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Kim:
Good progress on the chairs, Jo!   :ThumbsUp: :popcorn:
And on the mower too!

Kim

Jo:
A couple of weeks later, electric stapler to hand...

I mentioned I had purchased some leatherette. My friendly upholster also mentioned about using a hairdryer to remove creases or to help the fabric stretch and do not trim the covering material until after it is fitted. So having put one central staple in each side to hold the fabric taught the tricky task of stretching the leatherette not leaving any creases on the sides:



Initially I found the electric stapler could not drive the staples into the wood and that the hand stapler gave me greater control. Then I replaced the staples in the electric stapler with the shorter ones and they started going in easier. Which is better  :thinking: The hand stapler provides better control and is getting the staples in nicely but I wouldn't want to do many by hand so I think there is a place for both  :)

The untidy messy underside is hidden under some lining material:



The lining material folds under and hides under a second ring of staples.



Then it is a case of lining up the pad with the chair and screwing it back in place and amazingly I found the screw holes first time  :cartwheel:



One done, 5 more to go  :facepalm: then I will get my workshop back.

Jo

Admiral_dk:
The result looks very good from here - hope you satisfiesd with the result too Jo  :ThumbsUp:  :ThumbsUp:

Per

Kim:
Beautiful job on the chair, Jo!  You should feel quite good about that result  :ThumbsUp: ;D

Only 5 to go, eh?  They'll go faster now that you've got the process down, right?  :Lol:

Kim

Michael S.:
Good work,
so the chairs can live another 20 years and longer. When I often see good chairs being thrown away, repairing them is a good example.

Michael

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