Picked up these chairs from my grandmas house after she died. I don't know much about them other than they sat in her basement for as long as I recall. Label on the back is Johnson Chair Co, Chicago. No idea how old they are.
One captians and 7 armless.
I'm in the process of stripping and sanding. Now I need to pick out a stain for them. Wife wants dark.
As these pieces are quality builds and will be around a long time still I want to get the absolute best color I can, so I plan on doing tests on an oak board. I am 90% certain I am dealing with white oak but want to confirm as much as I can before I start doing samples(hate to do samples on the wrong white if it is red).
Showed the pics to one bud who used to work in a shop and he said quarter sawed white oak. What say you?




One captians and 7 armless.
I'm in the process of stripping and sanding. Now I need to pick out a stain for them. Wife wants dark.
As these pieces are quality builds and will be around a long time still I want to get the absolute best color I can, so I plan on doing tests on an oak board. I am 90% certain I am dealing with white oak but want to confirm as much as I can before I start doing samples(hate to do samples on the wrong white if it is red).
Showed the pics to one bud who used to work in a shop and he said quarter sawed white oak. What say you?



