Anyone know of a furniture refinishing discussion group?
If not...
I've recently acquired a 1920's era chest of drawers which I would like to
refinish. It is made out of both a light wood (possibly ash) and mahogany.
It looks like the entire chest (light wood + mahogany) was covered with a
light red stain. Then the light wood was covered with a dark red tinted
lacquer, making the light wood areas about the same color as the
mahogany+light red stain. Then the whole thing seems to have then been
covered with clear lacquer.
Lacquer thinner takes the light wood areas down to a color I will describe
as "ash with a light red stain," something close to dark pink. Lacquer
thinner takes the clear lacquer off the mahogany sections, leaving them the
same dark red color they were originally.
What's my best approach to match the colors? I've checked with Dalys, they
don't offer a "lacquer tinting" product. They suggested I stain the light
wood to match the mahogany, then cover the entire chest with clear lacquer.
Suggestions?
Thanks!
more specifically: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl
I've gleaned a lot from this forum.
enjoy!
dave
Alan Johnson wrote:
> Anyone know of a furniture refinishing discussion group?
>
> If not...
>
> I've recently acquired a 1920's era chest of drawers which I would like to
> refinish. It is made out of both a light wood (possibly ash) and mahogany.
>
> It looks like the entire chest (light wood + mahogany) was covered with a
> light red stain. Then the light wood was covered with a dark red tinted
> lacquer, making the light wood areas about the same color as the
> mahogany+light red stain. Then the whole thing seems to have then been
> covered with clear lacquer.
>
> Lacquer thinner takes the light wood areas down to a color I will describe
> as "ash with a light red stain," something close to dark pink. Lacquer
> thinner takes the clear lacquer off the mahogany sections, leaving them the
> same dark red color they were originally.
>
> What's my best approach to match the colors? I've checked with Dalys, they
> don't offer a "lacquer tinting" product. They suggested I stain the light
> wood to match the mahogany, then cover the entire chest with clear lacquer.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
I did a similar project (before and after can be found on my web site) and
left the handles light colored. Looked a lot better in my opinion.
--
Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Alan Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyone know of a furniture refinishing discussion group?
>
> If not...
>
> I've recently acquired a 1920's era chest of drawers which I would like to
> refinish. It is made out of both a light wood (possibly ash) and
mahogany.
>
> It looks like the entire chest (light wood + mahogany) was covered with a
> light red stain. Then the light wood was covered with a dark red tinted
> lacquer, making the light wood areas about the same color as the
> mahogany+light red stain. Then the whole thing seems to have then been
> covered with clear lacquer.
>
> Lacquer thinner takes the light wood areas down to a color I will describe
> as "ash with a light red stain," something close to dark pink. Lacquer
> thinner takes the clear lacquer off the mahogany sections, leaving them
the
> same dark red color they were originally.
>
> What's my best approach to match the colors? I've checked with Dalys,
they
> don't offer a "lacquer tinting" product. They suggested I stain the light
> wood to match the mahogany, then cover the entire chest with clear
lacquer.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
woodweb.com
dave
Alan Johnson wrote:
> Anyone know of a furniture refinishing discussion group?
>
> If not...
>
> I've recently acquired a 1920's era chest of drawers which I would like to
> refinish. It is made out of both a light wood (possibly ash) and mahogany.
>
> It looks like the entire chest (light wood + mahogany) was covered with a
> light red stain. Then the light wood was covered with a dark red tinted
> lacquer, making the light wood areas about the same color as the
> mahogany+light red stain. Then the whole thing seems to have then been
> covered with clear lacquer.
>
> Lacquer thinner takes the light wood areas down to a color I will describe
> as "ash with a light red stain," something close to dark pink. Lacquer
> thinner takes the clear lacquer off the mahogany sections, leaving them the
> same dark red color they were originally.
>
> What's my best approach to match the colors? I've checked with Dalys, they
> don't offer a "lacquer tinting" product. They suggested I stain the light
> wood to match the mahogany, then cover the entire chest with clear lacquer.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>