A year or so ago I got a set of 4 dining chairs for free from an old nursing home in Glasgow that had closed down and was chucking out loads of stuff.
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| This is the inside of the chair pad, Full of very stinky dusty dirty real horse hair..... |
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| ...and rusty springs. My upholstery teacher convinced me to wash the horse hair. So I waited for a sunny day and washed it in big plant pots and left it out to dry, not the most pleasant thing I've ever done. |
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| I sanded down the chair frame and waxed it which gave it a much lighter colour |
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| Next stage was to re-web the chair |
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| Then sew new springs in |
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| Then tie them down |
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| Next the horse hair gets sewn in |
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| and tied down to give a firm edge. |
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| This is where I'm up to so far, ready for the next layer of horse hair. I also have to decide what the final fabric will be and I have to fix this in at the back first. |
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| I've got enough of this stuff to cover all fours chairs |
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| It looks quite yellowy in this picture but I think I might prefer this one, only thing is I've only got enough to cover two chairs in this one. |
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