Antique Furniture

Fixing Loose Chairs

If you’ve ever owned old, or even newer, wooden chairs the chances are excellent that you’ve experienced problems with their coming apart. This is especially true if you live in an area where you need heat in the winter or experience cyclical low humidity. The problem experienced with wooden chairs occurs as a result of the wood drying out as a due to a lack of moisture in the air and the subsequent failure of the glue that had been applied to the joints when the chair was assembled. When this happens, having a chair’s joints become loose and wobbly is annoying at best, very inconvenient and can be downright dangerous.

If you have this problem, and many of us do, the video we have chosen will help you to rectify it. In it there are a number of interesting, practical an useful tips about how to do this useful task quickly and easily. You’ll learn how to correctly tag and identify the components of each joint so they can be put back together properly (You would be amazed how many wrong ways there are to do it!). You’ll also learn how to simply, effectively and cheaply clamp the chair legs tightly so the glue can dry and not be disturbed. The correct glue to use for this purpose is very important. You will take away from the video which one of the many glues that are available should be used and why it’s correct for this particular application.

The appearance of furniture is always important if you are using it in your home. Sloppy, amateurish repair jobs are unacceptable. So it shouldn’t be apparent to the casual eye that repairs have been made. You will learn how to accomplish that professionally done look too.

To view the video click on the link below.

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