Furniture Repair

Step One: Well now that the chair has been glued and we have let it dry overnight, we need to work on the break area. It needs to be sanded down so it's flush and we can get some filler in there. So lets use some 220 grit sandpaper and sand any uneven areas of the break. Think about it like one half of a draw bridge being raised, this is what we want to fix. If you run your hand across the break, you should feel a gap, but you shouldn't feel and un-evenness.

Here is what the chair looked like after we sanded and filled it. It looks pretty bad at the moment.


 

Here is the area where the chair connects to the back. This was missing a huge chunk of wood, so we had to form this big chunk of putty to fit here.





 

Step Two: Now there are a ton of tools to use for touchup, just pick something that you are familiar with. For this I am going to use some powdered paints with lacqover for the liquid agent. First I will add a darker base color to all effected areas and go from there.

<This is the touch-up paint I will use on the chair.

The Problem.

There is really no way for me to teach someone how to do this over the Internet. So I'm not going to even try. Basically, you need to practice and then practice some more. I will post the finished pictures on the next page. Good luck!

Touch Up Part 2 - Finished Product...