Whats the best way to fix loose joints on my wooden dining room chairs?
Dry, wintertime air makes the last few months of the season the worst time for wiggly wooden chairs. If your chair pieces come completely apart, then any high quality wood glue will do a great job. Work some into joint cavities with your finger or a cotton swab, reassemble the parts, then bind them tightly with rope for about 24 hours. A more typical problem is loose chair joints that won’t easily come apart. For this situation you can’t beat a unique Canadian product called Chair Doctor. It’s made by Lee Valley Tools (leevalley.com; 800-267-8767), looks like milk when it comes out of the bottle, and is thin enough to easily work its way into tired chair joints. Orient the joint lines horizontally, so the liquid won’t run off, then wiggle the joint after application to work the product in as deeply as possible. The product both swells the wood and glues it firm. Q: What’s your opinion on foil bubble wrap for insulating exterior walls? I installed some on the inside surfaces of the outs
