Chair Caning How To

Chair Caning How To

Chair Caning How To

Chair Caning How To is no different than any other seat weaving how to. You prepare your chair first. Re-glue any loose parts, restore the finish, and when the chair is clean, dry and in no further need of repairs, you are ready to re-cane the seat.

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It’s not difficult. It only takes a bit of patience. If you’re a do-it-yourself-type, you’ll enjoy it – it’s a very rewarding skill. Our chair cane kits and chair cane booklets teach you how to cane chairs in no time at all.

Chair cane is the bark of the tropical vine calamus rotang. It’s naturally strong and durable. No need for stain. Cane doesn’t absorb stain well. Instead the cane will develop a natural patina as it ages and darkens.

Chair cane comes in many widths. Visiting our Choosing Your Supplies page if you’re not sure about whether this is the material for your chair.

To learn how to determine the size of chair cane needed for your seat, visit our Chair Cane page or Chair Cane Kits page. We have a chart with all sizes of chair cane. You select your chair cane size by measuring 1/ the size of the drilled hole, and 2/distance from the center of one drilled hole to the center of the next hole. Find these two numbers on the chart and you’ll know your chair cane size.

Soon you’ll be saving chairs all over town. If you do it for hire, you’ll be needing our guide to how much to charge for Seat Weaving Labor. And then you’ll be teaching others how to cane chairs, and they’ll be saving chairs all over town. It’s a revolution!

Our chair cane booklets, as shown above, has very detailed illustrations and step by step instructions.

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Chair Caning How To