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How can I repair the bent legs on my couch?
Sorry about your couch man. That freakin' sucks.
The amount of work it would take you to get this piece of furniture ship-shape, based on its construction, is probably more than it is worth.
I've had ...
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Epoxy table exposed wood cracked
But some pieces are exposed. One of them started cracking.
Trying to fix this will probably only make the problem worse.
It looks like the crack is at the edge of one exposed piece that has shrunk. ...
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How to fix a wooden chair leg that was cracked?
No to super glue. You'll want to get a quality wood glue and wood screws at a minimum. I'd be looking at drilling in some dowel pins, maybe even sistering pieces of wood on either side of the crack. ...
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Repair of antique walking stick. What glue is best?
Normally to repair a simple split like this in wood that will go together so neatly I would suggest a PVA adhesive (e.g. Evo-Stik blue, or Everbuild 502) because of the easy water cleanup of excess ...
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Easy inexpensive repair for a particle board hole and a loose screw
Is there a way to glue the underside surface of the table top to a metal (folded sheet metal) bar I would even consider that if I knew what type of glue that would be.
Yes. This would not be the ...
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Any way to repair a cookie from an Oak tree that has cracked open?
Well, short version: epoxy the crack (thanks, @Graphus), or cut it at the crack, joint the edges, glue it together, and clean up the top.
If you wanted to come back with pictures and answers to the ...
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furniture repair
In addition to the cosmetic issue it presents, I imagine it also affects it structurally as well. Is that a legitimate concern?
Yes it is most definitely a structural concern. Even before the ...
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How can I reattach this ornamental wooden piece back to my upholstered couch?
How can I reattach the piece and possibly make it stronger?
It looks to me as though the broken piece wasn't really attached to the fabric at all, or if it was, it wasn't attached very securely. If ...
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Easy inexpensive repair for a particle board hole and a loose screw
In case the looks and material of the top don't matter too much, I would just screw the board from the top with self-tapping flat-head metal screws of the right length (potentially only one, if that ...
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Cracked Hardwood Desk
To my eye this does not look like damage that occurred during shipping. The crack is exposed on the bottom face and the edge. On the edge, the crack has been filled, probably with the finish coat, ...
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