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glass above furniture top mm 05-10-2008
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Posted by mm on May 10, 2008, 12:15 am
I When a glass is put over an expensive dining room table or a
buffet, what is supposed to be done between the glass and the top of
the piece of furniture?

My mother always used small felt circles. Now my brother has
inherited the furniture and his wife uses some sort of clear circle of
the same size for the dining room table but the buffet has nothing
n-o-t-h-i-ng, between the glass and the wood.

How should it be done?

(There will be no problem with my sil getting mad. She's away and if
all I have to do is buy some circles and put them under the glass, she
won't mind, but I'd like some confirmation that that would be better
for the wood.)

Also

II She has the bedroom dresser in the garage, and would like to get
rid of it. I can't object to that, but until she does, I'd like to
see my mother's beautiful, expensive stuff protected. My brother
doesn't give a darn. So she has a small blanket under a cardboard
box and nothing under a big lamp and two enormous candle holders, each
with 4 brass legs, which might have had felt glued under the legs but
I can just about guarantee the felt is missing from some or all of
these old things. Is it enough to put a blanket under the 3 brass
things, or should I cut a piece of wood and put it on top of the
blanket and put the brass stuff on that. Of course it would be
better if nothing were on it, but I understand that she wants to use
the space above the dresser and another matching piece of furniture

Thanks a lot.

Posted by Wayne Boatwright on May 10, 2008, 1:08 am
On Fri 09 May 2008 09:15:25p, mm told us...

> I When a glass is put over an expensive dining room table or a
> buffet, what is supposed to be done between the glass and the top of
> the piece of furniture?
>
> My mother always used small felt circles. Now my brother has
> inherited the furniture and his wife uses some sort of clear circle of
> the same size for the dining room table but the buffet has nothing
> n-o-t-h-i-ng, between the glass and the wood.
>
> How should it be done?
>
> (There will be no problem with my sil getting mad. She's away and if
> all I have to do is buy some circles and put them under the glass, she
> won't mind, but I'd like some confirmation that that would be better
> for the wood.)
>
> Also
>
> II She has the bedroom dresser in the garage, and would like to get
> rid of it. I can't object to that, but until she does, I'd like to
> see my mother's beautiful, expensive stuff protected. My brother
> doesn't give a darn. So she has a small blanket under a cardboard
> box and nothing under a big lamp and two enormous candle holders, each
> with 4 brass legs, which might have had felt glued under the legs but
> I can just about guarantee the felt is missing from some or all of
> these old things. Is it enough to put a blanket under the 3 brass
> things, or should I cut a piece of wood and put it on top of the
> blanket and put the brass stuff on that. Of course it would be
> better if nothing were on it, but I understand that she wants to use
> the space above the dresser and another matching piece of furniture
>
> Thanks a lot.
>

Either felt disks, pastic disks, or small plastic bumpers will work well
between the glass and wood. I've used all three and not had a problem with
any of them. A blanket as protection from objects place on wood should
offer all the protection you need unless, of course, the the objects have
very sharp and/or pointed feet that could penetrate the blanket.

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Posted by buffalobill on May 10, 2008, 6:07 am
> I When a glass is put over an expensive dining room table or a
> buffet, what is supposed to be done between the glass and the top of
> the piece of furniture?
>
> My mother always used small felt circles. Now my brother has
> inherited the furniture and his wife uses some sort of clear circle of
> the same size for the dining room table but the buffet has nothing
> n-o-t-h-i-ng, between the glass and the wood.
>
> How should it be done?
>
> (There will be no problem with my sil getting mad. She's away and if
> all I have to do is buy some circles and put them under the glass, she
> won't mind, but I'd like some confirmation that that would be better
> for the wood.)
>
> Also
>
> II She has the bedroom dresser in the garage, and would like to get
> rid of it. I can't object to that, but until she does, I'd like to
> see my mother's beautiful, expensive stuff protected. My brother
> doesn't give a darn. So she has a small blanket under a cardboard
> box and nothing under a big lamp and two enormous candle holders, each
> with 4 brass legs, which might have had felt glued under the legs but
> I can just about guarantee the felt is missing from some or all of
> these old things. Is it enough to put a blanket under the 3 brass
> things, or should I cut a piece of wood and put it on top of the
> blanket and put the brass stuff on that. Of course it would be
> better if nothing were on it, but I understand that she wants to use
> the space above the dresser and another matching piece of furniture
>
> Thanks a lot.

tempered [hardened] glass would like to be isolated from vibrations
that can cause it to shatter. never rest the glass edge on a concrete
floor even when just cleaning it, as the slight motion against the
floor surface caused a piece of tempered glass to break into a
thousand bits before me.
if you have simple window glass or plate glass it is more breakable
and will break into unsafe jagged pieces.

Posted by ransley on May 10, 2008, 8:03 am
> I =A0 When a glass is put over an expensive dining room table or a
> buffet, what is supposed to be done between the glass and the top of
> the piece of furniture?
>
> My mother always used small felt circles. =A0Now my brother has
> inherited the furniture and his wife uses some sort of clear circle of
> the same size for the dining room table but the buffet has nothing
> n-o-t-h-i-ng, between the glass and the wood.
>
> How should it be done?
>
> (There will be no problem with my sil getting mad. =A0She's away and if
> all I have to do is buy some circles and put them under the glass, she
> won't mind, but I'd like some confirmation that that would be better
> for the wood.)
>
> Also
>
> II =A0 =A0She has the bedroom dresser in the garage, and would like to get=

> rid of it. =A0I can't object to that, but until she does, I'd like to
> see my mother's beautiful, expensive stuff protected. =A0 My brother
> doesn't give a darn. =A0 So she has a small blanket under a cardboard
> box and nothing under a big lamp and two enormous candle holders, each
> with 4 brass legs, which might have had felt glued under the legs but
> I can just about guarantee the felt is missing from some or all of
> these old things. =A0 Is it enough =A0to put a blanket under the 3 brass
> things, or should I cut a piece of wood and put it on top of the
> blanket and put the brass stuff on that. =A0 =A0Of course it would be
> better if nothing were on it, but I understand that she wants to use
> the space above the dresser and another matching piece of furniture
>
> Thanks a lot.

I have had glass on wood without anything for years without issues, im
not sure why anything is needed, a real fine piece I would wonder if
plastic could react with the tables finish and discolor under the
disk. Maybe felt disks are to prevent scratching if glass is moved or
for air circulation. Maybe google it

Posted by Wayne Boatwright on May 10, 2008, 2:57 pm
On Sat 10 May 2008 05:03:49a, ransley told us...

>> I   When a glass is put over an expensive dining room table or a
>> buffet, what is supposed to be done between the glass and the top of
>> the piece of furniture?
>>
>> My mother always used small felt circles.  Now my brother has
>> inherited the furniture and his wife uses some sort of clear circle of
>> the same size for the dining room table but the buffet has nothing
>> n-o-t-h-i-ng, between the glass and the wood.
>>
>> How should it be done?
>>
>> (There will be no problem with my sil getting mad.  She's away and if
>> all I have to do is buy some circles and put them under the glass, she
>> won't mind, but I'd like some confirmation that that would be better
>> for the wood.)
>>
>> Also
>>
>> II    She has the bedroom dresser in the garage, and would like to get
>
>> rid of it.  I can't object to that, but until she does, I'd like to
>> see my mother's beautiful, expensive stuff protected.   My brother
>> doesn't give a darn.   So she has a small blanket under a cardboard
>> box and nothing under a big lamp and two enormous candle holders, each
>> with 4 brass legs, which might have had felt glued under the legs but
>> I can just about guarantee the felt is missing from some or all of
>> these old things.   Is it enough  to put a blanket under the 3 brass
>> things, or should I cut a piece of wood and put it on top of the
>> blanket and put the brass stuff on that.    Of course it would be
>> better if nothing were on it, but I understand that she wants to use
>> the space above the dresser and another matching piece of furniture
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>
> I have had glass on wood without anything for years without issues, im
> not sure why anything is needed, a real fine piece I would wonder if
> plastic could react with the tables finish and discolor under the
> disk. Maybe felt disks are to prevent scratching if glass is moved or
> for air circulation. Maybe google it
>

I have used plastic discs on fine wood for years without incident, although
the felt discs work just as well, they are ore visible.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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sense.
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