Veneer is also easily damaged from the surface, and old veneers are often cracked, buckled, or broken, with chips or entire pieces missing. In this article, we'll discuss basic techniques to repair veneer on your wooden furniture for any at-home furniture refinishing or restoration project. ...
All types of wooden furniture have their own individual structural problems. With common sense and a few particulars, you can keep all your wooden chairs in good repair. Here's how to replace loose or broken chair parts: Loose Joints Seat frames are held by mortise-and-tenon joints (a pr...
Veneered furniture is wood furniture that has a thin layer of decorative wood on its outer surface. This veneer can become scuffed and scratched from wear and tear and may need to be refinished. Veneered furniture can be refinished like other wood furniture, as long as the veneer is not t...
How to Refinish Wood Furniture, Die-Hard Rules Regardless of “style” or “period” of the piece, I have a few “die hard” rules for stripping and refinishing ANY wood furniture. We all want your project to turn out amazing, so please remember: #1: When stripping old finishes, there ...
How To Prepare Metal Patio Furniture For Painting So now that we have the paint decided on, here’s how to go about painting outdoor metal furniture: 1. Scrape off any loose paint and rust with awire brush*. This is just to remove any loose bits that could peel off later and wreck ...
The good news is that the damage doesn’t need to be permanent, there is indeed a way to repair this and it’s not that difficult nor is there a need for any special products. Even though I was dealing with an old piece of furniture that only held sentimental value, I understand the...
You might think aside from walking and maybe riding a bike, painting wood would be a close third in the "things that are really easy to do" category. This might be the case if the wood you are painting is attached to an old barn. When...
Nothing can turn an all-around loser into a quality piece of furniture, but with a few basic repair techniques you can handle most structural furniture problems. Reinforcing Loose Joints When a joint fails, you have two problems to deal with: the immediate functional problem and the long-term...
To reinforce the break, bind the split with several wraps of fine black steel wire. On many pieces of furniture there is a ridge or a crevice at the caster point; if you wrap the wire around the leg at this point, the repair will not be obvious. If the leg doesn't have any ...
How to Repair Caning © When the caning is firmly wedged into the groove all around the opening, trim off the excess cane with a sharp chisel, set straight into the outside corner of the groove. In antique furniture, caning is usually handwoven. It is threaded through individual holes...