How To Upholster
Author: TomSilver Total views: 10 Word Count: 334
Sooner or later when you own older furniture you're going to need to have your chairs and sofas re-upholstered. Why? Because the covering has become worn. What this means over your furniture's lifetime your piece could be upholstered several times.
You can do the upholstery work yourself. Or you can use a local upholsterer.
Revealed 7 Tips about Upholstery Instructions:
1. Firstly you need to strip your chair down to its frame. So you're left with the basic structure. Remove the old fabric, the stuffing, the springs and webbing.
2. You're going to need to remove all the old nails from the wooden frame. You'll need pliers and a hammer and a screwdriver to remove any stubborn nails.
3. Turn your chair upside down and attach the webbing. And speaking of that the webbing needs to be kept tight. You're then ready for the springs. These you should position in exact positions to ensure an even finish. Finally tie your springs together.
4. Use special canvas to cover your springs and webbing. Then tack the canvas to the sides of your chair. You'll then need to create some large stuffing loops. You're now ready to start stuffing with horse hair.
5. You need to tease the horse hair out before stuffing with it. Why? Because this increase its volume. Stuff the horse hair a little at a time. This way you ensure an even stuffing.
6. Cover your horse hair stuffing with scrim. Then tack it down. Ensure all bumps are removed. Aim to have your scrim stuffed overlaps on all four sides of the chair.
7. Your stuffing is now ready to be sown in. So sow around each side of your chair. Twice if you want to.
8. Apply more stuffed loops once you've finished stitching. Next apply some more horse hair and then cover with calico. And importantly check your seat is smooth.
9. Once your fabric is covering your chair have a 5cm overhang all the way around. Tighten the fabric and start tacking.
Your chair is now ready for use.
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Tom Silver is an expert upholsterer he has written a proven upholstery course that allows you to re-upholster your own sofas and chairs. Sign-up for his free Upholstery Tips newsletter or visit his Upholstery Instructions web site.
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