Viennese chair - the most simple in design and quite easy to use. Its history Viennese chair starts from the middle of the nineteenth century. He invented his master from Vienna Michael Thonet.
Chairs Thonet brothers in Vienna Museum
He introduced the production technology of bent fallow wood. Already at that time, it has gained immense popularity among various segments of society. Manufactured by Thonet chairs, and was called the No 14 chair. The popularity of this product at a time can be compared with the popular Ikea furniture nowadays.
Restoration of the Viennese chair with his hands with the replacement of the backrest, which is reincarnated old chair in the modern piece of furniture
Restoration of the Viennese chair with his hands will not cause any problems for the reason that it is quite easy to produce. The chair consists of two arcs that are combined with the rear legs, seat formed in a circle, the front feet and ten screws. That's the whole design of the Viennese chair. The second reason for the restoration of the Viennese chair that is quite old, and therefore quite strong thing. Once she gets a second life, it will last for a long time even in the home or at the cottage. The third reason is purely practical. If you learn how to restore old furniture, it is possible to organize workshops on the restoration of bentwood chairs with their hands. It can be work, which will bring significant income.
A series of "new retro" is to give the antique chair original appearance
Before the restoration is necessary to prepare the following tools for the job.
- Hammer.
- Clamp.
- Staples, stapler.
- Screwdriver.
- Screwdriver.
- Wooden mallet.
- Sandpaper solvent.
Tools for the restoration of chairs
Materials required for:
- nails;
- screws;
- foam;
- glue;
- solvent;
- paint.
Content
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1 Completing of the work
- 1.1 grinding parts
- 2 Repair chair mounts
- 3 frame assembly
- 4 Paint frame (decorating)
- 5 Video: repair bentwood chairs
- 6 50 ideas restoration bentwood chairs with their hands:
Completing of the work
It looked like an old chair before restoration
First you need to clean up a chair from the dirt and dust. Already with the possible peeling paintwork. Not recommended for too long to keep the chair in the water, the wood tends to absorb water. After washing, dry well must be a chair.
Restoration of the Viennese chair starts with visual inspection. During the examination the following possible defects:
- unsteady legs of a chair;
Lower progam, The broken at the top of
- cracked or chipped lacquer coating on a chair;
Damage to the outside of the seat frame
- He has worn the seat material.
Damage to the chair back elements
To repair the chair legs it needs to be disassembled completely. For a successful and rapid assembly of the chair must be parsed to mark the details to remember the order of attachment parts to each other. Here are possible options.
Dismantling parts of the chair
The legs are fixed on the basis of a thorn - groove. In this case, you must gently shake the legs of the fasteners. Likewise removable back and seat.
Much faster and easier to disassemble the chair, assembled on the screws. His disassemble screwdriver, using oil to lubricate screws. Using screws of oil will get out much easier and faster. Then you do not have to exert considerable effort to the screwdriver.
We begin to dismantle the chair for restoration
chair parts can be glued together. Clay can be warm in two ways. Heat place glued parts hairdryer or cloth soaked in hot water. In any case the adhesive becomes softer. Details of the chair easily separate from each other.
The next stage - the restoration of structural elements. You need to remove the deep cracks, chips, places that are heavily damaged by insects. Deep cracks must be filled with glue and pull the seat clamps. Small chips or fine cracks are filled with glue and tape are pulled together. A mixture of sawdust and glue can be removed very large chips or cracks. After that, the details should be dry.
The defect of the outer part of the seat frame eliminate epoxy putty
grinding parts
First, coarse sandpaper removes the top layer of dirt and paint to the tree
Grinding is done either sander or by hand. Initially, parts are ground coarse sandpaper, then fine.
Using the sander can be sanded outer surface of the seat
The process is considered complete when the surface of the parts will be perfectly smooth and completely free of old varnish and paint.
Zashpaklevyvaem small dent and chipped special putty for wood
After the filler has dried, sanded again the entire chair fine sandpaper
Repair chair mounts
The ends of the worn parts belonging to each other in the compound saw through a few centimeters deep. Then, a wedge is driven therebetween. Thus, the extended part closely sits on the seat.
When working with antiques made thin hole in the joint compound. Then introduced carpenter's glue. Wedge do if excessive wear spike. Wedge is made from wood chips, lubricated with glue. It must be inserted in the hole together with the part in the assembly process.
frame assembly
Spreadable thick adhesive layer on the seat frame and clamping the workpiece to be bonded clamps
Glued all the details. Bonding fixed place.
Getting to assembly and bonding of the chair
Older padding is removed so that it could be used as a pattern. Made new upholstery. The material selected for any taste or color. It can be made of cloth, leather or any other. It is important to take into account the combination of color and upholstery of the chair frame color. If these problems occur, use a combination of color map.
Cut foam for soft sitting on a chair
Then, the seat foam shape to be cut. Foam rests on the seat, the top material is stretched and fastened by a stapler or other means.
Cushioning of the seat soft chenille
Painted Viennese chair with upholstered Seats
Paint frame (decorating)
If you want to keep the tree drawing, you need to cover the stained chair
All dried out carcass products can be processed in any way. This may be a paint, stain, varnish and gold leaf.
Chair after painting stain
The dried skeleton screws or metal corners attached seat. Now Viennese chair ready for use for its intended purpose in a new form.
The last stage - covering a chair with varnish
Native line, confirming the original origin
Portrait of a girl sitting on a chair Vienna
Video: repair bentwood chairs
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