If your house has ejected old chairs - do not rush to pass judgment on them. Old furniture can be restored so that it will be better than new. In this case, the appearance of the subject will depend only on your imagination and diligence. By doing restoration, you can save a lot on buying furniture, for example, for cottages. Fast restoration of chairs by oneself at home is the simplest way to create an exclusive piece of furniture that can decorate the thematic interior.
So the old chair prepared for disposal to the
dump can be transformed. What it is necessary to have and know for the restoration of old
chairs Before we begin to understand in detail the restoration techniques, we will consider some types of restoration work. The type of restoration chosen depends on the degree of deterioration of the stool. If all the wooden parts have cracks, the attachments are loosened, and the upholstery is worn out, then this chair requires a deep, sub-faceted restoration with complete disassembly of the piece of furniture. If the inexorable time affected only the appearance: the fabric was rubbed, the varnish faded and the paint was blurred, then a complete disassembly might not be required. The simplest version of the restoration is the constriction of the fabric upholstery. First, consider the most difficult first option, when you need to disassemble all the cogs for a quality restoration.
Complex procedure for updating the chair
It will be required when this element of furniture completely shook, the paint peeled off of it, and the upholstery deteriorated. In order to fix this chair, we will need the following materials and tools:
- Foam for furniture, from which we will make a seat. Its thickness is chosen according to your taste, since the rigidity of the landing on the chair depends on this.
- Stapler for furniture.
- Paintwork materials, including stain.
- Two soft brushes with a width of 45 mm and one rigid brush of the same size.
- You will definitely need a sheet of 4-ply plywood for making a new seat, since the old one has already failed.
- Any furniture glue. The "carpentry moment" is a good choice.
- Metal clamps for rigid attachment of stool elements after gluing.
- Tapestry for furniture of the liked coloring which can be got in furniture interiors or usual shops of fabrics.
In addition to the above, you will need: a grinder, a hammer, a wooden kink, an electric jigsaw, a screwdriver, a drill, metal corners to strengthen the chair, screws. We also need to have about 5 days in stock, so that the glue and varnish are completely dry.
Tools and materials for the restoration of chairs
Restoration work
The first step is to clean the stool from dust and dirt, remove greasy stains from its surface. You can wash the chair with any dishwashing detergent using a stiff brush or cloth. The main thing is to do this quickly, because wood does not like moisture and long-term exposure to aggressive chemicals. During the drying of the chair from it, you need to remove the seat and back. Most likely this can be done without using the tool.
After drying, we begin very carefully loosening the structure of the chair, trying to separate its parts. If you can not do it manually, you can use the kijan carefully. It should be noted that such a disassembly option is allowed only for those chairs that have parts connected by glue. So, for example, old Soviet chairs did. To dissolve the old glue, you can apply this technique: wet a rag in hot water and apply to the place of gluing. This is repeated several times until the adhesive composition is completely dissolved. If the chair was fastened with wooden nagels, they should be carefully drilled with a drill, selecting the appropriate drill bit.
If you have begun to restore the old Viennese chairs, you will need a screwdriver, as the assembly of such models was made using screws. In the case where your efforts are useless and the screw does not lend itself to it, you need to drop a little oil on it. When in the chair for his long life there were nails, then they must be removed with the help of a nail or pliers.
The most common wooden chair device
Sometimes the places of gluing are not amenable due to the resin that has fallen into them and hardened, which was contained in the wood. To get rid of it, you need to put a piece of hose on the tip of the kettle and put it on the fire. Steam from the boiling water must be sent to the problem site. After a few minutes, the details will disconnect, since the resin will soften. After such procedures, wood must be dried naturally or with a hair dryer.
When all the parts are disconnected, they must be numbered in order, beginning with the legs. As a result, at least 10 elements should be obtained. Every detail should be carefully examined and glued together the cracked parts, then fasten them in the clamps until it dries completely. If there are small cracks and chips on the surface, then glue mixed with very small sawdust can be used. Such a mass gently rubbed into the damage and allowed to dry. Hurry in the process of this is not necessary, because the rush can greatly damage. It takes two days to completely dry the glue. Only after this, you can arm with sandpaper and start polishing the parts. Use should first a coarse-grained skin, then a smaller one. As a result, it is necessary to achieve ideal smoothness.
Assembling the restored parts
If you see that the upper parts of the legs of the chair are damaged, then they should be wound with a bandage soaked in a glue and inserted into the intended grooves. If this does not help, then it remains only to prop them up. All the joints of the parts should be greased with glue and put on tightly. Where there should be wooden nagels, drive them, pre-made. When the chair is assembled, it must be wiped off with a damp cloth, getting rid of excess glue and dust. Then on a chair it is necessary to put a bucket of water and forget about it for two days, until the glue dries. At this time, you can tackle the seat and backrest.
Polished chair after restoration work
Chair overstuffing
For neck and back rest, you need to pick up a tapestry you like and prepare a foam rubber. Further everything is done in the following sequence:
- The removed soft parts are disassembled, releasing them from the fabric and foam rubber.
- The liberated piece of plywood is put on a new one, purchased in advance and circled exactly along the body.
- Use a jigsaw to cut out a new backrest and seat.
- We put the resulting details on foam rubber and cut out the wallpaper with a wallpaper knife.
- Also on the contour we cut out a tapestry with a margin of several centimeters for the folding.
- After that, we put the cloth upside down on the table, we place foam rubber and plywood on it.
- A few pressing to the table all the resulting "pie", pull the fabric and fix it with a stapler to the plywood. This is a very important moment. The tension force should be uniform from all sides, otherwise the seat will be uneven. When stretching the tissue in the corners, you need to make small folds, striving for symmetry. This procedure is performed both with the seat and with the backrest, if it is also soft.
In conclusion, the chair is covered with stain, waiting for it to dry, apply the lacquer, and after completely drying it, using a self-tapping screw, attach the seat and back to the chair. You can stool and paint with an ornament. Here everything depends on your imagination.
Several restored chairs
The independent restoration of furniture is an excellent solution that allows you to give a second life to old things. After such a restoration, your chairs will last for many years with faith and truth.
