Author Topic: best Christmas present ever (Read 7357 times)

I haven't tried anything yet. They're sitting on the back patio, and after I got them in the light they actually looked pretty good. I use a cleaner on wood that I though I'd try, its equal parts denatured alcohol, gum turpentine, lemon juice and olive oil. It's pretty gentle, and cuts through most stuff with just a cloth and without hurting the wood finish. Then I thought I'd put on a coat of Johnson's paste wax.

The advantage of that is that the cleaner and the paste wax will smell so bad that it'll kill any left over aroma from the chairs. Maybe I'll clean them tonight.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2014, 02:54:25 pm »

I've just used some 409 on mine for now. I hope that doesn't damage them. I was just trying to knock some of the dirt off. I haven't started in on the "grime" yet.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2014, 03:02:29 pm »

Garden hose, soap, sponge and Magic Eraser. Mine are a pristine, gleaming orange now.

JimR · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2014, 03:36:48 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 07, 2014, 03:02:29 pm

Garden hose, soap, sponge and Magic Eraser. Mine are a pristine, gleaming orange now.

what time can you be at my house?

jaklewein · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2014, 03:44:34 pm »

Quote from: JimR on January 06, 2014, 02:15:00 pm

2 seats from the Dome

Man 'O man...wish Santa would've brought a couple seats my way! Congrats. Those that were lucky enough to get a pair ought to post a view pictures of the finished product (after cleaning etc.) so I can at least bask in your glory.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2014, 03:57:23 pm »

Quote from: JimR on January 07, 2014, 03:36:48 pm

what time can you be at my house?

You got beer?

Limey · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2014, 04:30:13 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 07, 2014, 03:57:23 pm

You got beer?

I have a friend who pays me in beer to sort out his networking issues. He always complains that it would be cheaper to hire a professional...

austro · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2014, 07:28:00 pm »

Quote from: Limey on January 07, 2014, 04:30:13 pm

I have a friend who pays me in beer to sort out his networking issues. He always complains that it would be cheaper to hire a professional...

You are a professional: a professional beer-drinker.

JimR · « **Reply #20 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:41:17 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 07, 2014, 03:57:23 pm

You got beer?

always

das · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2014, 10:16:14 am »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 07, 2014, 03:02:29 pm

Garden hose, soap, sponge and Magic Eraser. Mine are a pristine, gleaming orange now.

Pics, please.

Negotiations have started here at Casa de das. Much resistance from the spousal unit as "there's no place to put them". I'm thinking of putting them on the other side of my desk in my home office as the guest chairs.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2014, 02:41:39 pm »

Quote from: das on January 10, 2014, 10:16:14 am

Pics, please.

http://www.spikesnstars.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/dome-chairs.jpg

Can't figure out how to paste a pic in a post, but a link will do. There's a white state of Texas plate on the side that's kinda washed out in the pic. It shows Row 7.

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:18:22 pm »

Very cool.

juliogotay · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:50:48 pm »

They didnt' look that good inside the dome.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2014, 04:01:55 pm »

very nice. Where'd you get the brackets?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2014, 04:38:25 pm »

Man, I should have got me a pair.

chuck · « **Reply #27 on:** January 10, 2014, 08:34:59 pm »

Those are pretty nice, I have to say.

Arky Vaughan · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2014, 01:59:25 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 10, 2014, 04:01:55 pm

very nice. Where'd you get the brackets?

I haven't bought brackets for my pair yet, but someone on eBay said he bought brackets here:

http://www.stadiumseatdepot.com/

They aren't cheap.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:00:13 pm »

Quote from: Arky Vaughan on January 14, 2014, 01:59:25 pm

I haven't bought any for my pair yet, but I saw someone on eBay saying they got brackets here:

http://www.stadiumseatdepot.com/

They aren't cheap.

I think that's where mine came from.

Arky Vaughan · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:02:09 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on January 10, 2014, 02:41:39 pm

http://www.spikesnstars.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/dome-chairs.jpg

Can't figure out how to paste a pic in a post, but a link will do. There's a white state of Texas plate on the side that's kinda washed out in the pic. It shows Row 7.

Man, those look fantastic. When you were using the hose, did you do anything not to get the seat cushions wet, or did you just wash everyone with soap and water and let is dry out?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #31 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:23:14 pm »

Quote from: Arky Vaughan on January 14, 2014, 02:02:09 pm

Man, those look fantastic. When you were using the hose, did you do anything not to get the seat cushions wet, or did you just wash everyone with soap and water and let is dry out?

The seat cushions, at least mine, are covered in vinyl. I think they regularly hosed them off during their use in the Dome.

Bench · « **Reply #32 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:23:48 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 14, 2014, 02:23:14 pm

The seat cushions, at least mine, are covered in vinyl. I think they regularly hosed them off during their use in the Dome.

I doubt they did it regularly.

Arky Vaughan · « **Reply #33 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:24:19 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 14, 2014, 02:23:48 pm

I doubt they did it regularly.

Or, more importantly, recently.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #34 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:24:20 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 14, 2014, 02:23:48 pm

I doubt they did it regularly.

"regularly" = twice between 1970 and 2013.

JimR · « **Reply #35 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:25:01 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 14, 2014, 02:23:14 pm

The seat cushions, at least mine, are covered in vinyl. I think they regularly hosed them off during their use in the Dome.

mine are not.

NeilT · « **Reply #36 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:26:45 pm »

Mine are covered in some kind of plastic mesh.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #37 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:55:51 pm »

That's not plastic mesh!

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #38 on:** January 14, 2014, 06:20:59 pm »

Quote from: JimR on January 14, 2014, 02:25:01 pm

mine are not.

What kind of covering do you have then?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #39 on:** January 14, 2014, 06:21:29 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on January 14, 2014, 02:26:45 pm

Mine are covered in some kind of plastic mesh.

Yeah, it's vinyl made to look like woven cloth.

NeilT · « **Reply #40 on:** January 14, 2014, 07:15:00 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on January 14, 2014, 06:21:29 pm

Yeah, it's vinyl made to look like woven cloth.

I couldn't spell vinyl.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #41 on:** January 15, 2014, 06:09:34 pm »

Quote from: Arky Vaughan on January 14, 2014, 01:59:25 pm

I haven't bought brackets for my pair yet, but someone on eBay said he bought brackets here:

http://www.stadiumseatdepot.com/

They aren't cheap.

OK, so I tried to order from these guys, and the ordering on their website is fucked up. I tried calling, and I got some weird voice mail. Anyone have any luck with them?

BUWebguy · « **Reply #42 on:** January 16, 2014, 09:42:56 am »

I ordered my "seat feet" from them. They came mid-December, and I sat down after Christmas to put them together, only to realize they had only sent half the hardware. I called them, and they said they'd send me the rest. That was two weeks ago; still haven't received it.

I get the impression it's basically just one guy running this out of his house. I think the final product will be good, but it's a small, small operation.

NeilT · « **Reply #43 on:** January 16, 2014, 10:37:16 am »

Kris got me a set of the rocking seat feet, and then she installed them. They're surprisingly ok, and I think she must have gotten them from those guys since they're the only people I can find with the rocking feat. She told me that she called them and ended up talking to the guy's wife, so it's a one-man, one-woman operation.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #44 on:** January 16, 2014, 11:59:14 am »

Yeah, after I called last night (didn't leave a message), the guy called me back and took my order over the phone. It's a one man shop for the seat feet, but he works for a sports memorabilia company and is often traveling to shows and such. In fact, he said he'll be in Houston in a few weeks at a memorabilia show. At any rate...nice guy, he said he's just really busy and it may take him a few days to get it packed up and shipped out. I'm looking foward to being able to sit in them.

BUWebguy · « **Reply #45 on:** May 29, 2014, 03:40:59 pm »

Got my Astrodome seats set up in my office a little while back. It was a pain to get it all done, but I'm ecstatic to have this. Makes for great conversation with visitors to my office.

Photo: https://twitter.com/astrosjeff/status/472113789802795009

subnuclear · « **Reply #46 on:** May 29, 2014, 03:54:02 pm »

Very cool. Do people actually sit in those?

BUWebguy · « **Reply #47 on:** May 29, 2014, 04:31:13 pm »

Yep, those are the main visitor seats in my office. (I have two other seats as well -- the Baylor baseball director's chair you can see in the background, a gift from when I worked with the team, and a prototype chairback seat from Baylor's new football stadium.)

Visitors consistently comment on how surprisingly comfortable the Dome seats are.

juliogotay · « **Reply #48 on:** May 29, 2014, 04:37:13 pm »

Those look so familiar as if I was just sitting in one of those and it's been almost fifteen years. I can even smell it. They were pretty comfortable.