Hi everyone,
I've been having a hell of a time with a set of 6 of these chairs:
http://antikmodern.blogspot.com/2010...air-6.html?m=1
The worst off of the chairs was re-jointed by the previous owner quiet poorly. He drilled through the back of the frame and applied puddy to try and conceal. What a mess!
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Originally, I thought the frames were teak (not oak) and I made some 1/2" plugs out of some scrap teak also from the 1950s. I thought it looked pretty good:
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Then I applied some danish oil and realized that the bases were not teak at all, but instead Oak (probably with a grain sealer) colored to look more teak-like. (in fairness to myself 3 other people at the local woodworkers club didn't argue with me when I said it was teak).
Anyway, long story short, I repluged with some scrap Oak that I had an this attached is the result after applying some Teak Oil & Danish oil color mix (1Tbs Teak Oil, 1Tbs Dark Walnut DO, 1Tbs Red Mahogany DO)
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Now many people would be happy with this result, but I'm not trying to celebrate the repair. I'm more concerned with hiding it. What are my options to do so? I've never tried to "build" with Danish Oils and (I don't believe that you can).
Finally, since sanding down the joinery and thereby opening the Oak grain, then using the danish oils it seems like I am coloring the grain too dark for the rest of the chair. I'd like to color match close to the original finish to avoid having to sand the frames on all 6 chairs. the original color is closer to the bottom of the leg where I didn't sand as much (you'll note the lighter grain and overall more redish/brown opaque finish).
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Thank you in advance. To preface, I'm an amateur so please bear with any stupid questions.