Sam Maloof Styled Rocker

[Bill]

Lots of references around to the "Sam Maloof Styled Rocker".

Anyone ever sat in one? : )

Rest a spell, take a break from the political threads, and share your experience...

[Steve Turner]

You mean like these here ones rat cheer?:

built those, yep I did. :-)

[Bill]

You are quite the artist. Thank you for sharing!

Bill

[Steve]

Steve Turner wrote in news:hojtvq$p8t$1 @news.eternal-september.org:

Steve,

Damn! Not only are the chairs a beautiful style, but the wood is gorgeous!!

Wow!

[Steve Turner]

Thanks! I hope to start on some more chairs in the near future, but I've got so many other things going on right now I don't know when I'll get the chance.

[Steve Turner]

Thank you! I do try my best to pick out nice lumber and I spend quite a bit of time matching the grain patterns so things flow nicely together. Glad you liked them.

[Bill]

Okay, they are beautiful. How do they perform as chairs? Steve, Are yours custom made (for the sitter)?

Best, Bill

[Steve]

Really like the spalted pecan. How did you finish that?

[Steve Turner]

The pecan chair just has a couple of light coats of Min-Wacks wipe-on poly, but it needs to be refreshed; it hasn't held up that well in areas where it's been in contact with human skin or sweat (the arms and seat). I've been toying with whether I should re-sand and add a few more coats of the poly, or if I should switch gears. Deciding on the best-looking and most durable finish for these chairs has been a challenge... I've yet to try Larry's J's suggestion of WaterLox, and I'm also curious about this catalyzed poly/lacquer that Nailshooter Robert turned me onto a few months ago. I've done some tests with that stuff and it appears to be *very* durable.

[Evodawg]

Yep many times, He use to live about 2 blocks from me. I considered him a Friend and Neighbor. I miss him greatly!

[mjmwallace]

Not in a rocker, but in a chair. It was amazing comfortable for a wooden chair. Everyone who sat in it, had the same experience.

What an artist.

MJ

[chaniarts]

yes. about 10 years ago there was a maloof exhibition in a san diego art museum. they had a bunch scattered about that people were allowed to sit in.

[Steve]

Precisely why I asked. I just finished a sofa table with a top of wildly distressed pecan over an apron and legs of cherry. I'm not sure the tone of the pecan sits well against the cherry, but the color of your rocker would work very nicely. I'll go throw a couple quick pix on apbw. (If I can remember how to do that...)

[Steve Turner]

I checked out your table on abpw, and it looks very nice; I like the look of the cherry and pecan together (at least from where I'm sitting). Have you not put any finish on the pecan yet? I like the look of the Minwax wipe-on poly, and it's very easy to apply (I usually thin it a bit with mineral spirits which makes it flow out even better). I'd think it would hold up fine for a table top like that since I doubt it would come in contact with moisture or sweaty oily skin like a rocking chair does.

[Steve]

Like most of my stuff, the whole piece is just finished with Watco natural. Tried a couple samples of the pecan with Watco Cherry and couldn't make up my mind.