What's the best way to secure a seat cushion to a dining chair?

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MauriceCha

This is a typical high back dining chair - no arm rests. The cushion is mounted on wood and it is the size of the chair and not meant to be removed. Somehow it came off and I don't see how it was mounted. I don't see any glue residue or anything like that. Is it OK to glue it on by gluing the underside of the seat cushion (wood) to the top of the chair rails? What kind of adhesive should I use?

Thanks.

Answer
Usually, there are corner blocks with screws up from the bottom into the wood. Often the hole becomes enlarged and the screws loosen, or in extreme cases, fall out. This is the standard way they are attached. Though today, I saw some with metal brackets into the rails and seat bottom.

Whatever you do, you want it to be reversible so you can recover or repair the pad seat at some point in the future. So screws, not nails or glue.

How To glue dining chair arm?

Opsadaisy

Actually, two questions: I am about to take an old dining chair and stain the wood parts black and do the seat upholstery in pleather for a friend with an invalid hubby. This is the best chair for him & she wants it to look more like her table & chairs. The problem now is that it has a broken arm.

First question is this: I did the refinish of her table with a black base and chestnut stained top. No problem, I stripped it all first. Now, this chair just needs a thorough cleaning because I will use Minwax Black Polyshades. Ok, what's the best wood cleaner to scrub the chair prior to application of the black?

Main Question: One of the arms is broken off the chair. The back dowel is intact and the front is a clean break. There is a split in the skinny little arm only part way up and I'm going to try to smoosh carpenter glue into the split with a razor blade or thin plastic and clamp the arm. The huge problem I can't figure out is how on earth to glue the arm at the dowel and the front and hold it tight to the chair back and front? The arm is straight where it connects to the dowel near your armpit and has a huge upward curve where it attaches to the front of the chair at the wrist area. A clamp isn't going to do any good even if I had one that big. Where the straight part of the arm goes to the dowel on the chair back what on earth can I do to keep it nice and tight while the glue dries?

I did a google search and I believe this would be called a Regency Style dining chair.

Thanks for any ideas

Answer
If you have any wide bandages or something similar at home them you could use that as a sort of tourniquet. Wind it round the back upright and the font curved bit, use a screwdriver to twist in and tighten it and fix the screwdriver with a bit of string - or end of bandage - to stop it unwinding.

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