I need help with wood type

[rccrazybill]

My wife purchased these from an antique shop. After removing 65 million layers (not really but close!!) of the ugliest paint I'm seeing some nice looking wood but I do not know what it is. if Anyone recognizes it please let me know.

 

[keithkarl2007]

could be red oak. Its an open grained wood, thats why it was painted

 

[rccrazybill]

First it was varnished , The original layer looks like some sort of poly. The chair is very heavy and stripped down super smooth. Even after letting the stripper sit for a while the wood stayed rock hard. I'm very confused[]

 

[MDWine]

I'd say an oak, red or white, hard to say from here ... but definitely oak IMHO

 

[ScribbleSticks]

I'd say white oak.

 

[rdunn12]

I agree with Tom,white Oak.

 

[Russianwolf]

I'm going to desent and say Maple.

The grain looks way too tight for oak in the pictures, but it's hard to tell for sure. Can you take a nice closeup of the seat?

 

[novop711]

I have seen similar looking wood used for Crown Tools handles, and they use Beech, and that is what it looks like to me.

 

[ahoiberg]

i'm almost positive it's white oak, that ray fleck pattern on the leg is a tell tale sign.

 

[1JaredSchmidt]

Quartersawn white oak.

 

[Rudy Vey]

If the wood is not open grained, I would say it is Beech. The two close-ups show a typical pattern of beech.

 

[whatwoodido]

I would say White Oak, though not quartersawn. When a piece of white oak is turned and the grain is straight you get some rays on opposite sides. There was a nice comment on telling the difference between Red and White Oak in the current issue of Wood Magazine.

 

[great12b4ever]

I would say White Oak. The flecks on the close-up and the grain showing on the carved seat back is what I am basing this on. Plus, Bill indicated that it had been varnished first before painting, thus filling any open-grain wood. His remark that it was very heavy also lends it to be White Oak.

 

[low_48]

I say definitely not oak. You can see flecks in beech, maple, sycamore, and cherry. But I know it's not cherry.I would go with beech or sycamore.

 

[rccrazybill]

Thanks for all the input. I will try to take a close picture. I have Leopardwood blanks with the same spotting on it ? The leopardwood is a lot darker but these chairs have similar patterns? I'm trying to figure it out to decide if I'm going to dye or paint them.[] Whatever they are there very old and still rock solid. []