02-02-2017, 03:22 PM
Not that anyone gives a fuck but years ago, I did some furniture refinishing and I've taken it up again lately.
I was at a hoity-toity furniture store that was having a floor sale and way in the back (in their rejects section) was a coffee table that had nicks, scratches etc. The sticker price on it was $2890. The sales lady gave it to me for $400.
So, here it is today. When I bought it, the outer edge was almost ebony stained/varnished and the inner rectangle was a medium dark brownish/red color, varnished. I repeated "varnished" because that fucking table did NOT want to let go of it's colors. I started with my electric sander and finally gave in and used a chemical stripper (I don't think I'll ever try to sand down a finish again--as messy as chemical strippers are). Anyway, I'm thinking about what colors I might use to stain it now (after I run some 220 paper over it). I'm leaning towards almost what it was before, just changing the ebony to a very dark brown, (the colors that it was before worked well in our new living room so I don't think I'm going to veer too far from that).
Here's my question. I can refinish wood but the hell if I know what type of wood this is.
I'm trying to edumacate myself on wood species, recognizing solid woods versus anything with a veneer etc. So I was wondering if any of you could name that wood. Clearly the border is different than the inside. Knowing the species isn't mandatory necessarily but I should know it so I know how it will take the stain, age, color changes that might occur etc. Halp??
![[Image: tablefinish1_zpshun6wf3m.jpg]](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/sueb_/tablefinish1_zpshun6wf3m.jpg)
![[Image: tablefinish2_zpsjluzdjxi.jpg]](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/sueb_/tablefinish2_zpsjluzdjxi.jpg)
Once I do the final sanding, I can't WAIT to slap some stain on it (although it's freaking raining until probably March and I'd rather not stain it in these conditions). We'll see. What is it? Tell me now assholes!
P.S. In the event you don't see it in the pics, the outer border is grayish with not a lot of grain but what looks like little nail holes here and there. The inner part is a yellow/red and I think you can see the significant thick/sort of splotchy grain in that.
I was at a hoity-toity furniture store that was having a floor sale and way in the back (in their rejects section) was a coffee table that had nicks, scratches etc. The sticker price on it was $2890. The sales lady gave it to me for $400.
So, here it is today. When I bought it, the outer edge was almost ebony stained/varnished and the inner rectangle was a medium dark brownish/red color, varnished. I repeated "varnished" because that fucking table did NOT want to let go of it's colors. I started with my electric sander and finally gave in and used a chemical stripper (I don't think I'll ever try to sand down a finish again--as messy as chemical strippers are). Anyway, I'm thinking about what colors I might use to stain it now (after I run some 220 paper over it). I'm leaning towards almost what it was before, just changing the ebony to a very dark brown, (the colors that it was before worked well in our new living room so I don't think I'm going to veer too far from that).
Here's my question. I can refinish wood but the hell if I know what type of wood this is.
I'm trying to edumacate myself on wood species, recognizing solid woods versus anything with a veneer etc. So I was wondering if any of you could name that wood. Clearly the border is different than the inside. Knowing the species isn't mandatory necessarily but I should know it so I know how it will take the stain, age, color changes that might occur etc. Halp??Once I do the final sanding, I can't WAIT to slap some stain on it (although it's freaking raining until probably March and I'd rather not stain it in these conditions). We'll see. What is it? Tell me now assholes!
P.S. In the event you don't see it in the pics, the outer border is grayish with not a lot of grain but what looks like little nail holes here and there. The inner part is a yellow/red and I think you can see the significant thick/sort of splotchy grain in that.
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