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Oak or Pine?
« on: June 29, 2018, 05:07:55 PM »
I have been online today trying to figure out how to visually identify oak vs pine.  I have always thought Pine was knotty and I guess there is also knotty oak.  I am looking at a used dinning table that I can’t find online, they listed as oak but I am not sure.  Husband said he thinks he would know if he saw it in person but I think we are both too timid to get there and then not buy the table if it’s not oak.  I am also not sure if given the condition the top is in, if it’s too expensive at £200.  We would have to sand and wax, and Minwax is expensive on amazon.

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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2018, 06:03:12 PM »
Quote from: ConsuelaLemonPledge on June 29, 2018, 05:07:55 PM
I have been online today trying to figure out how to visually identify oak vs pine.  I have always thought Pune was knotty and I guess there is also knotty oak.  I am looking at a used dinning table that I can’t find online, they listed as oak but I am not sure.  Husband said he thinks he would know if he saw it in person but I think we are both too timid to get there and then not buy the table if it’s not oak.  I am also not sure I given the condition the top is, if it’s too expensive at £200.  We would have to sand and wax, and Minwax is expensive on amazon.

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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2018, 06:05:25 PM »
That looks pine to me.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2018, 06:07:28 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on June 29, 2018, 06:03:12 PM
jfKimberly will know, she's our wood expert!

oh yeah, good call!!
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2018, 06:20:04 PM »
Yep calling jfkimberly... It looks pine to me too.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2018, 11:04:32 AM »
You guys can see it?  When I click on the links, I get a message saying I don't have permission to view the files.  :/
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2018, 11:51:43 AM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on June 30, 2018, 11:04:32 AM
You guys can see it?  When I click on the links, I get a message saying I don't have permission to view the files.  :/
It's not giving permission for me now either, it was a Google drive file.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2018, 04:29:38 PM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on June 30, 2018, 11:04:32 AM
You guys can see it?  When I click on the links, I get a message saying I don't have permission to view the files.  :/

She sold the table so I took the link off, but interested to see if you think it's pine or oak. 




Should work now :)
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2018, 06:38:47 PM »
Looks like pine to me - some oak will have knots, but the grain looks exactly like the pine floors I had in my house in VA.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2018, 12:41:43 PM »
Quote from: vadio on June 30, 2018, 06:38:47 PM
Looks like pine to me - some oak will have knots, but the grain looks exactly like the pine floors I had in my house in VA.

My husband and I agree that it looks like pine.  The grain looks pine.  The colour is odd, but it looks like it may have previously been painted and later stripped, or something.  Or it's just old pine.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2018, 02:27:01 PM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on July 02, 2018, 12:41:43 PM
My husband and I agree that it looks like pine.  The grain looks pine.  The colour is odd, but it looks like it may have previously been painted and later stripped, or something.  Or it's just old pine.

Yeah, I think it looks like pine that had an oak-coloured varnish on it.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2018, 05:27:42 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on June 29, 2018, 06:03:12 PM
jfKimberly will know, she's our wood expert!

Bueller? Bueller? 

Ahem.......   ;D
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2018, 05:38:14 PM »
Quote from: phatbeetle on July 02, 2018, 05:27:42 PM
Bueller? Bueller? 

Ahem.......   ;D

:P

I admit I was absent all weekend (my husband was off Friday and Sunday, and only had to go in for a half-day on Saturday, so it was like having a 3-day weekend.  And the weather was amazing!  But I'm back now, trying to get used to the new digs.  It's a struggle!

But I did reply to this thread earlier today!  *points up*  Like, three posts ago?  I was leaning toward pine and my husband agreed.  I'm convinced its not oak (the grain is way too straight), but the colour is odd for pine, so either something has been done to it, or it's a third species altogether.  But I vote pine with some kind of unusual finish.
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2018, 05:42:18 PM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on July 02, 2018, 05:38:14 PM
:P

I admit I was absent all weekend (my husband was off Friday and Sunday, and only had to go in for a half-day on Saturday, so it was like having a 3-day weekend.  And the weather was amazing!  But I'm back now, trying to get used to the new digs.  It's a struggle!

But I did reply to this thread earlier today!  *points up*  Like, three posts ago?  I was leaning toward pine and my husband agreed.  I'm convinced its not oak (the grain is way too straight), but the colour is odd for pine, so either something has been done to it, or it's a third species altogether.  But I vote pine with some kind of unusual finish.

LOL, sorry, I know you did...I was going somewhere else......... wood..... Maybe I need a Bevis laugh instead.....
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Re: Oak or Pine?
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2018, 05:59:39 PM »
Quote from: phatbeetle on July 02, 2018, 05:42:18 PM
LOL, sorry, I know you did...I was going somewhere else......... wood..... Maybe I need a Bevis laugh instead.....

She said wood!  ;D
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