I own several pieces of teak vintage modern furniture, and also have
previously built a couple of very simple pine board bookcases. I would
like to finish them (ideally with some sort of rub-on oil) so that they
match more or less in color with the reddish teak I have. I realize
that pine and teak are very different woods, but I am only looking for
a superficial resemblance. Is there an oil I can buy or mix to make my
shelves match?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Andrew Barthle
In article <2005030509195016807%apbarthle@maccom>, Andrew Barthle
<[email protected]> wrote:
> vintage modern
Is this like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence"?
Gerry
G.E.R.R.Y. wrote:
> In article <2005030509195016807%apbarthle@maccom>, Andrew Barthle
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>vintage modern
>
>
> Is this like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence"?
>
> Gerry
Not really. "Modern" in design usually refers to a specific period from
the 40s to the 60s and the schools that characterize it. By that
standard we're 'post modern'. So yeah, I'd say 50-year-old modern
furniture is 'vintage modern'.
--RC
"Joe C." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Is there an oil I can buy or mix to make my [pine] shelves match [my teak
> furniture]?
>
> No, not really.
Just put a coat of JOAT yellow on everything and it will all match.
Sat, Mar 5, 2005, 3:09pm (EST+5) [email protected] (Edwin=A0Pawlowski) says:
Just put a coat of JOAT yellow on everything and it will all match.
That's basically a good idea. Except, now I'm thiniking of using
red for furniture, and saving the yellow for the shop.
Paint it red. Vintage modern red.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote in news:wsidnbYxEOgrj7ffRVn-
[email protected]:
> Rick Cook wrote:
>
>> Not really. "Modern" in design usually refers to a specific period from
>> the 40s to the 60s and the schools that characterize it. By that
>> standard we're 'post modern'. So yeah, I'd say 50-year-old modern
>> furniture is 'vintage modern'.
>
> Also known as the Fugly period. :)
>
Well, not everything that Hans Wegner & friends did was great, but there
were some really nice pieces. Like anything else that gets overdone, there
are some 'unfortunates'. See the recent thread regarding some of the A&C
sideboards for examples.
Patriarch,
who remembers some of that era, and is glad that we survived, in many ways.
I vote for the veneer method. <g>
Dave
Andrew Barthle wrote:
> I own several pieces of teak vintage modern furniture, and also have
> previously built a couple of very simple pine board bookcases. I would
> like to finish them (ideally with some sort of rub-on oil) so that they
> match more or less in color with the reddish teak I have. I realize that
> pine and teak are very different woods, but I am only looking for a
> superficial resemblance. Is there an oil I can buy or mix to make my
> shelves match?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Andrew Barthle
>
On 2005-03-05 11:06:47 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:
> I vote for the veneer method. <g>
>>
Alright, thanks a lot. I'll look into the veneer. That's actually how
one of the pieces is made anyhow. I might as well go through the extra
effort to make my house look nice and stop being lazy. <sigh>
Andrew
Andrew Barthle <[email protected]> wrote in news:2005030513194816807%
apbarthle@maccom:
> On 2005-03-05 11:06:47 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:
>
>> I vote for the veneer method. <g>
>>>
>
> Alright, thanks a lot. I'll look into the veneer. That's actually how
> one of the pieces is made anyhow. I might as well go through the extra
> effort to make my house look nice and stop being lazy. <sigh>
>
It might be easier, cheaper, and look better, to just go to Scandinavian
Designs, or Ikea or similar, and buy the new bookshelves. Knocked down in
a box.
Move the pine stuff to another portion of the house.
Tastes change. All the time. Save the shop work for something important,
and creative of your own.
Or not.
Patriarch
Andrew Barthle wrote:
> Alright, thanks a lot. I'll look into the veneer. That's actually how
> one of the pieces is made anyhow. I might as well go through the extra
> effort to make my house look nice and stop being lazy. <sigh>
Or you could just go buy some Acme Teak-in-a-Can, spray, and be
finished. :)
--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
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If we can be serious for a minute, a few years ago I donated a bench or end
table to the auction for the benefit of a choral society, pine or white oak
or such. The woman who bought it asked for a bench for her bedroom, and
could I make it match her teak furniture as well as I could. So I gave it a
try. I started with a Behlen hickory stain, and played around with
mixtures. I added some medium mahogany, and got closer, but too red.
Finally added some green, and got a pretty good color on white oak.
Customer liked it.
Steve
"Patriarch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Andrew Barthle <[email protected]> wrote in news:2005030513194816807%
> apbarthle@maccom:
>
>> On 2005-03-05 11:06:47 -0500, David <[email protected]> said:
>>
>>> I vote for the veneer method. <g>
>>>>
>>
>> Alright, thanks a lot. I'll look into the veneer. That's actually how
>> one of the pieces is made anyhow. I might as well go through the extra
>> effort to make my house look nice and stop being lazy. <sigh>
>>
>
> It might be easier, cheaper, and look better, to just go to Scandinavian
> Designs, or Ikea or similar, and buy the new bookshelves. Knocked down in
> a box.
>
> Move the pine stuff to another portion of the house.
>
> Tastes change. All the time. Save the shop work for something important,
> and creative of your own.
>
> Or not.
>
> Patriarch
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:19:50 -0500, Andrew Barthle <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I own several pieces of teak vintage modern furniture, and also have
>previously built a couple of very simple pine board bookcases. I would
>like to finish them (ideally with some sort of rub-on oil) so that they
>match more or less in color with the reddish teak I have. I realize
>that pine and teak are very different woods, but I am only looking for
>a superficial resemblance. Is there an oil I can buy or mix to make my
>shelves match?
Cover it with teak veneer.
Rick Cook wrote:
> Not really. "Modern" in design usually refers to a specific period from
> the 40s to the 60s and the schools that characterize it. By that
> standard we're 'post modern'. So yeah, I'd say 50-year-old modern
> furniture is 'vintage modern'.
Also known as the Fugly period. :)
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/