How do I reupholster outdoor slingback chairs?
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Sandra, this looks like a very good tutorial. I hope you end up with a beautiful chair!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HAUe6E6FP8
You’ll need to find an outdoor upholstery fabric you like. Then you need to carefully disassemble your chair to get the dowels that the fabric loops over. Most likely you only need a rubber mallet to carefully tap out the dowels. Use the existing fabric as a guide for cutting the proper length etc. Carefully remove the stitching, then follow what they did on the old chairs to make the perfect fit with your new upholstery
Hi Sandra, we recently did this and they turned out great. Here's a link: https://www.exquisitelyunremarkable.com/2017/07/how-to-replace-patio-furniture-slings.html Hope it helps!