dear All,
Spilled some aerosol paint on the dinner table which took out a small patch of dark varnish. Now there is a 2″ x 3/4″ area on the dinner table that is bare of dark wood varnish. Does anyone know how I can go about replacing the colour so that it does not look so obvious? Thanks!
Not an easy fix that I know of. I would consider stripping the varnish completely, sanding lightly and refinishing, but not a fun or easy fix. 
dave
It depends whether it was lacquer or polyeurthane (spelling on both is botched).
I had the same thing happen to me.
Lacquer can go over poly, but not the other way around……..or Vice-Versa if that makes any sense!
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Lacquer can go over poly, but not the other way around……..or Vice-Versa
yea-yea……..whatever!
Point is it either “can be” or “can’t be” fixed. Is that better? 
Try and get ahold of Stickboy here on the site. He should know!!!!
Strip it all of and re-finish. Little work and the end result is a new looking table. FW will be sooooo happy! 
Get a nice decorative center piece!
We have a cabinet shop and finish alot of wood. You have a few options, Depending on the wood and if the table has a solid top and you can take it off take it to someone with a big drum sander and have them take it down raw and refinish it, sounds like alot of work but really not. If you can take it off and want to travel I will do it for you, just make sure that you bring all the leaves with it so they are all the same thickness.
If the top is veneer then sanding is out, if it was finished with a pre-cat laquer you can sand it lightly with 200 grit and respray the entire top. If it was finished with a conversion varnish you could could re apply it to the spot and but would have to feather the edges with some laquer thinner, but it would still look flawed.
But by far the center piece idea would be the easiest.
If you cant get er fixed pm me and I’ll get you a new table at cost.
Table Cloth. 
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