Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1913 — How to Mend Furniture. [ARTICLE]

How to Mend Furniture.

Dry rot is very common In old furniture, and sometimes a piece is too good to throw away. The weak part can be strengthened in this way: Scrape the rotten wood from the piece of furniture, then spray the part with coal oil. Make a mixture of beeswax, melted rosin and sawdust and fill the holes. This will harden and make perfect wood cement If the wood is a dark mahogany color add some melted sealing wax to the mixture; keep it hot when applying it to the wood. When varnished it does not show the patch. When a round breaks in a chair do not remove the back or leg of the ohair, wherever the damage is done Pull the round from the chair, repair if It is possible, then with an auger make one of the holes a half inch deeper. This will allow the round to slip down Into the deepened hole, after which the opposite end can be lifted in place and glued. The piece should lie flat while drying, or the round will slip out of place. This saves the trouble of removing other parts to remedy one small break.