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alder rocking chair resto.

Project by Ronnie Jackson posted 79 days ago 261 views 0 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

this rocker came to me from a customer who retrieved it from the dumpster. it was in pretty bad shape and she was very pleased with the end result. i tried a new finish on this job. i used polyshades from minwax. its the ones that have stain and poly together. i really liked the stain but you really have to be careful applying it coz it likes to run.

-- BlueMillWoodworking@gmail.com


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Innovator

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posted 79 days ago

A wonderful transformation.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

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griff

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posted 79 days ago

Great looking refinish.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Roz

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posted 79 days ago

What a save. Nice work. I have never seen a rocker like it. It must be true, ” One mans trash is another man’s treasure”.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

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dustyal

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posted 79 days ago

I’m impressed… great save. Someone had an eye for the piece… and recognized the worthiness of restoration.

As an aside… I’ve tried polyshades on a couple of pieces I was attempting to restore… I wasn’t successful… too sticky thick (?) or something in addition to the run problem you mentioned and I couldn’t get the tone I wanted.

Thought I’d be saving time doing stain and finish with one swipe… not for me… I kind of blotched it. Maybe a different project with flat surfaces or something that should be sprayed? I dunno… I don’t condemn the product… it was probably my own user error.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

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DAN

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posted 79 days ago

good as new … great job

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kolwdwrkr

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posted 79 days ago

looks brand new. Good job

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Stanley Coker

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posted 78 days ago

Nice job. I would like to the look on the face of the one who threw it in the dumpster if they could see it now.

-- Stanley, North Georgia

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RexMcKinnon

722 posts in 93 days


posted 78 days ago

I second Stanley’s comment. If you want to see eyes pop go find the person who threw it out. Beautiful transformation.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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Ronnie Jackson

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posted 77 days ago

thanks everyone, yah they jokingly accused me of just replacing it with a new one, it was funny

-- BlueMillWoodworking@gmail.com

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