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[Chrisj CMA]

I got asked to repair a chair that was in a car accident,  Yep who wudda thunk it.  lol

This guy took a real nice chair to the upholsterer for his wife.  They did a good job and the chair looked great.  He then stuffed the chair in the trunk of his car and padded and tied the trunk lid down and headed home.(I bet he regrets that move) anyway on the way home he got rear-ended.

The chair only got damage on the arms, but its like the MOST visible area so the repair was critical






OK, the damaged areas had to be sanded to bare wood and then try to restain the arm to match.  Sounds simple?  Well, its simple in theory, but anyone that has tried this knows the outcome is unknown until, well until its known.  lol





Red Oak was the perfect color and that was the lucky part.  After staining, the stain dried way too shiny and then when I rubbed it down to dull the repair shown through.  It took several tries and experiments with clear under the stain, over the stain, etc.  to get it right



Finally today I got it right and got it finished.  It really turned out better than I had even hoped.

[OnaWingandaPrayer]

Excellent! Great restoration work.

[Gideon]

You may get a few more projects like that to practice on.
In fact, I know where there is a Queen Ann Chair that could use your talented touch. LOL

[Chrisj CMA]

You may get a few more projects like that to practice on.
In fact, I know where there is a Queen Ann Chair that could use your talented touch. LOL

I love old English furniture.  Bring it on

[Gideon]

You may get a few more projects like that to practice on.
In fact, I know where there is a Queen Ann Chair that could use your talented touch. LOL

I love old English furniture.  Bring it on

I appreciate your generous offer. However, I am going to sit on it for a while.

[mello dude]

What is the original build date of that chair?

[Chrisj CMA]

What is the original build date of that chair?

I have no idea. No date on the sticker underneath. It’s not old

[Rams]

Nice work.

When we left Kentucky for Southern Mississippi, our intent was to downsize.   The home we were getting wouldn't hold the large Queen Ann Cherry furniture we had and, we had a lot of it so, we sold what we could and gave away a bunch of it.

As it turns out, our down sized home was about to get a renovation and an addition that I wasn't planning on.   Well, that got done but then, we didn't have sufficient furniture to fill in the open spots.

For years, "we" had been buying all this Ethan Allan Queen Ann Cherry Furniture because I loved it.   Apparently, the wife was just keeping me happy, she now says she didn't like it.    Needless to say, I wasn't very happy about having to buy new furniture.    Regardless, now we're looking at furniture she likes.   OK, I can live with that.  But...….

I found something I really liked, a piece of furniture I thought I could use as a dresser and I just loved it.   Found it at an antique store and it wasn't in the best of shape but, as I said, I really liked it.   We cleaned it up and I applied a thin piece of plywood to the back to strengthen it up some, wiped it down with tongue oil and it's beautiful.   So, when you're ready to take on a project, I'll see if I can make it to your neck of the woods, are there woods there?  

Ever work on a pie safe?  

Rams

[Chrisj CMA]

I do not know what a pie safe is

[Rams]

I go not know what a our safe is

Gosh, I wish I knew how to interpret this...…………

Rams

[Chrisj CMA]

I go not know what a our safe is

Gosh, I wish I knew how to interpret this...…………

Rams

That was supposed to say I don’t know what a pie safe is.  I since looked it up.  It’s just a small cabinet. Sure I have worked on such things

[Rams]

I go not know what a our safe is

Gosh, I wish I knew how to interpret this...…………

Rams

That was supposed to say I don’t know what a pie safe is.  I since looked it up.  It’s just a small cabinet. Sure I have worked on such things

Please check your PMs.

Rams

[Chrisj CMA]

I go not know what a our safe is

Gosh, I wish I knew how to interpret this...…………

Rams

That was supposed to say I don’t know what a pie safe is.  I since looked it up.  It’s just a small cabinet. Sure I have worked on such things

Please check your PMs.

Rams

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[Timbo1]

Very nice work Chrisj CMA,  one would not know it was ever damaged.  I tinker with woodworking and know how difficult it can be to match stains / tones / texture when repairing or making replacement parts for old furniture.  I have found a guy on youtube that I really enjoy you may like as well.  He goes by Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration.  Again nice job!

[bassman]

VERY nice work !  Sooooo, did you put the chair in the trunk of your car and deliver it back to him??

[Chrisj CMA]

VERY nice work !  Sooooo, did you put the chair in the trunk of your car and deliver it back to him??

Delivery will happen on Tuesday. He offered to pick it up. And yes it would have gone back in the trunk. I bit my tongue and didn’t say what I was thinking. I just said no it’s fine I’ll deliver it. It will fit in my SUV protected from weather and road debris.

Some people

[Jess from VA]

Jeff, I believe some of your repair work is done in conjunction with USAF household goods claims, no?

I was USAF Claims Officer twice.

After many claims experiences over my first two tours, it was my considered opinion that active duty folks who spent a career getting packed out and in over multiple PCS moves all over the world should refrain from buying nice (expensive) furniture which often gets damaged (if not destroyed or lost).

A lot of active duty husbands agreed with me, but almost no dependent wives did.

 

[Chrisj CMA]

Jeff, I believe some of your repair work is done in conjunction with USAF household goods claims, no?

I was USAF Claims Officer twice.

After many claims experiences over my first two tours, it was my considered opinion that active duty folks who spent a career getting packed out and in over multiple PCS moves all over the world should refrain from buying nice (expensive) furniture which often gets damaged (if not destroyed or lost).

A lot of active duty husbands agreed with me, but almost no dependent wives did.

 

Ya I know what you mean. It’s s tough call. Live with cheap furniture or live with a repair on your good stuff sometimes. The flaw in the cheap furniture idea is most of the time I deem that cheap crap unfixable. The way claims work now is they don’t replace it, they write a check and they rarely give you enough to actually replace the item.

[TJ]

I got asked to repair a chair that was in a car accident,  Yep who wudda thunk it.  lol

This guy took a real nice chair to the upholsterer for his wife.  They did a good job and the chair looked great.  He then stuffed the chair in the trunk of his car and padded and tied the trunk lid down and headed home.(I bet he regrets that move) anyway on the way home he got rear-ended.

The chair only got damage on the arms, but its like the MOST visible area so the repair was critical






OK, the damaged areas had to be sanded to bare wood and then try to restain the arm to match.  Sounds simple?  Well, its simple in theory, but anyone that has tried this knows the outcome is unknown until, well until its known.  lol





Red Oak was the perfect color and that was the lucky part.  After staining, the stain dried way too shiny and then when I rubbed it down to dull the repair shown through.  It took several tries and experiments with clear under the stain, over the stain, etc.  to get it right



Finally today I got it right and got it finished.  It really turned out better than I had even hoped.

     

[Jess from VA]

Jeff, I believe some of your repair work is done in conjunction with USAF household goods claims, no?

I was USAF Claims Officer twice.

After many claims experiences over my first two tours, it was my considered opinion that active duty folks who spent a career getting packed out and in over multiple PCS moves all over the world should refrain from buying nice (expensive) furniture which often gets damaged (if not destroyed or lost).

A lot of active duty husbands agreed with me, but almost no dependent wives did.

 

Ya I know what you mean. It’s s tough call. Live with cheap furniture or live with a repair on your good stuff sometimes. The flaw in the cheap furniture idea is most of the time I deem that cheap crap unfixable. The way claims work now is they don’t replace it, they write a check and they rarely give you enough to actually replace the item.

Well my take is you just take the money they give you and live with your damaged cheap stuff, which mostly still works.

They never damaged my stuff much if any. 

But they did send my hold baggage (all the important uniforms and stuff you need right away on a remote PCS) to Korea.... though they sent me to Turkey.  I could never figure out that mistake, it's like ..... just send it to bumfok Egypt, somewhere.

It took them months to find it, and when I finally did get it, it looked like it had been buried in a landfill for a few years.

All my uniforms were wrecked.  And they would not let me approve payment of my own claim (as claims officer), but my Col did. 

[Patrick]

You do nice work, that looks good. Thats hard to do !

What was your final formula ? What ended uo working the best ?  That takes patience.

[Chrisj CMA]

You do nice work, that looks good. Thats hard to do !

What was your final formula ? What ended uo working the best ?  That takes patience.

Ok I think I can explain but it’s complicated. First heavy stain on just the bare wood. Once dry lightly sand the whole arm. Then clear coat even though it still looks like crap at this point. Then when that is good and dry light even coat of stain on the whole arm and then while still very wet, heavier on the repair so the heavy stain can blend with the lighter coat so there is no interruption in flow. The idea is to not cover ALL the natural wood grain. When that is dry it’s too shiny so it needs rubbed down with steel wool but no matter how careful you are the repair starts to show through. So concentrating on the whole arm not just the repair you have to achieve the correct sheen over the color. Then clear again. I had to repeat this process four times until I could rub the shine off without the repair showing through. Once it’s the right sheen and one even color. Then two coats of matte clear and that’s a wrap.

Well, you asked. Lol

[Patrick]

Hmm, OK, thanks, interesting. Staining over the clear, I would have thought that had to be sanded off. I'll try it sometime. 4 coats and all that work took time. Worth it though isn't it, looks good.

[Chrisj CMA]

Hmm, OK, thanks, interesting. Staining over the clear, I would have thought that had to be sanded off. I'll try it sometime. 4 coats and all that work took time. Worth it though isn't it, looks good.

Thanks. Yes it’s worth it when a repair looks like nothing ever happened. That is not always possible but it’s always the goal.

Putting the clear under the stain makes the stain behave more like paint so you have to be careful not  to get it on too heavy. Make sure you lightly sand with 400grit or finer before putting stain over clear

I’m always learning

[henry 008]

 

[Patrick]

Hmm, OK, thanks, interesting. Staining over the clear, I would have thought that had to be sanded off. I'll try it sometime. 4 coats and all that work took time. Worth it though isn't it, looks good.

Thanks. Yes it’s worth it when a repair looks like nothing ever happened. That is not always possible but it’s always the goal.

Putting the clear under the stain makes the stain behave more like paint so you have to be careful not  to get it on too heavy. Make sure you lightly sand with 400grit or finer before putting stain over clear

I’m always learning

Aren't we all always learning, or, should be. I've just learned something.