How to Repair a Weak Wooden Kitchen Chair
- 1). Inspect the chair for loose joints by moving your hands over the chair and trying to wobble the parts at each joint.
- 2). Tap the parts of the loose joints free with a rubber mallet. Be carefully not to strike the parts too hard to avoid damaging the chair. Separate the parts with your hands.
- 3). Sand the interlocking ends of each part with medium-grit sandpaper to remove all of the wood glue from the wood's surface.
- 4). Wet both ends of each part with warm water. Swab difficult to reach areas of the joints with a wet cotton swab. This will cause the wood to swell for a tighter assembly that will allow the glue to adhere better to the wood.
- 5). Apply wood glue to the ends of the parts and reassemble the chair. Use a cotton swab to apply glue to difficult areas of the joints.
- 6). Clamp the glued joints with clamps and allow the glue to dry for at least 24 hours. Remove the clamps.
