Selig Chairs Grain Pattern - Shoddy Refinish Job or Natural Pattern  

Leif: I don't know much about staining beech. But I like your analogies.

I'm not entirely clear on what the OP told the refinisher to do, but whatever it was, the end result wasn't good. It seems to me that a skilled refinisher would have an idea if a proposed plan will work for a particular species of wood. I know I've had to explain to clients why their particular choice of fabric won't work for their chair, or why their chair frame isn't suitable for a paper cord seat---I don't just say "OK, whatever you want!" and go ahead with their instructions.

There is nothing wrong with the chair(s). If you want perfect color uniformity, perhaps consider designs manufactured in plastic.

I very much understand your point, leif.

But would your wife tell her professional hairdresser how to evenly highlight her hair? The hairdresser should know what he/she is dealing with during a simple consultation. Skilled craftsman can't be expected to be 100% consistent, i realize. Certainly this is not an example of this persons best work. This workmanship would be unacceptable to me. A polite re-do is in order.

yup,

Aunt Mark

ps then I'd request that India Ink be used. As shown above. Up there. by spanky. Lovely. Feed the birds today!

I asked the refinisher to have the chairs match the walnut finish for a previous pair he did for us.

I agree with Spanky that a skilled refinisher would have identified the potential problem and perhaps made suggestions instead of blindly following instructions. Sounds funny since he did exactly what I asked him to do.

The end result to me is something that

I asked the refinisher to have the chairs match the walnut finish for a previous pair he did for us.

So does it match?

Hi Mark. The previous chairs were in fact walnut where as these turn outs out are beech. When I gave him this new pair I told him they were walnut and that I wanted them to match the last pair. The color does in fact match the last pair but since they

I would think he should have been able to correct me and identify them as beech when I gave them to him to work on.

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Yes. Agreed.

A bottle of scotch and fifty bucks is as far as I'd go. You two have a history. That's all.

ps . sweetie, I've been bitchy for a few days...but I just don't like your persons last round of refinishing. So sorry. We all fuck up. It's how we handle it from there...I guess.??