Overtighten the chair with his hands: step by step guide

Hauling furniture the hands - the laborious, lengthy process that requires extensive experience and skills. For this reason, many people simply throw away old furniture, not knowing that it can be restored with his own hands. If you know how to work well with his hands and have a rich imagination, hauling the chair with his hands will not be difficult, especially if you follow the instructions.

Benefits waist chair with his hands

Making something with your own hands - a fascinating process that allows you to expand your creativity. Not for nothing in an age of manufactured products, made by hand, are valued higher than the factory counterparts. This sort of thing is bound to attract the attention of visitors, will decorate your interior.

Deciding to make constriction own old armchair, you are free in the choice of finishing materials, but also can save on buying a new chair. Any design, texture, the only limit - your imagination and the imagination. And personally made things a lot nicer and closer than store bought.

The choice of fabrics, attention to detail

When choosing finishing materials, first of all, it is necessary to pay attention to how to pull the chair, as well as indicators of strength and durability.

1. For the living room is perfect leather or fabric with a distinct pattern: a tapestry or jacquard. Properly selected material will show visitors a good taste of the owners home and keep a good appearance for a long time.
   

   The color scheme for the upholstery material - leather

   

   Samples of fabric for upholstery furniture restoration

2. For a child's room will suit the most durable and easy-care fabrics. Such properties possess a flock or Chenille - they are easily cleaned from various contaminants.
   

   Chenille density and good strength, high wear resistance, naturalness

3. If you have pets such as a dog or cat, a flock fit perfectly. This material is resistant to scratches and holes from the sharp claws.
   

   Flock - a versatile non-woven textiles with typical nap on the front side

4. If the room where the chair, many smokers will stand, then the best choice would be a material that is resistant to absorption of odors - Chenille.

By selecting a suitable upholstery material, pay attention to the existence of a special impregnation. It will prolong the life, simplify fabric care. So before you buy check with the seller, the presence of impregnation.

The necessary toolbox

Consider a set of tools, which is necessary for the constriction of the chair. Pre-cook them so as not to lose too much time.

Furniture stapler - primary working tool, whereby padding is attached to the frame. You can buy it in any hardware or hardware store, at a low price. By the stapler need to buy a special bracket of the appropriate size. It is better to take them with a store, it was not necessary to interrupt the work process.

Foam or batting - if the old filling has lost its former elasticity, you must replace it with a new one. Sold in hardware or home improvement store.

Flat-blade screwdriver or mount for the dismantling of the old staples.

Hammer, pliers, tailors scissors, wrench - all that will be needed to complete the assembly and disassembly of the chair.

Sewing machine, tailor's chalk or a piece of soap, sew new upholstery.

Wire brush, large and small sandpaper - to update the external wooden elements, as well as varnish or paint color desired.

Dismantling chair before restoration

Preparing a full set of tools, you can proceed to the analysis of the old chairs. First of all, you need to put it on the back to get to the bottom. Use a screwdriver to unscrew the legs and wooden armrests, if they are available.

Parse the bottom, which we remove the old guard. Conveniently hook the them using a flat screwdriver and finally removed with the mount. Remove the upholstery of the bottom, we need to get to the back of the seat. After that, we begin to remove the old upholstery with pliers. It is important to do everything with extreme caution, since padding is required for cutting out new tissue.

To simplify the process, it is necessary to mark a sequence of steps, it is useful when reassembling. You can also note some detail where he was, not to be confused. Since padding is attached brackets, remove them using a flat screwdriver and mount.

After dismantling the old fabric can evaluate the quality of the packing. If foam yellowed, became crumble, it is better to replace it with a new one. If you just lost the form, you can add a new layer of foam or batting at the top. Where were the fasteners should remove them for a better fit lining or filler.

The process of tailoring a new chair

The next step is to use a tape measure to take measurements of the old upholstery, are recorded separately. Then we go to the store and buy the appropriate size canvas. At this point you can choose to your taste material, texture, pattern. It is advisable to take the web by 10% more than the required length. Superfluous in any case can be cut off, but if the length is not enough, doshit will not succeed. specifically take more tissue to combine drawing on all elements of the seat fabric with a pattern.

Place the old parts of upholstery on fabric, outlining their tailor's chalk, leaving a small margin.

If the fabric is woven or a nap, note the correct direction of the nap: from top to bottom and back to front.

To create decorative folds mark the fabric folds and use the sewing machine. Before sewing each secure element on the seat frame by means of pins, check to see how it will look in the finished form. After a series of tests and experiments can proceed to the final sewing. Cutting all the details and bring them to befit the mind can proceed to the waist.

Padding: step by step guide

Before re-assembly and constriction should update the external elements of wood. By removing old paint using a wire brush or a large sandpaper. After you clean these parts with fine sandpaper and cover with varnish or paint of your choice.

Once again, try on all the furniture elements with the help of pins, if everything fits, you can proceed to the slinky. The process starts from the place where you left the chair disassembly. Fasten one end parts to the frame with staples from the center, leaving the edges a distance of 10 centimeters. Securing, stretch the fabric on the front side, check the absence of folds. If everything is in order, we pull it and fasten the remaining side. Again, check the appearance. If everything is in order to fasten the edge of the upholstery frame.

The same principle fasten all the elements of the chair, following the reverse order of disassembly. As a result, the fabric will be completely all round chair, and all edges are tucked.

Full hauling furniture can take a lot of time, but the most important thing in this process is in a hurry. It is important to note that different chairs its own characteristics, so in many details have to understand yourself. The final result definitely will pay all efforts to the waist and will please you for a long time.

Restoring backrest

We consider separately the backrest repair, if for some reason had broken. After the complete dismantling of the upholstery is necessary to determine the cause of failure. It can be loosened bolts fasteners to be tightened.

1. If the frame is present the crack, you can try to find a similar item and replace the broken. Or own a new carve wood.
2. If the cause of failure has become a weakened ribbon ties, it is necessary to tighten it. To remove one of the edges of the tape and uniformly stretch the then fastened using staples.
3. If the tapes lost former properties, it is necessary to replace them with new ones. The remaining excess cut off with scissors, so as not to spoil the appearance after the constriction. Get a nice chair inexpensively.

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