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How to: clean old horse hair stuffing

20th July 20179th August 2017 ~ The Accidental Upholsterer ~ 3 Comments

During the last visit to Kempton, I bought this chair to reupholster:

While stripping it down, I found it was stuffed with a mixture of hay and hair. I kept the hair in a plastic bag meaning to clean it and reuse it, and there it has stayed ever sitnce.

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How to: cleaning rusty springs

1st June 20171st June 2017 ~ The Accidental Upholsterer ~ 1 Comment

The round backed Spanish chair I am working on at the moment has a sprung seat and when I stripped it back I found 7 springs that looked very much worse for wear.

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