5 Easy Steps Of Fixing Curved Bottom Of A Rocking Chair
One of the weak spot or vulnerable point as far as the bottom of rocking chairs is concerned is its round, arch design. You in all likelihood would have seen antique rocking chairs having wire enclosed in paper or soft material around the curved part where it has split. The problem arises due to the reason that there is a lot of stress on wood grain patterns, and the fact that wood grain won't go along with a curve. The spot where the curve begins to diverge away from the grain pattern breaks the curved bottom as it fails to resist to the stress. With the help of a modern wood glue, you can easily fix that split or break almost as good as new. To fix the curved bottom of a rocking chair from any splits, go through the below-mentioned steps carefully:
- Turn The Chair Upside Down: First of all, you need to turn the chair in such a way that its bottom is facing up. Clean out the split, with the help of a wire brush. After that, get rid of all the debris, grit, splinters or even old nails where you have failed to fix the split previously. With the help of diagonal pliers, eliminate any wire, nails or staples.
- Insert A Putty Knife: The next step is to put in a putty knife into the split if in case it is narrow. Move the putty knife smoothly inside the split in order to clean it out and make sure that there are no foreign objects or splinters that will stop it from closing.
- Inject Wood Glue: After that, apply wood glue into the split, with the help of the head of the glue bottle. If in case the split is very wide or even separated, put or spread the glue directly to both sides of the split. Stop spreading the glue as soon as it emerges out of both sides of the split.
- Place Clamps: Now, put down the clamps side by side through both sides of the split. Perform in turn repeatedly one on top, and the other on the side. Get as many clamps as you possibly can on the split. Secure them as long as the glue seeps out the length of the split. Wait for the whole night in order to make the glue dry.
- Remove The Clamps: Finally, it is time to take out the clamps. Eliminate all the residual, dried glue with the help of a putty knife. Then, sand the area smoothly, with the help of a 100-grit sandpaper. Color the area using a stain marker that exactly matches the wood.