rihacker Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 So for my chairs...yes my wife liked the first one so much I had to make a second. The first one has photos on the thread below. At marks suggestion I used Epifanes on the African mahogany of my chair. So at first I was um..ok but WOW over the past month I had it near a window the chair is oxidizing a bit under the coating and its taken a life onto its own. On the mahogany chair I applied the Epifanes to the bare wood. Diluted it as the directions said and sanded between coats. If you have a lot of chatoyance or deep colorful lines like the backs and arms have on mine its perfect. As it cures the Epifanes makes a glass like surface thats high gloss and fantastic ( there is a matt). When sitting in the chair the Epifanes isn’t sticky or uncomfortable on the arms. For the second chair i used tiger maple. I sealed it with .75 cut shellac with Light brown dye to pop the grain x2 coats. Soft sand then 2 coats of 1.5 cut shellac with a dark mahogany dye for visual contrast. Epifanes was then applied, 4 coats and learning from the first chair i just did a 50% dilution 4 coats. There is a beautifully thick mirror like gloss with the grain that pops out ( with i used more figured wood). Ill post photos of the tiger soon. That’s my experience so far. Thanks Mark for the great project (Aaron too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihacker Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Here is my wifes chair added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texfire Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 That's some gorgeous figure in that wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMarshall Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 2nd chair looks great, Dr. H! I like the modifications you made to the arms and back slats - very cool. I have had good luck with Epifanes in the past too, and I'm sure your wife will love the chairs for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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