| So, you have that wooden chair with one or two loose | | | | powder. Fine sawdust is probably best if you have |
| legs or rungs. The chair is too nice to throw away and | | | | access to it but talcum powder or baking soda will do |
| you don't want to take the whole thing apart to fix one | | | | in a pinch. You can even use coffee grounds or some |
| or two loose dowels or legs. And at the same time, | | | | spices to give the color that you want. |
| although you leave it out for family, when company | | | | Turn your chair so that gravity helps you work the |
| comes the chair is always relegated to the corner to | | | | powder into the space between the two pieces of |
| hold the planter. | | | | wood. Note here that you are leaving the dowel in the |
| Well there is a way to repair this chair without | | | | hole in the other part of the chair. Keep working it in |
| resorting to clamps or ugly nails sticking in at odd | | | | until there is no more motion or give between the two |
| angles. And, most importantly, you can repair it without | | | | pieces. Brush off any access around the hole so it is |
| taking it apart! | | | | smooth. Take your Miracle Glue bottle and release a |
| You will need two things. First of all you will need a fine | | | | few drops onto the powder and let it soak in. Again, let |
| clear glue ( a cyanoacrylate for those in the know - | | | | gravity help. I usually do a drop at a time and keep |
| that it the technical term for super glue type glues). I | | | | going as long as it will soak in. Normally, 3-4 drops are |
| use one called Miracle Glue, as it lasts for years if kept | | | | enough unless there is a very large space to fill. With |
| in the freezer or refrigerator. You will want a glue that | | | | the right glue your chair will be fixed within minutes and |
| will wick well - by this I mean that it will soak down in | | | | although it is probably not necessary I wait 24 hours |
| between two pieces of wood that are close together. | | | | before letting my in-laws use the chair. |
| The other thing you will need is some very fine | | | | There you go - no more wobbly chair. |