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| RE: wegner at 312 table top | 1 Relevance | 5 years ago | Kyle Barrett | Repair | |
| I would like to stress, I am sure it would be fine to wet it. But I also just prefer not risk an unintended reaction! And on that train of thought, don't use wire wool with alcohol or water/soap - as flecks of wire wool can break off and rust on the table top causing little black spots. Again, in my earlier experiences 'restoring' I have done this and got away with it, but it's not worth risking it with a good thing like your table. I suggest using a scouring pad (like the green plastic ones you get for washing dishes) and alcohol, and then you can scrub a little. Might be worth seeing if others chime in though, I have been taking care of furniture for a comparatively short time when considering the experienced people here! A lot of what I know comes from here! | |||||
| that over tired TIZIO touted... | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | b | General discussion | |
| that over tired TIZIO touted... that over tired TIZIO touted as a INSTANT CLASSIC!is there such a thing as INSTANT CLASSIC DESIGNS? | |||||
| Dyeing is tricky. I don't | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Dyeing is tricky. I don't know what the fiber content is of this fabric, but a lot would depend on that. Natural fibers require one type of dye and synthetics require a different type. Don't even think about using Rit dye! It's not very lightfast for one thing, and you really need to use a hot dye bath for it to set. It will rub off on clothing if you don't set it. Textile paint is a better option. It will stay soft when it's dry and will hold up to use. You can always touch it up if it wears off over time. Some people use latex wall paint and end up disappointed with the fabric is scratchy and rough---or worse, when it flakes off. I don't know what the spray product is that you've heard about---whether it's dye or textile paint. None of what I've said has anything to do about the advisability of altering the fabric on a chair of this value. I'm gonna say outta that one. | |||||
| RE: Arne Vodder coffee table | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | ShapesAndSizes | Identification | |
| Something else I noticed is that there is a small hole adjacent to all four of the mounting plates for the legs. These holes are about a milimeter deep, so nothing could have been screwed in there. They look to be punched in. It's remarkable that they're all in the exact same place next to the mounting plates. Other thing I can say about it is that the wood finish appears to be the same as the desk and sideboard that came with it. So they all match quite well. Attachment: IMG_20200202_1406111.jpg | |||||
| Yikes! | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Yikes! I'm with your housekeeper! You have indeed condenmed your coffee pot's soul to the netherworld. Your coffee's gonna taste like Cascade for weeks! Both coffee and tea (especially tea) flavor pots by depositing oils and tannins in the microscopic nooks and crannies of the surface. When you chemically strip them, you not only allow the chemicals into the nooks, but you doom your brew to dull taste until the 'flavor layer' regrows. Looking bright and squeaky clean is a bad thing in brew pots. However, I still vote for the matte finish on the flatware but when it comes to your pots listen to your H-K she's got it sorted! | |||||
| Any chance of a photo of ... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| Any chance of a photo of ... Any chance of a photo of the thing that the weird threads go into? Also perhaps a shot of how the horizontal and vertical wood fit together with that weird bolt in between. I can't visualize how it is supposed to work yet. There might be another work around other than angle brackets. Oh, and the first of my crazy ideas definitely requires some tools not found in the average house, so I get it. But the second crazy idea is much simpler. Its only 1/4 crazy. JB Weld does all the work for you. Just got to find a threaded something that works in place of the weird threads on the real bolt. | |||||
| and just like that i can now be preoccupied for days... | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| and just like that i can now be preoccupied for days... Thanks all. look at the pics. I like meda's chair, though not sure what it would do for my aching back. 🙂 Talon's chairs are quite main stream in a snappy sort of way, but I'm not quite sure why one would want such light home furnishings that look so little different from more traditional materials except for curiosity's sake. If they ever get the price down, shipping rates per chair could be drastically reduced and wouldn't that be nice for consumers and producers. Any thing that reduces transaction cost/frictions is potential progress. Maybe Stark will do a CF interior on his next yacht; that would save some weight on a yacht and allow alot more fuel for greater range. Ah, new (or not so new now) technology. I still sense that no one's imagination has quite caught up with CF in furniture. | |||||
| anyone interested? | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| I've been admiring the images in a lot of architecture books lately and thought that seeing as we're all pretty scattered the forum would be a good place for many of us to take pictures of some well and less well known buildings and share them? With comments? I do like the pristine images in books but they are lacking in the real life of a building and are too perfect, I'd love to see the warts and all of things like Lake Shore Drive, the cracked tiles, the ad hoc alterations...that sort of thing. Barry, there is a mad looking building by Edward Durrell Stone in Minneapolis, do you know it? Very tall mushroom columns, I think it was the headquarters of an insurance company and if anyone lives in Detroit the Lafayette development would be great to see 50 years later. | |||||
| That's really interesting | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | staceyneil | General discussion | |
| That's really interesting about the lemon oil. That hasn't been our experience: we've been using it for 20 years on the 1950s and 60s Danish teak pieces we own, and it's always performed quite beautifully. We do wipe it off completely after allowing it to soak in, so the surface is not wet and oily as you describe. On our furniture, even the Svend Madsen credenza next to the fireplace which is exposed to very dry air, we only re-apply lemon oil once a year or so... and mainly just for cleaning. Regarding finishes: The most annoying thing we've found is when people have used something with a wax or silicone in it. Maybe furniture polish or something? Then the oils cannot penetrate where the build-up is and the surface is always patchy looking. I've spent too many hours trying to strip such coatings, with acetone, mineral spirits, etc, and many times I just give up. Does anyone have any recommendations? | |||||
| More silliness... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Lunchbox | General discussion | |
| More silliness... You haven't put forward anything of substance. I don't recall these points you claim you've made. You wrote a paragraph a few posts up and then asked yourself what point you were trying to make. "Look at it. It's fantastic. Can't you see!" isn't substance. Meanwhile I've discussed its merit in relation to application, which does not qualify it as art. I don't love it, per se. And I detest the pierced seat and table. But so what? Am I to love EVERY LITTLE THING Noguchi touched or I'm somehow unable to appreciate what Noguchi was supposedly "about" as you say? What utter drivel. It's you who are taking a narrow viewpoint on this piece and I would wager art as a whole. Stop allowing name association to affect you so. Open up your eyes and have a bit of courage to disagree with anyone, even the masters every now and then. No one gets it right 100% of the time. But thanks for the welcome I guess? | |||||
| You are a good son | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| You are a good son to take care of your mom like that. I agree that bras that hook in the back are difficult to put on oneself, let alone trying to put one on another person. Try the ones that hook in the front, you just slip it over her arms like a vest. Maybe even a tight little t-shirt or cami would serve the same purpose as a bra and would be easier to put on and keep her warmer as well. For the vast majority of people, bras are there to provide support, keep one's bits from bobbing about and provide a layer of modesty between one's skin and blouse so that no one can tell when you are cold, if you get what I mean. All the other unnecessary extras are strictly for aesthetics/enhancement/the benefit of the partner, which is not necessarily a bad thing! Never really pondered undergarment design before, but I'd bet a million dollars that the thong was definitely designed by a man! | |||||
| Whoah! | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Whoah! Relax people! So far no one has said a single filthy thing! I don't think anyone really plans to either. I'll readily agree that posting girlie pix is not wanted and a bit weird, but for heaven's sake we're just chatting here. No intention of altering the intent of Design Addict in any subversive way. And a chatty thread would be so much more interesting than endless threads about eames chair replacement parts and who has the the more original original. However, since the reaction is so strongly negative by folks I respect here on DA maybe the idea must be tabled. I thought it was fine to just yak about stuff, knowing we'd end up adding in design chatter that might be more freeflowing than a thread reduced to one subject. | |||||
| How about | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| How about reserving our approbation for the unfortunate, disrespectful "knock-offs" -- Olive's definition: badly copied, inaccurate ghosts of the originals, including the ones made when the originals were still warm? When I was a teen, the Eames Fiberglass shells were new. I coveted one; my parents took me to the "Furniture Barn" (?) in nearby Connecticut to look at modern furniture. For Christmas that year, I was given a sad imitation of the real thing; a slope-shouldered grey fiberglass side chair with simple canted black tubular legs and white plastic foot-glides. I managed not to look too disappointed, I think. . . SDR | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| . Muchos Gracias, it was just an off the cuff thing but yes the Veritas planes rock (have 10 now *blushes*) and I suppose Yanagis stool has always been in the back of my mind...different material, different approach though and yes RIDICULOUSLY cheap to make compared to my old curved ply products, that used to be fun but now it seems such a shame to cut all that wood up only to glue it back together again at such high cost, at my production volumes anyway. Pardon the rough big picture rotated the wrong way, I've exagerated all the tapers, its quite stable. Photobucket is being panful...this is one way to connect it all but I think I'll sleep on it, there are almost too many ways. Suggestions welcome 🙂 I just realised the weakness, imagine that aluminium bit as a steel triangle, like one of the things that holds billiard balls together. | |||||
| Quick takes on your links... | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Quick takes on your links... Mustang: an aggressive but heavy look with a ridiculously high belt line. Systematically less good and pleasing that the first two iterations of Stangs. Better than all the rest it does not copy. Bronco Concept: Basically it is a hodge podge of off road cues and very heavy looking. J Mays strikes again? Essentially it is a Gelandel Wagen rip off with first generation Jeep Cherokee wheel wells and original Bronco fascia on the front. Question: why would anyone want a flat windshield on a car or SUV? I've four wheeled all over hell's half acre and I always want a windshield in front of me. Next question: the 45 degree fender cuts make a tidy statement, but aren't they going to allow those enormous tires to throw so much crud that any vehicle in front of it is in serious danger as this Bronco picks up speed on pavement? And any thing that tires can throw can wind up in the windshield and I can tell you that four wheeling with spidered or mud covered windows is not fun. GR-1 Concept: I like this car the best of the retro contempos I've seen. But again the belt line is up around the driver's ears and the grill is basically unrelated to the rest of the lines of the car and so inappropriate. Ford GT: Its a great car and a great looking car, but it doesn't look remotely contemporary in styling. It looks exactly like what it is: a celebration of what Ford once was--a great car company that could win Le Mans if it wanted to. It says nothing at all about what Ford is capable of today, except nostalgia. Put another way, I can admire this Ford GT just like I admire a remake of an Eames recliner. Both are wonderful and both can still do the job they were intended to do, but neither are contemporary expression of design. I frankly don't feel like I did in the 60s. Today doesn't feel like the 60s. And for new products to speak to me, they have to speak to me in a contemporary language, no matter how they may borrow from the past. This Ford GT is just a collector car you can live with, just like a new Eames chair is, too. Quite a good thing in and of itself, but hardly an authentic effort at building something great and organic to this time and place. If it satisfies your sense of great contemporary design, fine. It doesn't do it for me. | |||||
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