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This was a Christmas present for my wife. I knocked the joinery and shaping out in a day, the rabbeting and mirror install in another, and then procrastinated on the finish.
I finally ended up dying the piece with water based dye, but too dark. I followed this with shellac, dark brown glaze, more shellac, and then dark wax. The sheen is perfect, but the ray flecks are obscured.
I am still looking for the right arts and crafts finish for quarter sawn white oak.
It is still a pretty nice piece and functions as a mirror.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
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MsDebbieP
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posted 987 days ago
How lovely! It looks great on that wall – the size looks perfect, making a focal point for the room (as such a beautiful piece should be)
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dennis mitchell
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posted 987 days ago
Nice job. You might look up Dusty’s 12 step finishing process for his work. It is around here some where.
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schroeder
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posted 987 days ago
Looks great! (have you tried ammonia fuming?)
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gizmodyne
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posted 987 days ago
I have not tried ammonia but I procured a gallon of the good stuff. I have two more pieces to finish: The Roycroft Little Journey’s Table and a large Stickley trestle dining table. I have had them done for over a year but have been experminting with finishing white oak.
I will check out the 12 step finish. Is the first step admitting you have a finishing problem?
-John
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Chip
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posted 987 days ago
Great piece. And I really like the way you hung it. I think you said you have a craftmans house and that type of hanging is perfect. It all looks beautiful.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
gizmodyne
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posted 979 days ago
Since the walls are plaster in our house you can’t nail. So all of the rooms use picture moulding and wire.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne