Any chair over time begins to deteriorate, the upholstery breaks through, and if there is a cross with wheels, then it may be necessary to replace them. The repair of the chair is not so complicated, it can be considered on the example of a small chair on the wheels, which requires a hauling, replacing packing.
Chair device diagram.
How to repair an old chair?
Before repairing the chair, you need to immediately prepare all the materials and tools that will be required to perform such work. List of following:- Fabric for tight seats (it can be velor, suede, natural or artificial leather and other types of furniture upholstery);
- a piece of natural or artificial leather for armrests and for the cross;
- Foambone to replace packing (for the seat you can take foamed polyethylene). Packing thickness is usually 20-40 mm;
- For lining, you can use Singry Training;
- threads and needles;
- scissors;
- Buttons that can be covered with cloth;
- furniture stapler;
- drill;
- Spare crosses with wheels, if required to replace it.
Before repairing a chair with their own hands, it is necessary to disassemble it. Furniture is usually done on the basis of metal frames bonded by bolts, so there should be no difficulties. It is only necessary to remember exactly exactly and in which places the individual structural elements were attached. We have to remove the back and disassemble it, remove the seat, remove the cross with the wheels.
Sleeping seats
Figure 1. In order for the chair to be transformed, to re-drag its seat and back.
The seat should replace not only the fabric, but also packing. The choice of material in this case depends on the model of the chair. If a soft seat is required, then you can take a foam rubber, but in some cases a piece of foam polyethylene needs the necessary thickness (it is necessary to navigate the thickness of the old packing). The material is neatly cut, after which it is glued to the base. It is best to cut a package so that it goes a little by the edges, from the wrong side the material is fastened with a furniture stapler.
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The next step is the pattern of a piece of fabric for upholstery. It is done in the form of a cover, all the seams are better done with the twist, if the fabric is quite thick, and its edges do not require additional processing. This option is great for the skin, suede, some woolen thick tissues. For the rest, an ordinary case is sewn, which is then turned and tensioned on the seat. The fabric needs to be straightened, sew left part. If the pad is used for the chair, then it is possible to provide a rather original, but convenient mounting system. A tape-velcro is sewed on the seat during sewing. The second part of the velcro is attached to the cover of the pillow.
Work with the back
To conveniently work with the back, it should be disassembled. Small chairs today often make on a metal frame, from which the back is removed as the seat. The back can be solid or from 2-parts. Repair in the second case is simpler. It is not necessary to sew anything, it will be performed only replacement of packing, hauling a new cloth with the addition of buttons. As a result, your favorite chair literally transforms in front of her eyes. An example of restoration works is shown in Fig.1.
Figure 2. Upholstery fabric is desirable to select the same tones as other furniture in the house.
What is better to start restoration work? First you need to prepare the wooden base of the backrest for drying. A line and simple pencil on the back is made of rhombuses. The intersection points will be the point of attachment of buttons. At these points holes are drilled. Next, it is necessary to glue a piece of foam rubber on the back. If there is a need, the dual layer of foam rubber is made at the bottom of the back. In the foam rubber, you must carefully make holes for future buttons.
After the main part of the work is completed, it is necessary to proceed to the upholstery of both parts of the back (front and rear). The fabric is pre-exhibited, trimming are left, as they will be used to crawl off the buttons. You can use a carriage screed to tissue tissue, but you can fix the fabric to the furniture stapler. While tights should be viewed so that there are no folds left. On the front of the canvas additionally stretches with decorative buttons.
You can take various fabrics for covering the chair, but they should be durable.
In addition, the fabric should easily clean, good or artificial leather, velor suitable for work. Color is best to take the same as the rest of the chairs and sofas in the room so that the upholstery is combined with them or was performed in one tone. Another example of a renovated armchair can be viewed in Fig. 2.
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Repair of crosses
If the crusades at the chair broke or acquired a completely unsightly appearance, then it can be replaced. It will cost much cheaper than replacing individual elements that will need to buy somewhere. In order for the costs to be minimal, you can buy a plastic sovereign (such usually apply for office chairs). But since her appearance for a home chair is not quite suitable, plastic can be covered with natural or beautiful artificial leather. It is not so difficult to do it, a slice of the skin to cut down so that it tightly tighten the parts of the cross to the wheels and the vertical part. It is necessary to sew them with a special waxing thread, the color can be selected under the color of the skin or use the contrast.
Similarly, you can separate armrests so that the chair looked beautiful and harmoniously. Alone, the skin is required to strengthen with decorative cloves. If there is experience, the skin surface can be decorated with special paint. After all the individual elements for the chair are ready, you can proceed to the assembly. Buttons are made from the fabric, they are attached using a stapler or durable caprony thread from the reverse side. Next, the back of the chair is strengthened. Cross is screwed into place. On this armchair repair with their own hands is completed.
If the upholstery or armrests were broken on the beloved chair, they became ugly and scratched greatly, it is not necessary to throw it away or cover it. With its own hands, the furniture can be easily repaired, completely changing the appearance or simply replacing the upholstery. This work is simple, you only need to clearly decide what you want to do, and prepare materials.