| Upholstery Repair: Repairing Small Furniture Problems |
From "Weekend Handyman"
episode WKH-105 |
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Note: Click here for a materials list and complete instructions without images.
Time: 14 hours over 2 days. Difficulty Rating: It's rated a 2 on a scale of 1 to 5.
Materials for Complete Project: Dowel pins in a variety of sizes
Carpenter's glue
Stain stick to match the finish of the chair
Rubber mallet
Bar clamps
Strap clamps
Medium sandpaper
Wood scraper
Good set of chisels
Workbench
Medium grit sandpaper
Drill
Coping saw
Rags
High quality upholstery fabric
Plywood for the new seat
Upholstery grade foam rubber for cushion
Cotton or bonded dacron wadding to cover foam
Dust cover cloth for bottom chair pad
Polyproplylene webbing
Staple puller (upholsterer's staple remover)
Webbing stretcher
Tack hammer
Slip joint pliers
Staple gun
Spray adhesive
Curved upholstery needle
Heavy-duty nylon thread
Scissors
Button replacement tool
Heavy nylon twine
Common Upholstery Repairs To replace a button, do the following: - Gather tools (in this case, the button replacement tool and heavy nylon twine).
Note: Be sure to use heavy-duty nylon twine because regular twine just isn't strong enough. - Cut off 2' of heavy-duty twine.
- Thread twine through button clasp (figure A).
- The clasp slides into channel and slips inside button replacement tool (figure B). Make sure the string is sitting in a little bump on the clasp.
- Keep tension on the string while pushing the tip of the replacement tool through the hole where the button fell off.
- Hold strings with one hand, push the plunger (figure C) of the tool to release the clasp, and then twist and pull out the replacement tool.
- String the button on and make an overhand knot with two ends.
- Tighten until the button is the same depth as the other buttons.
- Make another overhand knot to hold the button in place.
- A third knot goes below the button (figure D) to lock it.
- Snip off strings and tuck ends behind button.
To fix a broken seam (figure E), do the following: - Gather tools (in this case, the curved upholstery needle, heavy-duty nylon and scissors).
- Cut about 1' of heavy-duty nylon thread.
- Tie four to five overhand knots in one end.
- Thread the curved upholstery needle, insert the needle just beyond and into the tear (figure F), go back through top of fabric, pull tight, go back behind thread, loop through bottom fabric and pull tight.
- Repeat process and pull tight at end making several slip knots to bind -- loop needle behind last stitch and into middle of fabric and snip off flush.
RESOURCES :
Upholstery Basics (Singer Sewing Reference Library)
Model: 0865733198
Author: Creative Publishing International Editors
(October, 1997)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Creative Publishing International, Inc.
Website: www.creativepub.com
Upholstery: A Complete Course: Chairs, Sofas, Ottomans, Screens and Stools
Model: 1861081189
Author: David James
(October, 1999)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, Ltd
Easy Upholstery: Step by Step
Model: 0801986303
Author: Heather Luke
(September, 1994)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Chilton Book Company
Westchester, PA 19380
Phone: 610-738-9280
Fax: 610-738-9354
GUESTS :
David Ross
Upholsterer
David's Upholstery
3 Bridgeview Dr.
Superior, WI 54880
Phone: 715-392-9475
E-mail: tackhammer52@yahoo.com
Robert H. Ross
Upholsterer
David's Upholstery (see contact info, above)
John Sewell
Furniture Expert
David's Upholstery (see contact info, above)
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