As you can see it’s a beautiful solid base, with some sick, twisted punishment of a surface appended to it. I’m not actually sure if it was thrown out or it escaped when no-one was looking and was hiding from its tormentors when I found it. First things first, I was off to Wayne’s World in Botany to get some timber. No really.
The guys there had some light Meranti in stock. and sold me a 40 mm thick piece, 2.6m long. I got them to cut it into 3 x 800mm pieces with a bit of offcut and was on my way home. I joined the three pieces using a biscuit-join, alternating heights because the wood is so thick, and glued and clamped the wood for a few days. I weighted it down with paint cans but could probably have put more weight on as it did bow ever so slightly.
The end product came out very solid, and the joins are perfect. They started out visible from the glue run-off but as soon as I sanded it down they were gone.
Next up was finishing the timber. I decided that on my patio a light timber was too close to the colour of the house and the tiles so I went for a darker stain. I bought a can of Cabots “Brazilian Roast” stain, paint on and wipe off.
It’s almost impossible to see the joins in the timber, the finish came up perfectly, and the colour works a treat. Now I need to find a couple of matching chairs.
most impressed… you have honoured that base beautifully!