Red Warped Kitchen Table

It sounds like solid oak. It will warp and leave a ring if you get it wet. And the only way to "fix" it is to sand it down and repaint it and make sure it it sealed with a WATERPROOF sealant. If not, you need to be dilligent about using coasters under cups and hot pads and place mats. Also using a plastic table cloth or a plastic one UNDER a regular one will help too. But to fix the table you have, it will probably be cheaper to just get a new one. Or you could try to match the red, and repaint it yourself or hire someone that knows how to to. Good luck!!!

Would a piece of glass over the top work? I have had a few tables with glass tops and as long as it is thick (1/4 inch or so) and tempered, it works great.

Can you contact a professional furniture refinisher and see if the table is worth working on? Perhaps what it needs is a new - and unwarped - top. It will need repainting and sealing, but there are a million shades of red paint out there just waiting for you to select one of them.

We had the top of our table refinished for about $100 and it looks fantastic. We found a great guy who works out of his home. Our table was not warped but had a lot of scratches and the finish was worn away in spots.