If on your old dresser there were cracks, and at favourite chair the upholstery has burst, it is possible to buy new furniture. But if the deteriorated objects are expensive to you, try to return them original form with own hand. Perhaps, process will carry away you, and you will be able not only to carry out minor repair, but also to restore furniture.
It is required to you
- - solvent;
- - grinder;
- - paraffin;
- - furniture varnish;
- - fine-grained abrasive paper;
- - glue for tree;
- - furniture stapler;
- - upholstery fabric.
Instruction
1. Attentively examine affected furniture. Estimate the volume of future works. Most likely, except obvious defects like the dropped-out rails or the broken leg you will need to put surface of furniture in order or to replace the faded upholstery. Decide what materials are necessary for work and buy everything that will be required.
2. It is more convenient to sort old furniture on separate elements. Unscrew screws, remove decorative pads, brackets, handles and locks. At cabinets and dressers take out boxes, at tables unfasten table-tops.
3. All elements of wooden furniture need to be disinfected to get rid of fungus, mold, bugs wood borers. Process surface special means. Operate according to the instruction on packing. It is better to work in gloves, having provided indoors good ventilation.
4. Remove residues of old paint and varnish from surface. It can be washed away solvent or to carry out grinding by the special device. Act accurately not to damage wood. Close up deep cracks and chips special paste. After drying grind surface, trying to obtain its absolute smoothness.
5. The table-tops covered with network of small cracks can return smoothness by means of paraffin. Dissolve polished paraffin in small amount of gasoline, apply mix on surface with soft brush. Polish table-top - cracks will become imperceptible.
6. If the tree is covered with spots, has darkened and has completely changed color, it can be bleached or painted. Use small rollers – the brush leaves marks from hairs. The lost decorative elements – – replace handles, locks, metal corners similar on style. If nothing suitable was, completely change all accessories.
7. Connect the broken legs of cabinets or chairs suitable glue for tree. For the best fixing it is possible to use additional splines or struts. Insert them into one half of the broken part, apply glue and connect to the second half. After drying process the place of joint fine-grained abrasive paper.
8. The completion phase – covering of furniture is delicious. Put two varnish coats, carefully drying everyone. After drying collect furniture.
9. Replace soft upholstery of chairs and chairs. Remove fabric, check serviceability of springs. Remove old filler and replace it new. Make new upholstery on pattern remote and attach it by means of the furniture stapler.