Post #768671 by Luckydesigns on Thu, Sep 15, 2016 11:04 AM

After seeing the Witco tiki bar that I found and bought, Erich Troudt told me that he had the matching stools that he'd be willing to sell to me! They just needed a little work.

So I went out to his place and picked them up. You can see the whole story (and his incredible bar, here: http://thehulagirls.blogspot.com/2016/08/sweet-redemption-and-incredible-home.html )

I was ecstatic about them as they sat, but I had ideas of restoration in my mind...

I pulled the seat covers off of them and tore off the cushions.

The owner of the stools before Erich had clear coated them and it was looking pretty bad. After about 5 minutes of trying to scrape the stuff off, I thought about doing the unimaginable... Re-burning these Witco stools. I've used my torch on a lot of wood and knew what to expect, but burning vintage Witco seemed like a dangerous idea. It seemed to be the only solution though.

Here are the side by side pics. The one on the right was torch burned and brushed with a bbq grill brush.

I thought the results were incredible after some Burt's Bees Wax!

Next up were the covers. I found some material and had a guy make new covers based off of the old ones.

Love how they came out!

100 furniture tacks and staples and I fit them back on.

Astro approved, though his ears folded down makes him look a little concerned about being up on the stool.

Thanks again for hooking me up, Erich!