Comments on: Retro Chairs http://whatthehay.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/retro-chairs/ Crafty Hayseed Goodness! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jeff http://whatthehay.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/retro-chairs/#comment-17 jeff Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:25:13 +0000 http://whatthehay.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/retro-chairs/#comment-17 Try a damp magic eraser before you do anything. It won't do any harm and it's good for getting paint off stuff. You may wish to experiment with goo-gone and the eraser if it isn't working. The wood appears to need a good cleaning with fine steel wool and perhaps some briewax - it looks like the wood should glow, not shine. If you are unhappy with the results of your find, I'd suggest a car repair restorer for that vinyl. This will sound stupid, but you may want to consider creating your own slip covers out of a heavier modern fabric. You would glue strips of rug pad to the vinyl so that the slip covers wouldn't move around. This means ruining the vinyl. Or...go batshit crazy with some acrylic paint - a lot of pattern will forgive many sins. Just finish the whole thing up with some clear gesso. Best of luck. Try a damp magic eraser before you do anything. It won’t do any harm and it’s good for getting paint off stuff. You may wish to experiment with goo-gone and the eraser if it isn’t working.

The wood appears to need a good cleaning with fine steel wool and perhaps some briewax – it looks like the wood should glow, not shine.

If you are unhappy with the results of your find, I’d suggest a car repair restorer for that vinyl.

This will sound stupid, but you may want to consider creating your own slip covers out of a heavier modern fabric. You would glue strips of rug pad to the vinyl so that the slip covers wouldn’t move around. This means ruining the vinyl.

Or…go batshit crazy with some acrylic paint – a lot of pattern will forgive many sins. Just finish the whole thing up with some clear gesso.

Best of luck.

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