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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Unidentified Chair Refinish Issue-Part 3 (no more issue)

Jacobean Stain-two thumbs down


I like the green but open to ideas


So I began with these half disassembled, recovered, repainted and half stripped chairs. I stripped one down to bare wood and noticed some nasty stains in the wood; I covered them up with a Jacobean stain but hated it so I sanded down to bare wood again. In the process the oils in the Jacobean stain seemed to have pulled out whatever had stained (marked the wood). Hating the Jacobean I went darker with an Ebony stain and love it. Steps taken: 1. Disassemble and remove old finish 2. Wipe all pieces down to remove dust 3. Pretreat with Minwax wood conditioner (for even coverage of stain) 4. Two coats of Minwax stain of choice (8hrs dry time between and after last coat) 5. Three coats of Minwax Wipe On Poly (1-2hr dry time between with light sanding after first coat (I prefer very fine Emory paper) 6. not always necessary but you could very gently and very carefully wipe down with extra fine steel wool, water and pumice powder......removed blue fabric to find green vinyl in good condition, if it cleans up I'll leave but was considering a green fabric.
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  1. Dana@Mid2ModApril 24, 2012 at 1:46 AM

    The ebony looks really good, and I like the green too.

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    1. DavidApril 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM

      I'm very happy with the Ebony, and I was already thinking about a green fabric then I pulled the blue tweed off and saw this heavy almost restaurant quaility green vinyl and love it. If it cleans up I may keep it.

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  2. Mr. ModtomicApril 24, 2012 at 2:27 AM

    Looking pretty good! I dunno though, I would have liked to see what the chair looked like assembled in the Jacobean stain. Did you consider a blonde or limed finish? These kinda look like they mighta been that originally.

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    1. DavidApril 24, 2012 at 11:22 AM

      I really wanted a blonde finish but there were stains in the would that wouldn't come out. Applying the Jacobean though open the grain and drew out whatever was trapped in the grain. The Jacobean looked redish/grey (more grey)and I really didn't like it on this wood. Overall I'm really happy with the Ebony and it hid any imperfections that still wouldn't come out. As far as the original colour there are hints it might have been a red hue like mahogany or similar.

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