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Restoring Chairs
Jasonb:
Upholstery tacks are another option if you don't want to do it with mechanical means, even easier with a proper hammer but small cross or ball pein will do.
I have done a few repairs using "chair doctor" which is a very liquid glue applied with a syringe that wicks into the joints and seems to hold OK, saves having to take them apart.
Roger B:
Another fun project :) :) :wine1:
I've done a few of those in the past ::)
Jo:
--- Quote from: Jasonb on May 16, 2023, 06:37:27 PM ---I have done a few repairs using "chair doctor" which is a very liquid glue applied with a syringe that wicks into the joints and seems to hold OK, saves having to take them apart.
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I have some Chair Doctor but was advised against using it as it is a one time repair glue and if these are chairs I want to keep it is better to do it properly and dismantle/re-glue the joints with standard PVA as it can be repeated again in another 20 years if they require it.
I might try using it on another table leg where the two semi-circular pieces of the wood the leg is made of seem to be parting company :headscratch:
Jo
crueby:
I tried some of that stuff last year, it turned out (at least the brand I got) to simply be a thin superglue, soaked into the grain, stuck to fingers, smelly like superglue, did not swell it much at all (this was on Cherry).
Jasonb:
The one I have used is not like superglue, probably describe it as watered down PVA but it is not.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/shop/tools/supplies/adhesives/glue/30261-chair-doctor-glue
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