General Overview
The outdoor or patio chairs are continuously exposed to the sun and other harmful environmental elements that make them look extremely dull particularly fabric. The fabric of the patio gets fade due to the direct sunlight and tends to lose its grace that makes them look saggy as well as ripped. The only way to deal with this problem is to replace the old fabric with the new one.
Easy Steps To Replace Fabric On Patio Chairs
Easy steps to replace the fabric on the patio chair are mentioned below:
- Remove Old Covers: The first thing is to remove the old covers from the furniture to take the proper measurements in order to bring the new one according to the same dimensions.
- Choose Fabric: While making the choice ensure to choose the fabric in terms of durability because it should withstand the outdoor environmental conditions like mildew and mold.
- Fabric Color: Choose the fabric color that will suit the outdoor environment such as contemporary.
- Cut The Old Fabric: To take off the old fabric the seam needs to be cut carefully with the sharp knife.
- Cotton Batting: Check if the cotton batting is in the good condition. If it is damaged than consider replacing it as well.
- New Batting: Cut the new batting according to the old batting piece and wrap the foam with the new batting.
- Hot Glue: Apply the hot glue beneath in order to place the batting in the right position.
- New Fabric: The new fabric needs to be dropped over the ground and keep the wrong side facing in an upward direction.
- Cushion Placing: The cushion with one side bottom glued down needs to be placed on the fabric. Follow up by wrapping the other end entirely around the cushion.
- Overlap: Ensure to keep the glued edge and ending at the edge of the cushion and wrap all corners like the gift wrapping.
- Trim: The excess from all around the edges need to cut so that the folding and gluing will be easy and it’s done.