I have a marble chess set in my possession that actually belongs to my dad. My grandfather gave it to my dad and I want to fix it up for Christmas. This set means a lot to my dad as my grandfather passed away when my dad was just a young man. Point being it is mostly of sentimental value, so even though replacing it might be the easiest thing, that isn't really an option. The pieces are marble but have lived in a wooden fold-able chess board without any protection, so the pieces have jostled around and bumped into each other over the years and small chip and nics are present. The corresponding chipped off pieces of marble are long gone. The chess pieces are buffed and polished where they aren't damaged and my thought is I should try to get the chipped and nic'd sections buffed or smoothed and then have the whole thing polished again. Is there anything better I can to for this set? How do I even begin to repair these pieces? Googling `chess set repair` and other variations hasn't really yielded what I'm looking for. Any advice on how I get this set in its best possible shape?
Does it really need repair at all?
It has character.
I have a marble chess set in my possession that actually belongs to my dad. My grandfather gave it to my dad and I want to fix it up for Christmas. This set means a lot to my dad as my grandfather passed away when my dad was just a young man. Point being it is mostly of sentimental value, so even though replacing it might be the easiest thing, that isn't really an option. The pieces are marble but have lived in a wooden fold-able chess board without any protection, so the pieces have jostled around and bumped into each other over the years and small chip and nics are present. The corresponding chipped off pieces of marble are long gone. The chess pieces are buffed and polished where they aren't damaged and my thought is I should try to get the chipped and nic'd sections buffed or smoothed and then have the whole thing polished again. Is there anything better I can to for this set? How do I even begin to repair these pieces? Googling `chess set repair` and other variations hasn't really yielded what I'm looking for. Any advice on how I get this set in its best possible shape?
