Ercol Furniture Restoration
We were added to ercols list of recommended polishers and restorers in 1990 and have been restoring ercols classic designs to a virtual new condition since then.
The method of restoring and refinishing Ercol furniture is a skilled job.
Typically for chairs the work involves the following:
- Knock apart the loose joints including drilling out wedges that secure the legs, hoop-backs and arms.
- Remove loose spindles, all parts are labeled for re-assembly.
- The parts are then scraped back by hand with a cabinet scraper which removes the original finish and then sanded to a fine 180 grit finish.
This method ensures that the wood (primarily Beech and Elm) stays clean and natural looking. - Generally all the marks, scratches and dents will come out at this stage as we are effectively re-surfacing the wood.
- The component parts are then sealed in with the first coat of sealer after the joints have been masked up.
- The chair is then re-glued, with new wedges cut and fitted to the leg, arm and hoop joints into the seat.
- The chair is clamped and strapped until the glue is set.
- The wedges are then trimmed and cleaned off, now the chair is ready for its second sealer coat, then it is spray finished with two top coats of a satin pre-catalyzed lacquer.
The restored chair will then look completely refreshed and practically new looking depending obviously on how severe the damage or wear was.
For all furniture of a darker shade we do stain and colour match throughout the finishing process
This whole process will bring your much loved furniture back to its former glory and for around half the cost of replacing it with new.
Our expertise is not limited to just chairs we offer a complete restoration service to all items of Ercol furniture including repairs and re-finishing.
We also offer a replacement webbing and fitting service using only genuine Ercol webs directly from Ercol.
