I’ve got 3 coats of the poly/oil on a walnut slant front desk, by following the can directions which are, wipe it on, wipe it off 3 or 4 times with clean rags each time. So, I get on his website, and he says “rub it in hard, until your hand and the rag starts getting warm, then you know it’s working” so exactly what does that do, and what is left when you rub off the excess with 3 or 4 wipings with clean rags(which completely wipes off any finish)?
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Keith,
It's kind of a "Zen" thing. That's the way Sam works. He gets "close" to his work. On the other hand, maybe the heat that he generates with his palms starts some polymerization. Or maybe he's forcing it deeper into the wood tissue.
Put it on the wood. Leave it on for 20-30 minutes, keeping it wet. Wipe off all you can. Let harden. Rub the hardened coat lightly a little with the abrasive of your choice (4-0 steel wool, white or gray nylon, cloth rag). Repeat many times. That's about it.
Or apply all the Zen you can muster up.
R
Edited 11/5/2002 11:19:16 AM ET by Rich Rose
Keith,
Could you please pass on Sam's web address. Thanks.
http://www.sammaloof.com
Keith,
Simple enough. Thanks.
Keith,
Thanks for that link.
That website is a big disappointment. The designer is typical of those who indulge themselves in tricky, clever screen gimmicks to display information without any real appreciation of the viewer's needs or of the customer for whom the site is designed. If I didn't already know about the beauty of Sam's work, that site's images would never give me a clue
The images are horribly inadequate scans of printed material from Sam's book(s). Printed halftone photographs are the worst source to scan.
Oh, well.
R
Hi Rich,
I agree a 100% about Maloof’s site I was also very disappointed. I’m a web designer and I can see that the per son who did the work knows absolutely nothing about woodworking or the way a fine piece of furniture should be displayed. The black and white picture idea is fine but the quality of the photographs is horrible, although Sam’s work would be best displayed in color to showoff the beauty of the wood grain and colors, the site should be rich with high quality photographs displaying the great work he’s done. Unfortunately allot of people don’t put enough emphasis on there websites, when they should think of it as and extension of there work it represents what they do like a piece of literature about them or a piece of furniture. I’m assuming that Sam like many people and companies simply wanted to thru something out there without really knowing much about how far the Internet has come. Sorry for going on and on about this, but that site really bothered me. I feel like I should do some pro-bono work here and re-design it for him, but I would probably offend him. I wouldn’t want to do that.
Regards,
RickL
http://www.sammaloof.com
Edited 11/6/2002 11:59:45 AM ET by RickL
Rick, I wasn't aware Sam Maloof had a site on the web could you post the adress so I could check it out it would really be appreciated. Thank you, JIM CLARK
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