My daughter has brought me a kitchen chair that has gotten loose. I I
think it is an imprted piece. It is basically 4 stretchers with tenons
that fit into mortices in the legs. Three of these joints have gotten
loose and I have been able to seperate them without doing any damage
to the pieces. I am able to fit the pieces back together but needless
to sy they are loose. As I look at the mortices and tenons I can see a
coating of glue on these. I have no idea what kind of glue it is. I am
afraid to sand this glue coating as it will make the pieces looser if
I put them together again.
My guestion is what kind of glue can I use that will secure this
chair?
Thanks for any and all help.
On Mar 9, 10:22 am, "trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My daughter has brought me a kitchen chair that has gotten loose. I I
> think it is an imprted piece. It is basically 4 stretchers with tenons
> that fit into mortices in the legs. Three of these joints have gotten
> loose and I have been able to seperate them without doing any damage
> to the pieces. I am able to fit the pieces back together but needless
> to sy they are loose. As I look at the mortices and tenons I can see a
> coating of glue on these. I have no idea what kind of glue it is. I am
> afraid to sand this glue coating as it will make the pieces looser if
> I put them together again.
>
> My guestion is what kind of glue can I use that will secure this
> chair?
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
I did this repair about a month ago and the chair is still solid as a
rock.
Scrape off anything that is loose and any old glue (don't bother
sanding)
Put polyurethane glue (Gorilla Glue) in the hole and smear it around
slightly
Dip the other part in water and put it together
Clamp it together
Leave it sit for 24 hours
Scrape off the excess glue
You don't need much glue for each joint because it expands.
Buy the small bottle it starts to go bad quickly.
"trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> My guestion is what kind of glue can I use that will secure this
> chair?
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>
I did this repair to the chair I am sitting in right now. I used regular
old Elmer's carpenters glue, and did no prep whatsoever. I just pried the
joints apart and applied the glue. I reassembled and the next day it was
solid as a rock.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
RayV <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 10:22 am, "trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My daughter has brought me a kitchen chair that has gotten
>> loose. I I think it is an imprted piece. It is basically 4
>> stretchers with tenons that fit into mortices in the legs.
>> Three of these joints have gotten loose and I have been able to
>> seperate them without doing any damage to the pieces. I am able
>> to fit the pieces back together but needless to sy they are
>> loose. As I look at the mortices and tenons I can see a coating
>> of glue on these. I have no idea what kind of glue it is. I am
>> afraid to sand this glue coating as it will make the pieces
>> looser if I put them together again.
>>
>> My guestion is what kind of glue can I use that will secure
>> this chair?
>>
>> Thanks for any and all help.
>
> I did this repair about a month ago and the chair is still solid
> as a rock.
> Scrape off anything that is loose and any old glue (don't bother
> sanding)
> Put polyurethane glue (Gorilla Glue) in the hole and smear it
> around slightly
> Dip the other part in water and put it together
> Clamp it together
> Leave it sit for 24 hours
> Scrape off the excess glue
It might also be a good idea to put some painter's tape on the wood
around the joint to protect the finish from any excess glue. Or
even a clean rag, since the adhesive from the tape might hurt the
finish. I don't mean covering up the joint itself, just the wood
next to or below the joint.
> You don't need much glue for each joint because it expands.
> Buy the small bottle it starts to go bad quickly.
J. Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Next time you have a loose chair there's a "quick and dirty" fix called
> "chair doctor" that doesn't require disassembly.
I've used the Chair Doctor[1] glue and syringe a number of times on
various pieces. Works great on those things that you don't want to
take apart--just tighten it back up.
[1]: http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3231
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trvlnmny wrote:
> My daughter has brought me a kitchen chair that has gotten loose. I I
> think it is an imprted piece. It is basically 4 stretchers with tenons
> that fit into mortices in the legs. Three of these joints have gotten
> loose and I have been able to seperate them without doing any damage
> to the pieces. I am able to fit the pieces back together but needless
> to sy they are loose. As I look at the mortices and tenons I can see a
> coating of glue on these. I have no idea what kind of glue it is. I am
> afraid to sand this glue coating as it will make the pieces looser if
> I put them together again.
>
> My guestion is what kind of glue can I use that will secure this
> chair?
If it's not a highly valuable piece I'd go for a flexibilized epoxy such
as G2
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=20011&cat=1,110,42965&ap=1.
You may need to add some shims.
Next time you have a loose chair there's a "quick and dirty" fix called
"chair doctor" that doesn't require disassembly.
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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
RayV wrote:
> On Mar 9, 10:22 am, "trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My daughter has brought me a kitchen chair that has gotten loose. I I
>> think it is an imprted piece. It is basically 4 stretchers with tenons
>> that fit into mortices in the legs. Three of these joints have gotten
>> loose and I have been able to seperate them without doing any damage
> I did this repair about a month ago and the chair is still solid as a
> rock.
> Scrape off anything that is loose and any old glue (don't bother
> sanding)
> Put polyurethane glue (Gorilla Glue) in the hole and smear it around
> slightly
> Dip the other part in water and put it together
> Clamp it together
> Leave it sit for 24 hours
> Scrape off the excess glue
I did the same thing but used WoodWorker II glue rather than Gorilla.
Scrape the glue off with a sharp chisel (stuff that I had to deal with
was a translucent white and did NOT appear to be well spread in the
joint. Gave the mortise and tenon a quick wife with a wet glue brush
and then glued it up. I basically disassembled the entire chair,
including the seat frame and corner braces. So far, with about three
months of use/wear on the first ones I reglued they are holding up fine.
I'd be wary of Gorilla Glue though. Even though it expands to fill the
voids, we're told it has no strength.