The second life of the old furniture can be given due to the restoration. But if you have to charge the specialist, you have to pay expensive for it. You can save considerable funds if you do everything yourself. Some secrets of restoration work will reveal this article with their own hands.

Pros and cons of home restoration of furniture

Before deciding, restoration of furniture or to trust professionals, should take into account some conditions.

1. Experience and technologies of specialists give more confidence in success. Home experiments may be erroneous.
2. By ordering the work of a specialized workshop, you do not have to spend time on work in the evenings.
3. For delivery to workshop, furniture will have to fully disassemble so that you can take out from home and transport. It will require additional costs, and in addition, the disassembly of furniture can adversely affect its condition.
4. Bulky furniture may not fit into the elevator cabin, which will complicate her loading.
5. Restoration work suggests the use of chemically active funds.

If the arguments turned out, convincing himself to take up the case and at the same time there are all the conditions (non-residential premises in a private house), you need to pre-examine the technology.

Tip: For furniture restoration, it is recommended to choose a separate room, free from other furniture and carpeting. All that is impossible to take place should be covered with a protective film to protect against the impact of chemicals.

Required tools and materials for furniture restoration

In order to disassemble and renovate the old furniture, you must have at your disposal the following:

• a set of screwdrivers (figured and ordinary);
• screwdriver;
• chisel;
• construction knife;
• stapler;
• sander;
• paint roller;
• a set of tassels.

A surgical scalpel, awl, hacksaw, construction hairdryer and old iron can also be useful. It may be necessary for a joiner, a stapler, an electric drill, a screwdriver, and so on. In order to collect dust and sawdust need a vacuum cleaner and a wet rag.

Materials for work acquire from the following list:

• washing of old paint and varnish;
• putty on the tree of the appropriate color;
• charming wood;
• antiseptic;
• sealant;
• furniture wax;
• veneer;
• malyary Scotch;
• paints on the tree of various compositions.

Preparation of wooden furniture for restoration

Phased description of the preparation process.

1. Remove the handles, loops, guides for drawers and other fittings. We take out mirrors and glass. Durable glued elements without having to do not touch. The degree of furniture disassembly depends on the need to provide access to any area.
2. Old paintwork is removed using the appropriate method and tool. For too thick layer, we use a construction hairdryer or an old iron. The last method is more sparing to the surface and does not lead to charring. The preheated iron is pressed to a wooden surface through a wet cloth for 10-20 seconds (while the paint does not stretch). The thin layer of paints is removed by mechanical way (with the help of grinding) or using a special chemical agent - washing.

Crack should be fill in a special putty

Tip: Before disassembling furniture, it is necessary to take a picture to avoid problems when assembling. It is also recommended to numbered the accessories to the marker so that the handles and loops subsequently take their place and would not have to re-drill holes for them under the fasteners.

Restoration of furniture - features of removal of damage and deformations

Squares and cracks are filled with a putty on a tree, selected in the tone. It is applied by a spatula, and then grinding fine-grained emery paper. Small scratches are masked with furniture wax, which is melted with a construction hairdryer. Effectively eliminates scratches furniture bar. If it is necessary to emphasize the material structure - use a furniture marker.

Important: Grinding of furniture and chemical surface treatment is performed using protection tools. It will take overalls, respirator, safety glasses and working gloves.

Some nuances of preparation for the application of finishing coatings.

1. Initially, finely abrasive emery paper should be cleaned with the surface of the furniture from the amusements of wax and traces of putty.
2. Dust formed as a result of cleaning is cleaned with a brush and a moistened soft porous cloth.
3. If technology is provided - before applying paint, we cover the furniture surface of the primer.

Clean furniture from putty traces

FINISHING Painting in furniture restoration

Application of the composition, preserving wood texture

A new coating will determine the appearance of the furniture.

1. If the surface is well preserved and there is an opportunity to maintain the structure of the wood, it is necessary to choose oils and colorless water-based varnishes. If necessary, it is necessary to give furniture a yellowish tint of polyurethane and alkyd varnishes.
2. The lesing coatings will change the shade of wood, they successfully mimic the red wood and other valuable rocks. Among such funds - waxes, veneers, colored varnishes and oils.
3. The surface of furniture with severe flaws should be covered with color compositions. Often after the first layer, you must once again perform grinding to remove the pile.
4. If a new coating is planned to be applied not to all furniture, but on some sections, you need to close the neighboring surfaces with painting scotch.

The painting of furniture parts by a spray with a spray with a uniform coating

Tip: Trying to apply the finishing makeup need on the back side of the furniture to purchase the necessary skills and determine the application technology. When switching to the front side, it is necessary to apply a coating in one reception to avoid tone unevenness.

Installation of fittings in furniture restoration

Often old fittings are better and can work further. In addition, vintage handles and loops are an indispensable attribute of retro style. But if the moving mechanisms failed - they are changed to the accessories suitable for style and color. Metal parts can be:

• silver satin;
• silver chromed;
• golden;
• painted.

Fastening a piano loop

You should pick up the fitness of the same type so as not to repaid the mounting holes.

Ideas on the restoration of furniture for beginners

In order to breathe new life into old furniture, the main restoration methods that can be performed without special training are used.

Old cabinet furniture before and after restoration

1. Simple staining. Such a method can be used with sufficient cleanliness and quality of the surface. In any case, it is necessary to wash and degrease the furniture with a home appliance, as well as remove the peeling old coating.
2. "Careless" style. In some cases, simple repainting without pre-cleaning from the old coating can give an unusual effect. Little old paint will create a surface with an unusual texture.
3. The use of white varnish. Dark rock wood is not completely covered with a special means, but by the method of "dry brush" so that the color of the base remains the main background. Previously, the basis is purified by sandpaper.
4. Finishing furniture in Decoupage technique. The essence of the method lies in the selection of stylistically combined images on paper and sticking them to furniture. Pictures are fixed with glue and protect against moisture with a transparent varnish.
5. Painting with a brush with a varicer or monochrome ornament. You can also use a stencil. The pattern refreshes furniture and hobs visible defects.
6. Application of compositions with the effect of surface cracking. Such an artificial aging effect adapts furniture to retro style.
7. Craquelur: Technology combines lacquer and decoupage. The primary layer of varnish immediately after applying is covered with varnish crockel. Drying surface cracks and acquires a type of old furniture. Small cracks can fill in a contrasting color with a coating.
8. Sampling: Thin sheets of noble rocks are lined in the form of furniture details and glue PVA glue. The base surface is pre-treated with emery paper and ground. With the preheated iron, the veneer is aligned.

Coffee table decorated in Decoupage technique

Application pattern using stencil

How to restore upholstered furniture

When restoring upholstered furniture, the features of restoration works are taken into account. Where to start and how to achieve a result: a phased description on the example of a chair.

Old chair after restoration will serve many more years

1. The old soft upholstery is dismantled using the chisel and the building knife.
2. Survey the plywood base of seating: if there are cracks - the basis should be replaced. The new cut from the plywood of the corresponding thickness.
3. On the seating form, a foam filler is cut out of a thickness of about 4 cm. The foam rubber is labeled.
4. After the glue dries, impose a seal tapestry and fasten it on the reverse side of furniture nails. At the same time, the edges are tested twice, and the tissue itself is stretched.

Replacing the foam layer

Recommendations to remove stains with furniture upholstery during restoration

If the upholstery fabric of the seats and the backs of upholstered furniture is practically not worn, but there are contamination, the restoration is reduced to the removal of stains. The recommendations of specialists are as follows.

1. Fat animal or vegetable origin is removed by soapy with a napkin of soft tissue. It is necessary to lose stain and leave for graze. If necessary, the operation is repeated.
2. Fresh stains after red wine are blocked with a napkin and sprinkle with salt. Some time, salt absorbs wine, after which they are cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
3. Spots from the juices of fruit are treated with a mixture of ammonia and vinegar, wiping with a napkin.
4. Coffee stains are removed after drying with a soft sponge and soap solution. Also come with chocolate stains.
5. Beer stains are blocked and treated with aqueous solution of vinegar, prepared in the proportion of 1 l water / 1 tablespoon of vinegar. The extension is cleaned with a napkin.
6. Blood stains wash off hydrogen peroxide with a napkin.
7. The welded fabric with chewing gum is cooled with ice wrapped in a polyethylene film. Holding gum is removed by mechanical way, carefully scraping it with a scalpel or blade. The stain is treated with alcohol and scrape.

Upholstery treatment with soap

Tip: The use of hygienic shampoos and gels is allowed as detergents to remove stains. Choose colorless means without a sharp smell.

Technology for removing the polishing layer during furniture restoration

It is necessary to know how to clean the surface of the furniture correctly, with a polished coating. It is necessary to have at your disposal:

• special composition (gel wash or alkali solution (con or NaOH) concentration of more than 10%);
• large abrasive emery paper;
• napkins;
• natural brush;
• metal sponge;
• grinding machine;
• putty knife.

Polishing removal mechanically

The use of thick gel composition is performed according to the following technology.

1. The composition for processing polishing is transfused into a container, convenient for work (bowl, mug, tray). A wide brush is abundantly applied to a polished surface.
2. After the time required for the reaction (indicated on the packaging label), the softened upper coating layer is removed with a spatula. If necessary, the procedure is repeated. In the corners and other problematic places for access, polishing is removed by a scalpel and a hard brush.
3. The remnants of the means mixed with polishing are removed with a metal sponge, and then wipes with napkins.
4. Small surface irregularities are treated with sandpaper suitable grain.

Important: Work with chemical compositions is performed only using individual protective equipment (glasses, gloves, respirator).

At the end of the article on how the furniture restoration is performed with their own hands - video, visually demonstrating how to update the old chair.