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What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:33 am
by m0xiemama
Doesnt look like most of the mahogany ones Ive seen or is it just well taken care of?
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:43 am
by OrthoSean
Mahogany.
It's either been stored in very favorable climate conditions for the last 90 or so years or perhaps refinished, kind of hard to tell by that picture, though.
Sean
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:21 pm
by FloridaClay
OrthoSean wrote:Mahogany.
It's either been stored in very favorable climate conditions for the last 90 or so years or perhaps refinished, kind of hard to tell by that picture, though.
Sean
Agree. Wish mine had looked like that when I bought it.
Clay
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:23 pm
by m0xiemama
I thought so but they usually look so dark. The lady is asking $200 and I am really considering picking it up.
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:01 pm
by 52089
Mine is a bit darker, but similar. I find that camera flash usually makes a machine look lighter and more glossy than is really is. Here are 2 pics of mine.
Kevin
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:34 pm
by m0xiemama
That is gorgeous. Perhaps it has been refinished. Maybe I'll wait. I know of a chippendale I can get for less since it needs cleaned up a little.
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:11 pm
by dutchman
Definately Mah - nice looking piece Moxi. If I came across one for that price I would snap it up and probably get evicted from the house for bringing another machine home.....
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:30 pm
by SquireWill
52089 wrote:Mine is a bit darker, but similar. I find that camera flash usually makes a machine look lighter and more glossy than is really is. Here are 2 pics of mine.
Kevin
Is your machine refinished? If so..what stain and brand of.
Re: What finish is this?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:39 pm
by 52089
SquireWill wrote:52089 wrote:Mine is a bit darker, but similar. I find that camera flash usually makes a machine look lighter and more glossy than is really is. Here are 2 pics of mine.
Kevin
Is your machine refinished? If so..what stain and brand of.
I sincerely doubt it. There is some crazing in the finish and some amateurish touch ups with scratch cover marker, even a coffee cup ring heat on the lid. The pictures make it look lighter and brighter because of the flash, which was my point. I did use Goop on the whole thing when I got it, but I have not used any kind of stain anywhere, not even Howard's. The nickel plating was also above average, though not perfect. I had to send the spring out and I had to make a governor adjustment, but otherwise I've done nothing of consequence to it.