itsoinky
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Original chair with wool upholstery
Chairs with dining table, 2 leafs
Upholstery is sagging, foam has disintegrated
Seat removed from frame
Backside. Notice the curved seam
Foam and adhesive residue
Backside has a thin layer of foam on upper half
Foam everywhere. Front fabric pulled from seat.
Scraped vs. wirebrush
All clean!
1/2” foam glued on
Ready for fabric
Ta-da! 1 done, 5 to go.
Backside
rgbRandomizer
That set is beautiful. Good job reupholstering them (and not painting them)
itsoinky
Thank you! I’m happy with how they turned out, and glad I didn’t paint them too. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.
GFYandyourstupidrequirements
Those are Knoll chairs and I have a set of six. I should very much like to know your process for removing the upholstery. Thank you!
itsoinky
Hi there! Ours don’t specially say knoll on them but they seem to be very similar.
itsoinky
This was my first upholstery project so I’m no expert, but I unscrewed the seat and took out all the staples with a staple remover.
itsoinky
I scraped off as much of the old foam (more like dust) as I could with a metal scraper.
itsoinky
3) Then I used a wire brush attachment on a drill to remove the dried glue and remaining foam residue.
itsoinky
4) I used the old fabric and made a pattern by laying it on a large piece of paper and outlining it. Label front, back, top and bottom.
itsoinky
5) these 6 chairs needed 6 yards of fabric. I chose an outdoor textile that looks like tweed. Lay out your fabric and measure and cut.
itsoinky
6) I wasn’t able to tell the thickness of the original foam, so guessed 1/2”. I used the measurements from front pattern + 1” on each side.