Forum topic by Dsp75 | posted 03-16-2018 01:28 AM | 1451 views | 0 times favorited | 18 replies | ![]() |
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03-16-2018 01:28 AM |
Hi! Ive been all over the web trying to fond information to help me identify what type of wood some old mirrors are becuase i want to sell them and i really dont wanna charge more than theyre worth. Its solid wood and no veneer, from what i read in another forum post it has what they call flyspeck, but only on the front, the back seems to be untouched wood, but i know nothing about wood aside from what ive read the past two weeks so i took photos and was hoping the internet community could help me figure out what it is. Ill post pictures. Thank you!! |
18 replies so far
#1 posted 03-16-2018 01:49 AM |
Alder. -- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior. |
#2 posted 03-16-2018 03:10 AM |
Note to Dsp75: TheFridge gives that answer to anyone’s query about type of wood! Wait for more opinions! |
#3 posted 03-16-2018 05:29 AM |
Speckled Alder. 100%. -- "You know, I'm such a great driver, it's incomprehensible that they took my license away." --Vince Ricardo |
#4 posted 03-16-2018 07:09 AM |
Fridge is always Right!!! |
#5 posted 03-16-2018 09:03 AM |
Center Panel (top picture)is Walnut. Finishing Walnut with paint and fly shit should be a punishable crime. -- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle |
#6 posted 03-16-2018 12:39 PM |
Ditto -- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior. |
#7 posted 03-16-2018 01:17 PM |
I don’t think the mirror is solid wood. Looks like 70s paneling that is printed with a plastic applique. The rest of the frame is probably poplar that has been ‘antiqued.’ Probably a five dollar mirror at a yard sale. The masonite backing and staples says it isn’t old. |
#8 posted 03-16-2018 01:27 PM |
Panel to the left of the mirror is walnut veneer and the frame is poplar stained to look like walnut. -- Bondo Gaposis |
#9 posted 03-16-2018 02:07 PM |
more important that what type of wood is to find out the manufacturer. if i didnt know any better id say thats even the one i had- it had some really cool grain action along the edges. |
#10 posted 03-16-2018 04:19 PM |
Hey everyone thanks a lot for all the input. I know the picture was poor it was the best i could do with the lighting and the mirrors are very heavy. |
#11 posted 03-16-2018 04:22 PM |
He is under the false impression that he is being clever.
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#12 posted 03-16-2018 04:43 PM |
This. Can’t say if it’s poplar but something cheap with a heap of toner and dye splatters. -- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/ |
#13 posted 03-16-2018 04:53 PM |
Actually, I am being blatantly dumb. It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it. -- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior. |
#14 posted 03-16-2018 10:51 PM |
Great now I have no idea what alder looks like or is even! |
#15 posted 03-17-2018 05:23 AM |
Great now I have no idea what alder looks like or is even! It looks like hurt feelings and bitterness, haha. -- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/ |
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