Re-upholstery

I picked t I've been looking for one for a w As you can see the fabric on it is pretty nasty and the wooden frame is badly worn. I decided to invest in some decent upholstery scissors for t I'll leave a link to t I'm really happy with them. First I used the thread snips to remove the fabric on the back of the chair. That revealed the wooden frame on the inside w The backrest was a shaped piece of hardboard and on it was a date stamp, 26th of April 1979. Perhaps that's when it left the factory. The rest of the fabric was held in place with staples and I worked those loose one by one with a screwdriver. And then I pulled them out with my pincers. Underneath the fabric was some wadding w It was held on with some glue at the top but the rest came off easily. There were a couple of buttons w Next I removed the screws w There were yet more staples to remove and more foam to replace but underneath there were some strips of rubber supporting the seat w They were still nice and tight with all of the fabric removed I could start cleaning up the wooden frame of the chair. I used a card scraper to remove what was left of the old finish and it came off pretty easily. Fortunately all of the glue joints on the frame of the chair were still nice and solid. T I used my carbide scraper tools to get into all of the awkward to reach areas. You can find links to a lot of the tools I used in the description box below if you're interested. With all the finish removed I sanded the frame by hand with some 100 grit paper to smooth everyt Next I decided to stain the chair frame and I wanted it to be pretty dark and I had some of t After applying it with a brush I wiped away any excess with a cotton cloth. For finish I decided to use some hard wax oil w I applied two coats as thinly as possible as per the instructions on the tin and I really I ordered two pieces of foam on eBay, the seller cut it to the size I wanted and it arrived a couple of days later. The cost was u00a323. For the seat pad I could use the old foam as a template to mark up the shape with a sharpie pen. And I cut out the shape at the bandsaw w I also bought some fabric on eBay, the cost of t Here I'm cutting out three pieces, one for the seat pad, one for the back of the backrest and one for the front of the backrest and there'll be a little bit left over for a future project too. Starting with the seat pad I could place the wadding w T I stapled the middle of the front edge and then pulled the fabric taught and did the middle of the back edge and then I concentrated on getting the corners neat and tidy and t I then did the sides and then the back corners. So far so good and I sat down to test out the new foam and it felt pretty good. Then I could secure the seat frame back onto the chair frame by re-adding the screws. Next I'd work on the backrest. I started by measuring the bottom w I could then position the foam in place and use the backrest as a template to mark up the perfect shape for the foam and then again I cut away the excess. Again I re-added the old wadding and then I added the new fabric and stapling the top edge seemed to be the best place to start so that's what I did. Before securing the sides I wanted to add the buttons and I bought some new black velvet buttons again on eBay. These were just u00a33 and I had some good quality thread and a leather needle already from a previous project when I made a wallet out of some salvaged leather a couple of years ago. I thought that the black would look really nice on top of the mustard to make a bit of a feature of the buttons. I threaded the needle and then I added a large washer to the end of the thread to stop it pulling through the hole at the back. And then I could thread the button on. I then secured the thread to the washer at the back and to get the right level of tension that I wanted on the buttons I cut a couple of pieces of the foam to wedge in between the washers and the backrest. I could then secure the fabric at the sides. And when I got down to where the arms are t I could then tuck the fabric underneath and secure it with staples to the bottom of the frame. And then I could work on getting the top corners nice and tidy. The final piece of fabric to be added was for the back and for t I chose black to match the buttons. T I've never used t You basically just add in the tacks wherever there's a gap. And after doing the top I did the sides. I deliberately left a small gap at the corners the width of one of the tacks so that I could add another one there. At the bottom corners I cut away a bit of the fabric and secured the bottom with more staples. And then I worked on tidying up the corners. That's the chair complete and it isn't perfect but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out to be honest and it now looks really good in our office. I can now sit here and watch the birds come and go w But I do need one more the total cost of t I hope you enjoyed the video, please subscribe to my channel for more weekly woodworking videos. If you'd