{"id":302,"date":"2019-05-30T22:30:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T02:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/?p=302"},"modified":"2019-05-30T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T02:32:23","slug":"chair-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Chair repair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were entertaining a few people last weekend, and I took the opportunity to sturdy up some of our chairs that had been falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3009-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3009-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3009-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3009-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_3009.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These old chairs did not cost me much, but I kinda like their style and weight, and they are (normally) pretty sturdy. However, a few years of use and neglect in my ownership have taken their toll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A favorite tool in [my] furniture repair game is gorilla glue. When used according to the instructions, it foams up nicely, and fills in gaps and spaces with a sticky, durable adhesive. I find it works great on old furniture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New to the arsenal, are torx drive finishing screws. This is my first time using them, but it&#8217;s my hope and belief that using them in conjunction with the gorilla glue will keep my chairs together and un-wobbly for many years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the future, I&#8217;d like to try injecting gorilla glue into the seams (that have not fully separated) using some kind of syringe. Maybe I&#8217;ll add that to the arsenal and technique for next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were entertaining a few people last weekend, and I took the opportunity to sturdy up some of our chairs that had been falling apart. These old chairs did not cost me much, but I kinda like their style and weight, and they are (normally) pretty sturdy. However, a few years of use and neglect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leapinggnome.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}