Rules for repairing furniture at home, important nuances

No matter how carefully people handle the furnishings in their home, furniture will need to be repaired sooner or later. This will help restore the former beauty to damaged parts and shabby upholstery. To perform the restoration yourself, you will have to try a little and do everything beautifully and efficiently.

Repair surface damage

Everyone understands that the repair and manufacture of furniture is a complex process, it is unlikely that it will be possible to fix large areas on their own, you will have to turn to professionals. But at the same time, you can try to correct small but unpleasant defects at home. Chips, minor scratches, scuffs and other misunderstandings that spoil the appearance of seemingly recently purchased things can be really fixed on their own.

Minor scratches

Smooth paintwork easily scratches. None of the households can usually remember where they came from. People have come up with many ways to deal with furniture defects. Many of them are based on the use of improvised materials. The availability of repair tools helps to easily maintain the furniture in its original condition, and the choice of restoration method allows you to use the most convenient method. You can get rid of scratches on furniture using one of them.

Flax oil

1. Flaxseed oil and alcohol are mixed in equal proportions;
2. The mixture is impregnated with a tissue swab. They need to wipe the damaged part of the coating;
3. Have to wait until the mixture has completely dried;
4. The final step is polishing the surface with clean cloth.

Combine flax oil and alcoholWe cover the coating compositionPolish the surface

Walnut or iodine

There is an alternative method for removing small scratches from the surface of tables and chairs. To do this, you need to cook a walnut and a jar of iodine:

1. Walnut must be cut into halves and wipe the damaged area of ​​furniture with them;
2. Iodine works the same way. It paints over minor lesions and makes them less noticeable. Apply a weak solution of iodine. It is applied inside the scratches with a toothpick or needle;
3. After processing, this place can be varnished.

Scratch WalnutIodine application

Pencil

Manufacturers of tools for repairing wooden furniture have long begun to produce special pencils that work similar to walnuts or iodine. Using a tool, you can paint over a damaged piece of furniture. This method has one significant drawback: it will take a long time to choose the right shade of the pencil. After buying a suitable scratch repair tool, you no longer have to worry about the appearance of new minor damages, it will take a couple of minutes to fix them.

Remove dust from the coatingPencil Scratch Processing

Major damage

If you need expensive repairs of Italian furniture, the correction of significant surface damage or complex breakdowns of mechanisms, you will have to contact a special company that repairs furniture at home.

The repair process in this case should be carried out by professionals with extensive experience. They will repair the walls of the cabinets or change them to similar ones when it is impossible to repair, replace worn parts.

Some serious defects that affect the operational properties of furniture can be fixed on their own, local repair will not cause difficulties for a neat person. The constant changes in temperature and humidity inherent in every working kitchen cause cracks, the legs of the tables become unusable over time. The repair should be completed as soon as possible, until the deformation has become very noticeable:

1. The usual PVA glue is collected in a medical syringe, for better penetration of the substance, the needle is removed;
2. Having put a needle on a full syringe, the crack is carefully filled with glue;
3. The part is tightly pressed with a clamp, the remaining glue protruding from the crack is removed;
4. After a day, the clamp is removed and the repaired part of the furniture is varnished. This will extend the life of the furniture and protect it from further damage.

We collect glue in a syringeFill cracks with glueClamp the crackVarnish

Chips

For kitchen facades, it is advisable to use wax to repair furniture. The substance will help fix chips and cracks on the surface. For convenient application using wax pencils. Wax Repair Instructions:

1. Selection of the desired color. In order to repair chipboard furniture, in specialized stores purchase a wax pencil of a suitable shade. If the store does not have the desired color, then mix the adjacent shades. To do this, you have to take shavings from two pencils, mix and melt in a metal bowl. Choosing the proportions, achieve the desired shade. After that, minor repairs of furniture will not cause difficulties;
2. To perform the repair of furniture from chipboard with your own hands, you need to clean the surface. This is done using sandpaper and a blade to accurately cut off the exfoliated parts;
3. When applying a pencil to furniture, you will have to melt it, but not with an open flame. The blame for the beeswax included in the composition, the pencil just lights up. For melting, a heated metal object is used. Perfect for this knife. It is heated above the flame and the pencil is melted, after which they continue to repair veneers on furniture;
4. A chip or crack with a slight excess is filled with molten wax;
5. After the composition has dried, its excess is removed with a blade;
6. Wait until the mixture has completely dried and polish the surface;
7. The polished surfaces are varnished to fix the repair and extend the life of the furniture.

Repairs are easy enough, but repaired chipboard furniture must still be protected from further damage. To prevent them, cover the furniture during repair with tape and fix it with tape. So, coloring substances and dust do not penetrate the furniture surface.

Apply waxRemove excess waxPolish the coating

How to repair mechanisms

Moving elements are more susceptible to breakage than other parts. The metal part of the mechanism may become unusable and require replacement. Missing repair parts can be purchased at a furniture store. To do the repair of furniture with your own hands, you need to understand that it has become worthless to decide whether it is possible to repair the mechanism or whether it will have to be completely replaced. On your own, you can perform a small repair and replace some elements:

• Springs;
• Rollers
• Rivets;
• Grids;
• Lamels.

Each type of mechanism has its own repair algorithm, before starting work, it is necessary to determine it, carry out diagnostics and repairs according to the instructions. Video master classes are on the Internet. In any case, you need:

1. Dismantle the mechanism;
2. Disassemble into constituent elements;
3. Reveal a broken part;
4. Make a replacement;
5. Assemble the mechanism back and mount.

To prevent minor repairs to furniture or windows, simply lubricate the moving parts. Lubrication of the hinges will reduce friction, and hence the wear of the mechanisms. In addition to eliminating an unpleasant creak, this preventive measure will significantly increase the life of the metal part. Thanks to the film on the surface of the part, the risk of rust is reduced.

Dismantle broken itemsInstall new slatsPutting the bed together

Upholstery restoration

If you look at the chairs in the concert halls, you can see their perfect condition: the upholstery looks like new, despite the constant load. Upholstery of upholstered furniture is its most important part. It is upholstery that accounts for an incredible load that renders it unusable. Over time, scuffs appear, torn parts of the fabric, soft filler is crushed.

To restore the upholstery you will need a modest set of items. Furniture repair materials include a furniture stapler and new fabric.

The easiest way to update the cover on the chairs:

1. First of all, you will have to disassemble the chair and separate the old fabric from the seat;
2. After accurate measurements of the seats, you can go to the store for a cloth. The canvas should be approximately 20 cm larger than the seat in all dimensions. If you change the upholstery on all the chairs, you can choose a completely new color, combined with the interior of the room. Choose a strong and durable fabric. In addition to the upholstery, you will have to buy a soft filler, for example, synthetic winterizer;
3. The soft part is cut along the contour of the seat with a margin of a couple of centimeters;
4. The synthetic winterizer is put on the seat and covered with cloth, it is attached to the back of the seat with the help of a stapler;
5. After fastening, the inside of the upholstery should be covered with another piece of the same fabric. And put together a chair.

Remove staplesPodding the old upholsteryWe fasten the synthetic winterizerCut the fabric to sizeWe fasten the new upholstery with a stapler

Stain removal

Stains on furniture are the most common defect. They may appear on soft surfaces or on MDF panels. Most modern furniture is made from this material, so every owner should know how to clean stains. The spots can have a different origin, for each spot has its own method of removal:

• Fresh greasy stains can be easily washed off with a cotton pad dipped in a solution of water and liquid soap. The remaining moisture should be wiped with a dry cloth. Do not use large amounts of water, the particle board is afraid of moisture and may swell;
• If the stain is already eaten, then remove it with alcohol or acetone. A cloth soaked in it is applied briefly to the contamination after applying a soap solution. Immediately after this, the damaged area is wiped with a dry cloth;
• Stains from varnish and paint from furniture are removed by applying a cotton pad with acetone. It can not be left on the surface for a long time in order to avoid large damage;
• Stains left on the surface by hot objects are removed using vodka and sunflower oil. The mixture is applied to the stain, after which it is removed, and the surface is wiped with a cloth. When the folk method does not help, you can resort to pencils for a laminated surface.

Stains are removed from textile surfaces immediately after they appear, until they are well-fed and can be easily disposed of.

1. Furniture should be vacuumed;
2. Before starting work, all cleaning products must be tested on an inconspicuous part of the upholstery. A vinegar dampened cloth wipes dirt;
3. The stain must be wiped with a napkin or cotton pad soaked in a soap solution. You can wait until it absorbs and starts working on removing the stain. The use of large amounts of water is not allowed; it is better to wet only the surface layer;
4. It is necessary to dry the upholstery without the use of special devices, to speed up the process, open the windows and create a draft.

In many homes, furniture is covered with bedspreads to prevent stains. This really helps when solid pollutants get on the surface, but if it comes to stains left by liquid substances, then only the removal of stains already obtained can help. To make it easier, they begin to fight pollution as soon as possible.

Vacuum cleaner sofaApply stain removerWipe with a dry cloth

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