Always rub with the grain of the wood.
Restoring old dining room chairs.
Restoring antique or worn wooden furniture will improve the aesthetic value of the piece while protecting it against future damage.
Except of course when that furniture is dining room chairs and it s old and beat up and not very pretty anymore.
Begin sanding your chair with 100 or 120 grit sandpaper to remove any old paint or varnish.
Unless the piece is an american masterpiece of antique furniture or finished with a hand painted technique some finishes are actually lesser woods painted to look like a tiger oak or bird s eye maple for example and those techniques add value when they stay in place over time cleaning and or restoring the piece may actually do you more good than harm when it comes to value.
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This expert advice will help you understand the options when res.
Step 1 how to restore a dining chair.
Even if you ve purchased a new dining room set or just new chairs for your set you may find it difficult to throw out those old chairs.
It s so hard sometimes to part with things particularly furniture.
The matching chairs need a bit more repair so they are hanging out in our basement for now until i get around to dealing with them.
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Begin with an old chair frame.
For frames in good condition continue to step 5.
Use an electric sander if you have one to make the job go by quicker.
Using a temporary fabric pen trace a line three inches out from the seat and cushion.
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Well here we are more than a year later and i decided it was finally time to refinish the table.
So we set them up in our dining room scuffs and all and called it good.
Cut new fabric place your foam and seat on top of your new fabric.
However you will most likely need to sand the legs and any backing of the chair by hand since the sander cannot get into any grooves and other details.
How to restore the wood finish on a dining room table.
Wood can almost always be restored and refinished to become something you love.
How to re cover a dining room chair.
But there s great news and that is this fact.
With about 3 hours of work these antique chairs have been given new life.