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  • Sweet Willy
    Established Member
    • May 2011
    • 195
    • Near Chattanooga, TN
    • ridgid 3650
    #1

    never got the ammonia but...

    I never got the 25% ammonia I needed to age the oak rocker I made for my daughter. So, I stained a Dark Walnut and applied Formsby's Tung Oil (one coat so far). I'm taking it to Florida this week and I thought I'd get a pic while I still could. I'll be adding another coat of tung oil later on today.
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    • smorris
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2003
      • 695
      • Tampa, Florida, USA.
      #2
      Nice looking chair!
      FWIW. I built a rocking chair from white oak for a friend of the family. I just put on a couple coats of varnish and gave it to them like that. I did inform them to take a picture and look at it each year to see how the chair acquired its own patina and personality. They were over to the house a month ago and mentioned that the chair had begun to turn a very soft brown.
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        • Black wallnut
          cycling to health
          • Jan 2003
          • 4715
          • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
          • BT3k 1999
          #3
          Great looking chair. The stain color sure is what the lable claims. For some reason I had to chuckle and thought of Mel Gibson in The Patriot.
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            • LCHIEN
              Super Moderator
              • Dec 2002
              • 21990
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999
              #4
              I just have to think of Mel Gibson and I chuckle.

              Seriously, it looks great and that darn ammonia stinks so bad...
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
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                • Pappy
                  The Full Monte
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 10481
                  • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                  • BT3000 (x2)
                  #5
                  Nice rocker. One sure to be cherished for years to come.
                  Don, aka Pappy,

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                    • cabinetman
                      Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 15216
                      • So. Florida
                      • Delta
                      #6
                      Nice looking rocker, looks aged already. The Formby's Tung Oil Finish is expensive and is not a pure Tung Oil application. You could save money by mixing your own finishes. It's really very simple.

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                        • ironhat
                          Veteran Member
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 2553
                          • Chambersburg, PA (South-central).
                          • Ridgid 3650 (can I still play here?)
                          #7
                          Beautiful chair. I'm sure that they are pleased beyond their expectations.
                          Blessings,
                          Chiz

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