Furnishing a house or apartment, proper placement of elements is a natural and non-alternative way of decorating the interior. A man himself cannot imagine his existence without these objects, whether it be a chair, a table or a bed. However, each thing has its own service life, and eventually fails. It’s easier for someone to throw away an old chest of drawers, a sofa that has broken, lost its appearance, has gone out of fashion. Some believe that the best solution will be the restoration of furniture.
Lovers of antiquity resort to repairs, in which even instances of 16-18 centuries can be found in the house. Refurbished items are a testament to the taste preferences of the owner. The use of old things in different styles is especially important; for these purposes, they specially give the furniture an aged look or buy their favorite models at various venues.
Furniture is not purchased for one day or even for a year; therefore, they treat it very carefully. Quality options are quite expensive, and few people can often change tables, chairs, sofas, beds. But even with the most careful attitude to objects, minor defects and sometimes serious damage cannot be avoided. In such situations, things are restored, while most parts can be restored with your own hands at home.
Experts divide the process of returning former beauty to different elements into two main types: partial and full. Any work begins with an assessment of the subject, its visual inspection. During restoration, you should adhere to certain rules:
When mold, rot is detected, it is necessary to assess the condition of the wood, is it possible to clean it and treat it with special compounds, or is it completely rotted.
As a result of temperature changes, high humidity, human activities, cracks can appear on the surface. In this case, the damaged areas are either completely removed, or processed and masked.
After removing the varnish, it is recommended to sanitize wood or other material to prevent the appearance of bugs and mold.
If there are spots on the surface that cannot be removed by standard methods, you will have to bleach the wood.
Complete restoration will require certain skills and experience from a home master. For example, when hauling armchairs or a sofa, replacing springs.
It is better to entrust the work with antique models to professionals. In this case, it will be necessary not only to replace the upholstery, some details, but also to preserve the unique style of the product.
Benefits of self-updating furniture
Most people with old furniture do not want to get rid of solid, durable products, prefer to restore them, change color, fit into the style of the existing interior. Some want to add value to an item before selling it. Whatever the motives, but to save money, both on repairs and on the purchase of new things, many prefer to do restoration work with their own hands. Such actions have a number of significant advantages, namely:
Minor, cosmetic repairs can be done using improvised tools, using the remains of wallpaper, textiles, leather, and other materials.
After a quality update, the products will last a long time, they will not yield in appearance to new models.
In the process of restoration, the owners can show their creativity, make an object that will complement any interior.
With self-restoration, a person gains experience, masters interesting tricks and methods, and subsequently can use them, perform similar actions more efficiently.
Small defects and partial restoration - solutions
With a simple, fragmented recovery, including the fight against spots, replacing the coating, strengthening the joints, any person can cope even in the absence of professional skills.The process consists of certain stages, some of which can be omitted, depending on the type of defect:
Visual inspection - assessment of the condition of the damaged place, determination of the plan and scope of work.
Dismantling - necessary for large items, consists in the removal of boxes, shelves, pens.
Any speck spoils the appearance of furniture products. Under the influence of substances that have turned into pollution, the surface of a particular object deteriorates. Therefore, it is very important to clean things from plaque, stains, blots in time. But even experienced housewives cannot boast of knowledge on how to deal with a dirty place. Consider the possible options:
For all surfaces:
Cleaning products. Before restoring an element, it is necessary to check the effect of the selected cleaner on the coating in an inconspicuous area. If a trace remains, you have to choose another method.
Table vinegar. Used to remove strong, long-standing pollution.
Pickled cabbage pickle. It acts similarly to the previous substance.
Natural wood:
Baby soap. The raw material is crushed, bred in heated water, and is applied to the dirt using soft textiles.
A mixture of lemon essential oil and water per teaspoon per glass.
Lemon juice. The squeezed fruit is mixed in half with water. Used to remove streaks.
Ammonia and water at the rate of 1: 6. Used for most types of pollution.
Polished furniture:
Raw potatoes. It is used to remove iodine drops from wooden surfaces, as well as fingerprints from lacquered furniture.
Laundry soap. It will help restore the coating after streaks from spilled liquids.
A mixture of table vinegar with olive oil.
Vegetable oil. It is applied to difficult spots.
Baby powder to remove fat.
Wax dissolved in boiling beer.
It is forbidden to use acetone, alcohol to clean polished surfaces. Upon contact with these substances, the top layer may become pale, cloudy.
Cushioned furniture:
Gasoline is used to remove grease stains.
Methyl alcohol is used if necessary to remove traces of chewing gum.
A solution of ammonia and acetic acid is applied to the dirt formed from vegetables and fruits.
Laundry soap to eliminate coffee, chocolate plaque.
Salt saves from red wine, ice - from white.
Saline solution for all types of pollution.
Scratch Removal
On a smooth surface, scratches often appear that spoil the facade of the furniture set. Therefore, they must be eliminated. There are several ways to solve the problem. Consider the most common:
Special tools:
Pencil. It will help to paint the damaged surface.
Hatch. It is poured into potholes and paints over them.
Wax for wood. It is divided into soft and hard. It is used for cosmetic purposes, in the restoration of chips.
Stain. It will help to remove any scuffs.
Folk methods:
The kernel of the nut. During friction on the surface, the cracks are filled with grains of raw materials and become invisible.
Mayonnaise. Used for natural wood. It is poured into the groove, after a few days the place is polished.
Flaxseed oil. Miscible with alcohol and applied to scratches.
Tea leaves and iodine. Used only for painting, masking.
A solution of table vinegar with vegetable oil.
Mastic. A mixed solution of wax, turpentine and alcohol at the rate of 4: 3: 1 is applied to the damaged area.
Wood chips
Getting rid of chipping is a more difficult task than removing a common scratch; there are fewer materials to solve this problem.But everyone can cope with it at home. The work can be performed using the following materials:
Visual disguise. Temporary measure. In the absence of funds for the purchase of the necessary coatings, the damage is simply painted over with the help of improvised means, for example, iodine, tea brewing.
Decorative corners, protective profile, corners. In some cases, you can simply close the defective area using special items that are often sold in specialized stores.
Putty for furniture. Not suitable for commonly used items, whether it is a countertop or a sliding element, except for expensive polyester options.
Hard furniture wax. The substance melted with a soldering iron, a lighter is applied to the damaged place with excess. After the surface is leveled, polished, varnished.
Furniture edge. There are many types from paper to plastic. It allows you to replace the old coating without a trace of repair.
Paint damage
It is quite difficult to eliminate defects in the paint and lining at home. First you need to determine the type of varnish with which the product is coated. To identify this, you must perform the following steps:
In an inconspicuous area, it is necessary to apply a drop of 10% alkaline solution. If after a few minutes the substance dissolves, then an alcohol-based varnish is applied to the surface.
Acetone is used to determine nitrolac.
If, under the action of a solvent, the upper layer does not dissolve, then the product is coated with a polyester, alkyd substance.
After determining the type of coating used, a substance corresponding in composition and color is acquired. Sites that do not require restoration work are covered with paper or petroleum jelly. Old material is removed with a solvent or sandpaper. Then apply new raw materials in several layers.
Veneering / veneering
Thanks to gluing the surface of the product with veneer, you can significantly transform old furniture, give it the appearance of expensive wood. A large selection of colors and natural patterns will allow the tattered thing to turn into an integral part of the interior, corresponding to any style. There are several veneering methods:
Hot. The veneer is glued to the subject using an adhesive solution.
Cold. The material is pressed to the base using special equipment.
Membrane An industrial method of vacuum bonding material with complex surfaces.
At home, only the first option is used. The process is as follows:
Foundation preparation. It includes the removal of accessories, the removal of the old layer of cladding, the elimination of possible defects, smoothing the surface with putty to a perfectly even state, sanding with sandpaper.
Veneer preparation. The roll is unwound, the material is moistened with a moistened sponge, covered with a cloth or wrapping paper, laid between two flat sheets of plywood, fiberboard. After drying, it becomes straight.
Veneering. On the one hand, a thin layer of glue is applied to the object and veneer, usually the manufacturer indicates the necessary brand, but is suitable on the basis of PVA. After the first coat has dried, the second is applied. The sheet is applied to the product with an iron preheated to 50 ° C, smoothed through paper. Then it is leveled by a wooden bar. Each subsequent part is overlapped by 3-4 cm.
Decoupage
A very simple and interesting method of furniture restoration, which will be interesting to do even for children. Drawings made of fabric and paper, ornaments are glued to products, varnished. There are several varieties of decoupage:
Standard. Pictures are glued on the front of the item and varnished.
Reverse. Suitable only for glass surfaces, for example, for a coffee table.The image is glued under the glass.
Volumetric In the general figure, individual elements are highlighted. To do this, some identical fragments are pasted in several layers.
Artistic. A single image is performed on the entire plane, imitating the real painting. At the same time, no boundaries are visible between the background of the subject and the picture.
Dekopatch. With the help of paper, napkins, torn into pieces, the entire front side of the product is filled.
Craquelure
For the restoration of furniture, many use the crackle technique. After the paint dries, it cracks, giving the furniture the effect of antiquity. To get cracks, use special varnishes, which are divided by the type of composition: one-step and two-step. This division is conditional, for each subspecies the number of stages is greater.
Single-phase craquelure. The coating looks like cracked paint, under the cracks of which the base layer or wood is visible. The effect is achieved due to the different drying rates of the first and second layer. However, base paint is not always used, sometimes only a colorful coating is sufficient. Craquelure varnish is applied to the surface and not completely dried for half an hour. After applying the finish layer of acrylic paint with a brush or roller. The size of the cracks will depend on the thickness of the composition.
Biphasic. Here, not paint is cracked, but lacquer applied over the finished image. This technique gives maximum resemblance to antiquity. It consists in the following, on the prepared base, the first base coat of varnish is applied, which is dried to "tack". Then everything is covered with a second layer, after it dries, the cracks are overwritten with powder, pigments. The workpiece is washed under running water and completely dried. At the final stage, it is covered with a layer of varnish.
Furniture patina
A plaque on a wooden base indicates its defeat by microorganisms, but on oak surfaces it is a sign of antiquity.It’s very difficult to get a patina in a natural way, that's why they use modern ideas - the method of artificial patting. The construction market offers several types of compositions: thick paste, liquid, facet varnish. Despite the substance used, the technology is almost the same, is as follows:
Foundation preparation. It is wiped with a metal brush, degreased.
Padding. After drying, it is rubbed with sandpaper.
Varnishing. The composition should dry completely.
Applying patting compound. It is not dried until completely dry, the excess is removed with a sponge.
The product is covered with a second layer of patina, it is left to dry.
To fix the result, transparent varnish is used.
Varnishing and polishing
Varnishing is a fairly popular type of lining of furniture. Transparent coatings protect the surface of the product from moisture and pollution, give it shine and contrast. For these purposes, oil, alcohol, and also nitro varnishes are used. A new finish may be necessary if scratches appear or if the coating has lost its original appearance. To do this, the old layer is completely removed, the base is ground, primed, varnish is applied.
The final stage of work will be the finishing polishing paste. For repainting, you can use furniture, but many prefer the automotive. The work consists in grinding a special composition with the help of felt on a varnished surface. To speed up the process, you can use a grinding machine. After the actions taken, the furniture has a mirror, shiny lining.
Inlay
One of the oldest furniture decoration techniques known since Ancient Egypt. Drawing a figured image of a tree on a tree is called intarsia. At home, performing this type of mosaic is quite difficult. The wooden plates that make up the overall picture fit tightly together and stick together.The front side is smoothed, varnished, polished.
Due to the fact that inlay is a free technique, block mosaic can be diluted with glass, stone, plastic elements. The work uses complex parts that crash into each other. The texture of the individual components may be different. The surface is painted in different colors with the help of stains, varnishes, dyes.
Complete restoration
You can give new life to various pieces of furniture with a complete restoration. It is difficult to part with your favorite things, so an absolute remake will be an urgent solution when creating a new interior. They will be pleasing to the eye for a long time, preserve traditions and history, if step by step to carry out the restoration actions outlined in the master class. Responsibly should be approached to the choice of materials for work, to prepare the surfaces well, to think over the style in advance.
Necessary materials and tools
To carry out high-quality restoration of the bedside table, chair, table, you must have certain skills and knowledge. You need to learn how to work with wood, fabrics, metal, properly use auxiliary equipment, such as glass cutters, hacksaws. You will need to stock up on the following tools:
Chisels (from 4 to 40 mm);
Set of clamps;
Plane;
Drill, drill;
Sander;
Various screwdrivers;
Hacksaw for metal;
Jigsaw;
Furniture stapler;
Stripping materials (sandpaper, piece of leather, felt).
If there are no specific skills in working with materials for restoration, it is better to start training with simple and invaluable pieces of furniture. The damaged surface of expensive structures will be very difficult to repair.
Dismantling of furniture and removal of accessories
When repairing surfaces, old furniture should only be disassembled as a last resort. One of the options for parsing is damage to the inside of the fungus, rodents.They begin the separation with the least fixed parts, which are easily removable and unscrewed. It can be metal plates, locks, doors, legs, shelves and other sliding parts.
Upholstery, soft parts are removed if studded joints are weakened. The soft casing of an old sofa or chair can be quite valuable, especially when using original fixtures. Its dismantling should be carried out with extreme caution. Complex, large-sized joints are dismantled on the floor, medium and small on a workbench, laying fabric and foam rubber under them. Before you make an effort to disconnect the elements, you must make sure that there are no fastening parts. Nails, screws are removed with special tools, glue can be removed if a little alcohol is applied to the joint.
Paint Removal
At home, you can save restored furniture from old varnish using special means. High penetration solutions and a metal spatula will help quickly clean any surface. Please note that the furniture can be processed with different types of varnish, for its safe removal you will need to choose the right solvent.
A thick layer of cracked varnish is removed by grinding. You can use plain sandpaper or a special tool. The paintwork quickly leaves under the influence of hot air from the building hair dryer.
Repair external damage
Quite often, furniture needs repair due to a defect in the front surfaces. The cause of external flaws may be careless handling during operation, transportation, misuse, normal wear and tear. To eliminate various types of damage, solutions suitable for a particular case are used:
Dents without damage to wood. On the surface of the recess is carried out with an effort with a chisel, with a knife several times along the fibers.After stripping, cover the dent with a damp cloth, and dry it with an iron.
Nicks with the destruction of a tree. The defective place of the cabinet is cleared with a chisel, covered with a pre-prepared patch of plywood, solid wood. For bonding, you can use resin glue, urea resins. After 2-3 hours, the repaired area can be prepared for the finish.
Elimination of peeling of plywood from the base. Repair is very difficult, especially if the veneering is done with urea resins. It will be necessary to cut the planed part and clean the old adhesive solution, then introduce the resin and hardener. When using bone gum, glue, it is enough to press and heat the electric tool.
Close-up of through cracks in a tree. Degrease the contaminated surface of the crack and introduce a 10% solution of oxalic acid. After 30 minutes, the resin is poured and tightened with a clamp.
Elimination of small holes, roughness, scratches. More often use adhesive putty. Before applying, clean the defective place, after - stand for 30 minutes and grind;
Repair of surfaces affected by pests. Sodium fluoride is used to eliminate such defects. The solution is injected into the affected area and wiped the surface. After exposure, the lesion site is closed with paraffin.
Finishing preparation
Finishing is a very simple job, but it must go through several stages, starting with preparing the surfaces. If the work will take place at home, you should prepare a room for such a procedure. There should be no debris and dust, since during the coating small particles can settle on the varnished surface and spoil the appearance of the product.
After the room is prepared, you can move on to the wood itself. All parts walls should be well sanded. You can remove the resulting dust with a rag or vacuum cleaner.For the best adhesion of the varnish use a primer.
Topcoat application
There are many types of paints and varnishes. They differ in composition, drying time. For application, you can use any tool. Depending on the type of material and its properties, choose one of the following tools:
Brush. Use when working with oil compositions. The layer should be as thin as possible, so the brush must be periodically squeezed. So that air bubbles do not appear, polish should be smoothly.
Tampon. Suitable for alcohol-based varnishes. The material is applied by rapid movements along the fibers. It is necessary to ensure that the edges of the strokes do not find each other, otherwise the color will be heterogeneous.
Airbrush. Suitable for any formulations. Allows you to process the surface of any shape with high quality with minimal time. The device should be kept at the same distance from the wood, moving at the same speed.
Hardware installation and product assembly
After the restoration of the elements and technical endurance, they begin to assemble. At the initial stage, preliminary installation is carried out. Check the density of the stud joints, prepare wooden gaskets, clamps, clamping belts.
The final assembly is carried out by gluing all the structural elements with a carpentry mixture. Hot glue is applied with a brush, connect the wood and pull together. Excess glue must protrude from the joints. Under pressure, the furniture is left for 12 hours, then another day. Only now can we start applying decor, installing accessories, hanging doors.
The accessories responsible for the ease of use of furniture and functionality are installed last. If the old holes are loosened, they must be updated, repaired and new drilled.
Features of restoration with the replacement of elements
It is advisable to restore only high-quality wooden furniture.In some cases, surface repair is indispensable; one or several structural elements must be completely changed. It can be a leg of a chair, a chest of drawers, a broken door of a kitchen set, a crumbled drawer. If the part is whole, has at least a part of the mount, it can be built up and glued with epoxy glue.
When the furniture cannot be saved by gluing, you will have to make a new, the same part of the structure. Most often, complete replacement of parts requires chairs, chairs, tables, shelves, cabinets. It is necessary to select wood of identical structure, to make new fastenings on your own.
Nuances of restoration of upholstered furniture
Most often, repair involves replacing the upholstery. You can pick up identical material or replace it with any other, for example, genuine, artificial leather. Remove the old coating, check the condition of the stuffing material, perform the cutting of the new casing and mount it in place.
Most models of sofas and armchairs have sliding mechanisms. Their breakdown sometimes requires a complete analysis of upholstered furniture for appropriate repairs. It may also require repair of bars, reinforcement. If frame repair is needed, the entire structure must also be disconnected.
Furniture Care Tips
You can delay the need for restoration as much as possible if you properly and timely care for the furniture. Constructions from various materials need certain care:
Cushioned furniture. Items covered with a cloth are cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, steam cleaner, and special chemicals. The leather upholstery is wiped with a damp cloth, then treated with water-repellent impregnation;
Wooden. Wipe off dust with a dry cloth only. You can restore shine with lemon oil. Small scratches are wiped with a colored wax crayon or a special pencil;
Polished. It requires particularly careful care, wiping with felt cloth and applying a polish.Replace the product with simple burdock oil;
Cabinet of MDF, particleboard. The wood is protected by a decorative waterproof layer, so the furniture tolerates contact with moisture, cleaning products. Do not use powders and brushes to clean glossy surfaces, iron hardware.
Conclusion
Buying new furniture is not always a rational decision when breaking old. In some cases, restoration can be much cheaper. For antique, beloved items, repair is the only option to extend life. Any element of a wooden structure that has not lost its strength can be qualitatively updated using a variety of technologies.
Furnishing a house or apartment, proper placement of elements is a natural and non-alternative way of decorating the interior. A man himself cannot imagine his existence without these objects, whether it be a chair, a table or a bed. However, each thing has its own service life, and eventually fails. It’s easier for someone to throw away an old chest of drawers, a sofa that has broken, lost its appearance, has gone out of fashion. Some believe that the best solution will be the restoration of furniture.
Lovers of antiquity resort to repairs, in which even instances of 16-18 centuries can be found in the house. Refurbished items are a testament to the taste preferences of the owner. The use of old things in different styles is especially important; for these purposes, they specially give the furniture an aged look or buy their favorite models at various venues.
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Features of furniture restoration
Furniture is not purchased for one day or even for a year; therefore, they treat it very carefully. Quality options are quite expensive, and few people can often change tables, chairs, sofas, beds. But even with the most careful attitude to objects, minor defects and sometimes serious damage cannot be avoided. In such situations, things are restored, while most parts can be restored with your own hands at home.
Experts divide the process of returning former beauty to different elements into two main types: partial and full. Any work begins with an assessment of the subject, its visual inspection. During restoration, you should adhere to certain rules:
Benefits of self-updating furniture
Most people with old furniture do not want to get rid of solid, durable products, prefer to restore them, change color, fit into the style of the existing interior. Some want to add value to an item before selling it. Whatever the motives, but to save money, both on repairs and on the purchase of new things, many prefer to do restoration work with their own hands. Such actions have a number of significant advantages, namely:
Small defects and partial restoration - solutions
With a simple, fragmented recovery, including the fight against spots, replacing the coating, strengthening the joints, any person can cope even in the absence of professional skills.The process consists of certain stages, some of which can be omitted, depending on the type of defect:
Stains and dirt
Any speck spoils the appearance of furniture products. Under the influence of substances that have turned into pollution, the surface of a particular object deteriorates. Therefore, it is very important to clean things from plaque, stains, blots in time. But even experienced housewives cannot boast of knowledge on how to deal with a dirty place. Consider the possible options:
For all surfaces:
Natural wood:
Polished furniture:
Cushioned furniture:
Scratch Removal
On a smooth surface, scratches often appear that spoil the facade of the furniture set. Therefore, they must be eliminated. There are several ways to solve the problem. Consider the most common:
Special tools:
Folk methods:
Wood chips
Getting rid of chipping is a more difficult task than removing a common scratch; there are fewer materials to solve this problem.But everyone can cope with it at home. The work can be performed using the following materials:
Paint damage
It is quite difficult to eliminate defects in the paint and lining at home. First you need to determine the type of varnish with which the product is coated. To identify this, you must perform the following steps:
After determining the type of coating used, a substance corresponding in composition and color is acquired. Sites that do not require restoration work are covered with paper or petroleum jelly. Old material is removed with a solvent or sandpaper. Then apply new raw materials in several layers.
Veneering / veneering
Thanks to gluing the surface of the product with veneer, you can significantly transform old furniture, give it the appearance of expensive wood. A large selection of colors and natural patterns will allow the tattered thing to turn into an integral part of the interior, corresponding to any style. There are several veneering methods:
At home, only the first option is used. The process is as follows:
Decoupage
A very simple and interesting method of furniture restoration, which will be interesting to do even for children. Drawings made of fabric and paper, ornaments are glued to products, varnished. There are several varieties of decoupage:
Craquelure
For the restoration of furniture, many use the crackle technique. After the paint dries, it cracks, giving the furniture the effect of antiquity. To get cracks, use special varnishes, which are divided by the type of composition: one-step and two-step. This division is conditional, for each subspecies the number of stages is greater.
Furniture patina
A plaque on a wooden base indicates its defeat by microorganisms, but on oak surfaces it is a sign of antiquity.It’s very difficult to get a patina in a natural way, that's why they use modern ideas - the method of artificial patting. The construction market offers several types of compositions: thick paste, liquid, facet varnish. Despite the substance used, the technology is almost the same, is as follows:
Varnishing and polishing
Varnishing is a fairly popular type of lining of furniture. Transparent coatings protect the surface of the product from moisture and pollution, give it shine and contrast. For these purposes, oil, alcohol, and also nitro varnishes are used. A new finish may be necessary if scratches appear or if the coating has lost its original appearance. To do this, the old layer is completely removed, the base is ground, primed, varnish is applied.
The final stage of work will be the finishing polishing paste. For repainting, you can use furniture, but many prefer the automotive. The work consists in grinding a special composition with the help of felt on a varnished surface. To speed up the process, you can use a grinding machine. After the actions taken, the furniture has a mirror, shiny lining.
Inlay
One of the oldest furniture decoration techniques known since Ancient Egypt. Drawing a figured image of a tree on a tree is called intarsia. At home, performing this type of mosaic is quite difficult. The wooden plates that make up the overall picture fit tightly together and stick together.The front side is smoothed, varnished, polished.
Due to the fact that inlay is a free technique, block mosaic can be diluted with glass, stone, plastic elements. The work uses complex parts that crash into each other. The texture of the individual components may be different. The surface is painted in different colors with the help of stains, varnishes, dyes.
Complete restoration
You can give new life to various pieces of furniture with a complete restoration. It is difficult to part with your favorite things, so an absolute remake will be an urgent solution when creating a new interior. They will be pleasing to the eye for a long time, preserve traditions and history, if step by step to carry out the restoration actions outlined in the master class. Responsibly should be approached to the choice of materials for work, to prepare the surfaces well, to think over the style in advance.
Necessary materials and tools
To carry out high-quality restoration of the bedside table, chair, table, you must have certain skills and knowledge. You need to learn how to work with wood, fabrics, metal, properly use auxiliary equipment, such as glass cutters, hacksaws. You will need to stock up on the following tools:
Dismantling of furniture and removal of accessories
When repairing surfaces, old furniture should only be disassembled as a last resort. One of the options for parsing is damage to the inside of the fungus, rodents.They begin the separation with the least fixed parts, which are easily removable and unscrewed. It can be metal plates, locks, doors, legs, shelves and other sliding parts.
Upholstery, soft parts are removed if studded joints are weakened. The soft casing of an old sofa or chair can be quite valuable, especially when using original fixtures. Its dismantling should be carried out with extreme caution. Complex, large-sized joints are dismantled on the floor, medium and small on a workbench, laying fabric and foam rubber under them. Before you make an effort to disconnect the elements, you must make sure that there are no fastening parts. Nails, screws are removed with special tools, glue can be removed if a little alcohol is applied to the joint.
Paint Removal
At home, you can save restored furniture from old varnish using special means. High penetration solutions and a metal spatula will help quickly clean any surface. Please note that the furniture can be processed with different types of varnish, for its safe removal you will need to choose the right solvent.
A thick layer of cracked varnish is removed by grinding. You can use plain sandpaper or a special tool. The paintwork quickly leaves under the influence of hot air from the building hair dryer.
Repair external damage
Quite often, furniture needs repair due to a defect in the front surfaces. The cause of external flaws may be careless handling during operation, transportation, misuse, normal wear and tear. To eliminate various types of damage, solutions suitable for a particular case are used:
Finishing preparation
Finishing is a very simple job, but it must go through several stages, starting with preparing the surfaces. If the work will take place at home, you should prepare a room for such a procedure. There should be no debris and dust, since during the coating small particles can settle on the varnished surface and spoil the appearance of the product.
After the room is prepared, you can move on to the wood itself. All parts walls should be well sanded. You can remove the resulting dust with a rag or vacuum cleaner.For the best adhesion of the varnish use a primer.
Topcoat application
There are many types of paints and varnishes. They differ in composition, drying time. For application, you can use any tool. Depending on the type of material and its properties, choose one of the following tools:
Hardware installation and product assembly
After the restoration of the elements and technical endurance, they begin to assemble. At the initial stage, preliminary installation is carried out. Check the density of the stud joints, prepare wooden gaskets, clamps, clamping belts.
The final assembly is carried out by gluing all the structural elements with a carpentry mixture. Hot glue is applied with a brush, connect the wood and pull together. Excess glue must protrude from the joints. Under pressure, the furniture is left for 12 hours, then another day. Only now can we start applying decor, installing accessories, hanging doors.
The accessories responsible for the ease of use of furniture and functionality are installed last. If the old holes are loosened, they must be updated, repaired and new drilled.
Features of restoration with the replacement of elements
It is advisable to restore only high-quality wooden furniture.In some cases, surface repair is indispensable; one or several structural elements must be completely changed. It can be a leg of a chair, a chest of drawers, a broken door of a kitchen set, a crumbled drawer. If the part is whole, has at least a part of the mount, it can be built up and glued with epoxy glue.
When the furniture cannot be saved by gluing, you will have to make a new, the same part of the structure. Most often, complete replacement of parts requires chairs, chairs, tables, shelves, cabinets. It is necessary to select wood of identical structure, to make new fastenings on your own.
Nuances of restoration of upholstered furniture
Most often, repair involves replacing the upholstery. You can pick up identical material or replace it with any other, for example, genuine, artificial leather. Remove the old coating, check the condition of the stuffing material, perform the cutting of the new casing and mount it in place.
Most models of sofas and armchairs have sliding mechanisms. Their breakdown sometimes requires a complete analysis of upholstered furniture for appropriate repairs. It may also require repair of bars, reinforcement. If frame repair is needed, the entire structure must also be disconnected.
Furniture Care Tips
You can delay the need for restoration as much as possible if you properly and timely care for the furniture. Constructions from various materials need certain care:
Conclusion
Buying new furniture is not always a rational decision when breaking old. In some cases, restoration can be much cheaper. For antique, beloved items, repair is the only option to extend life. Any element of a wooden structure that has not lost its strength can be qualitatively updated using a variety of technologies.