I adopted this Pulaski curio cabinet as a restoration project from its past owner. I stripped it down to discover the banding along the top no longer attaches to the curved base, and was tacked down! I'm assuming there was some long term heat and moisture that expanded the band, given there were signs of water damage on the old finish? The band doesn't match the cabinet curve and is too long to fit. The banding sits equal to the edge of the piece on both sides, so somehow the wood lifted outward, gaining a couple of inches?
Is there some (relatively) easy way to tackle this? The only way I can imagine reshaping the band would be detaching it, wetting it and clamping it to a matching call until it fits the curve?
u/Enbies-R-Us — 12 days ago