Repairing a broken Heywood Wakefield chair backThis repair is on a Heywood Wakefield mid century modern chair, but the method is universal and will apply to any style or design..
At The Restoration Studio, we specialize in Heywood Wakefield refinishing. This job was to refinish 4 champagne chairs to wheat, and repair one the had a broken back. Let me take you through the steps of how to repair a broken chair the correct way. We won't be using and screws or nails, so you can put them away :-)
Below: This type of break is super common. It's a fairly clean break that the owner had tried to fix using epoxy. The epoxy didn't hold, so our first task is to remove the old glue the best we can. I used a block to separate the joint and give me room to work. I then use a chisel and scrape off the old glue.
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