How To Repair And Re-glue Loose Wooden Chairs Yourself - The Right Way.

[@-EmilyGrace-]

There is something so pleasant and earnest about this guy's voice/speech pattern/tone--like the Mr. Rogers of furniture repair. Not just educational, but also calming and reassuring. Makes me feel like I can do this and don't have to be afraid of a DIY project. 😅

[@Mefunnel]

Very useful, thanks. I am restoring a 50 year + chair for the first time and this tutorial I found very informative and practical.. Wishing you every success in what you do.

[@maryharris5228]

Very helpful video!! Learned several new things about re-gluing chairs! Thank so much!

[@RidelyWalker]

Just rebuilt a classic, but wobbly, 1950 Danish cord seat dining chair following your instructions Rock solid now. Thanks for the detailed tutorial and helpful commentary.

[@LostMountainRestoration]

"Grief, sorrow, pain and misery". Love it!!

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Haha, thank you my friend!

[@leonardticsay8046]

I like how he set the expectation for possible damage before he actually started working on the chair.

[@chewbacca5986]

Thank you! Super fantastic thorough tutorial, especially for newbies 🙄(as is I). Like your style, new sub!

[@brandons8706]

Great video! On joints that I’m unable to completely disassemble but can only pull apart some because of other permanent dowels, any suggestions on how to get glue in the narrow gaps to sure up?

[@dondicey6528]

On chairs that are much older, is it likely that hide glue was used and should it (if available) be used instead of poly glue. I typically wrap the joint areas (none glue areas) with masking tape, label which also will aid in glue squeeze etc. and sometimes use a spreader clamp to assist in separating. (proper blocking on the main leg etc so nothing else will break as you mention) Nails and screws are the real nemesis. Thank you for doing these videos!

[@briarrose5208]

Thanks so much! I knew in theory how to do this, but I needed to see it done. I watched my grandfather fix chairs this way but I was only six so I missed the fine points. I still have some of those chairs. Still solid 60 years later! And I know he didn't use gorilla glue cause it wasn't invented yet. And he tied them together like a tourniquet.

[@218philip]

On a very old chair with dowels that became somewhat loose, I see the point of an exato knife tip to remove glue by scratching the dowel with the grain, this raised the grain giving the glue more surface area. I did likewise in the holes. It’s tedious but kept the union a bit tighter.

[@Wardropulous]

Another big difference with screws and nails. Nails are ductile, while (most) screws are hardened and brittle. Nails will just bend as the chair wants to wiggle, while screws won't unless they snap and fail completely. It's for this reason you need to be careful in construction if using screws for an application that normally calls for nails as screws can completely fail, while nails will deform plastically.

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Excellent points Tom, Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight with us.

[@billbrammer1]

Thank you, I’ve been trying to pull joints apart and squeeze a little glue in there for years and it never works. Good to know that it never will, so I can stop trying that and take the time to do it right. Do you happen to have a video on the corner blocks removal? I have a chair with corner blocks that are glued in, no screws. Looks like they used gorilla glue

[@zeroize852]

Would you consider doing a video for the seat back as well? That’s the problem I’m having with my set of old Danish.

[@HBTwoodworking]

Always helpful. Thank you. If you get the opportunity, I would like to see how you approach disassembling an older mortise and tenon chairs with nails (from a previous DIYer repair) through the tenon. I am working on an older rocker where every joint is loose and only held together by the finish nails someone drove through the tenons.

[@Wardropulous]

I had a similar situation but with a dining table. Huge nails through the top of the leg through the tenons. Only thing I could think of was punching the nails all the through the tenons. Ended up creating too much of a mess so I decided to cut the turned legs off at the top and remake the top square portion of the leg with new mortise and tenon a before using a big hanger screw to reattach the turned portion of the legs.

[@sueannsoto7299]

So I am looking to identify a chair bought after I got it I see it needs work loose spindles and one of the rails is cracked but I just fell in love and would love to find more of them. So what to do with cracked railing???

[@mikewren43]

Just wondering if you checked the diagonal dimensions to ensure the chair was square before the glue was left to set

[@wolfpack4694]

Is there a particular advantage of using Hyde glue vs titebond 2 for this application?

[@ericlewis9358]

I have a Danish Modern couch that will hopefully succumb to a similar treatment. I'm a bit nervous about doing it, however, since there are SO many more pieces that you have for chair. But, I haven't been able to find anyone to help me do it locally... Thanks for the video and products!

[@vjflow749]

thank you

[@simonnguyen5797]

I have similar teak chairs, but they have a screw and dowels at the joints. Th3 screws keep them tight, should I glue the dowels too ?

[@davidlapointe6016]

Here to give a tip with the rubber mallet for those afraid to damage their furniture: you can put a felt pad on your rubber mallet. It may take a bit more time, but you are almost guaranteed to preserve completely your furniture from some marks the mallet could have make.

[@wandavazquez8091]

I would have loved to see the final finish

[@andresuy6307]

What is the brand name of the glue thank

[@ww89]

I learn a lot, thanks!

[@alexisvaldovinos6164]

Hey! I have some teal chairs that have an upholstered floating back that’s loose. It looks like the screw that come in from the outside of the chair are stripped. Curious if you have any ideas for how to fix the wobble

[@nickypaterson-jones4868]

Hi, I wonder if you would be able to give me some advice. I am trying to repair a chair that has loose joints but someone obviously has tried to repair it in the past and put some metal pins through the tenon that, when I try and get the joint apart are starting to split the wood. There is also evidence of trying to glue into the joint without getting it apart first. I have some photos. What would you suggest i do. Trying to help a friend.

[@deniseb3563]

Wondering if there is a place I can take my mid century modern chairs that need re-gluing? I'm in Wisconsin. Is there a restoration association that may have people I could contact and possibly hire?

[@PsychoDK89]

Very helpful thank you

[@20vturbopower]

Whats the best method to repair a more ornate chair leg where a plug or wood filler/sanding isn't an option? Its on an accent chair and I don't trust a dowel rod to resist to the lateral movement exerted on a chair. The leg is maybe 10-12" long.

[@sandmanwood20021]

you can break any glue joint apart by pilot drill into the socket the piece connects too and with a needle and syringe spray vinegar down at a angle then twist gently until it comes apart

[@sylvaindumont9127]

Awesome tutorial. Great communication skills, thank you. I'm quite handy and been wanting to reglue some loose joints on my mid sixties dining table teak chairs (scandinavian) for a while now but didn't know how to take them apart before I watched this. Was wondering how I could insert glue into mildly open joints but didn't do it cause it just didn't make sense to me. Thanks to you I've just disassembled my first loose chair, five more to go! By the way, can I use regular carpentar glue on teak or should I use epoxy? Thanks again man, great video!!!

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Wood glue is the better choice.

[@sylvaindumont9127]

@@FurnitureRefinishingStudio Thank you :)

[@Saranghae1926]

Do you have a tutorial on how to get the wooden screw plugs out of a chair?

[@PJG1710]

Nice Video. My question is how do you repair the side apron...Apron: Side bracing piece that supports the seat and ties front/back legs together.

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

I don't really understand the question ?

[@AlCatrraz]

Regardless if you finish or not... ALWAYS PROTECT THE WOOD from scratches and PREASURE DENTS from the clamps!

[@jimbob4456]

That’s what he said

[@tomt9543]

Pressure

[@Piscesgyal26]

Very helpful! Thanks!

[@reymundovibal8541]

What if the connected area is broken?

[@tony10039]

Very informative. Thanks.

[@TC-ef9dh]

I've just bought a vintage paddle arm chair and couch with wood frames, and they are kind of loose unfortunately. I want to try this but I have no idea how they come apart!

[@runningbear48]

Shouldn't you label the pieces prior to disassembly so that they go back together the same way?

[@jsmcguireIII]

i always use a pencil to label connections and also take pics BEFORE I disassemble anything.

[@dmfToonsTunes]

Fab. Very helpful.

[@canbgoofy]

I followed your link to buy the scrapers and the ones I received are approx three times the size. Makes them unweildy. Also, when I opened up my chair the spindles had metal ping stuck at the ends. Any idea how to deal with those?

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Thanks for the heads up on the scrapers, I will look into that. Not sure I understand what a metal ping is ?

[@canbgoofy]

@@FurnitureRefinishingStudio sorry I meant pin. I don't think I can upload a picture here unfortunately.

[@joanhyde1745]

Will a file work to remove glue? Sort of like a finger nail…

[@briarrose5208]

If it's not broke, don't fix it!" Works for me!

[@BlinkinFirefly]

but i dont have any tools :( and i'm too poor to get tools....can i just glue the loose chair legs back on with like the strongest glue i can find? :L

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Sure you can. It might last awhile, it might not. Only one way to know :-)

[@briarrose5208]

Borrow some tools

[@MAGAMAN]

Using a chisel for a pry bar? That's what they make screwdrivers for!

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

Hahaha, that's funny.

[@redsmith882010]

I'm working on our dinning room chairs, all of them are lose from kids leaning back. Every single joint has 2 nails in it with very little glue...one chair wound up with 3 broken pieces. My wife started freaking out when she heard the cracks. She's like do you really have to take them all the way apart, you can't just smear a little glue in the space and squeeze it back. Never buying chairs from that company again....uggghhhh

[@williamhoward8319]

i use 3 never know where will go

[@calartian85]

I’m living with squeaky chairs that are not yet loose enough to attemp this.

+8295.. Hello my new friend. I like items of this kind design. A nice repair. You did a good refurbishment. Congratulations. The chair came back to life. Thank you for sharing. Warm hug. Yours truly.

[@Spaceshewarrior]

The material for fixing regular, kitchen chairs is so expensive that I may just buy new ones!

No corner blocks? SMH! The Danes need to stick to pastries!

[@oldgeordiegeezer3086]

Your heading tells us you will show us how to repair loose wooden chairs "yourself". At the time of watching you have almost 21,000 views. How many of those viewers do you think own 24 inch clamps? If you want to show us how to do it ourselves, how about showing us how to do it without having to go out and buy a hundred bucks worth of clamps, to fix our fifty dollar chair?

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

So let me address this for you Old Geordie Geezer. To begin with, I do show you how to glue up this chair, in detail. Some have said too much detail, and that is something I have worked hard on in more recent vids. Next, There is no way to glue this chair up correctly without a few clamps that I could stand behind as a professional. You can go to another channel if you are looking for a hack approach but I just can't, sorry. You could reglue the chair in sections, which would take far longer but require fewer clamps. Clamps are not expensive, and they are useful in so many ways around a home. Here's a link to some good cheaper clamps.....get yourself some and stop your complaining ! amzn.to/3ic1GE5

[@robbrown6495]

​@@FurnitureRefinishingStudio Thanks for your response. I don't think you quite got the first part of my comment, which was directly related to the second part of my comment. I did not even suggest that you did not show us how to glue up the chair. I was suggesting that it's difficult for us, the common every day punter, to repair a chair "ourselves", following your instructions, without clamps, which I am also suggesting that a good 90% of people viewing your video do not own. Give us an alternative, whether it involves zip ties, temporarily using screws or perching grandpa on his armchair on top of everything to hold a joint. I'd be interested to know what else I could use the clamps for, apart from repairing furniture.

[@FurnitureRefinishingStudio]

I appreciate your point and that's why I responded. I try and show the everyday diy'er how to do some fairly technical furniture repair and refinishing techniques with the caveat that I won't teach methods I won't use myself in my restoration shop. It has to be sound advise with a repair that will last. Being trustworthy is more important than views to me. That being said, I understand your point and there are a few techniques that don't require clamps I can share. I have a chair candidate in the shop so why don't we make that either this or next week's video. Keep an eye out, this one's for you Rob.

[@one4t]

@@FurnitureRefinishingStudio you can also get one at Harbor freight for $8.99 www.harborfreight.com/36-inch-bar-clamp-96208.html

[@josesteens6948]

@@robbrown6495 you could borrow clamps from someone?