How to Replace a Felt Chair Footing

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Description: If your chairs or any other articles of...

Steps:

  1. Turn furniture piece upside down so that the leg bottoms are accessible.
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  3. Using an Exact-o knife or boxcutting blade, carefully cut away the worn out felt footing.
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  5. Cut away any remaining material or residue so that the chair foot is as clear as possible.
  6. Depending on the strength of the adhesive that secured the old footing, some of the residue left behind could be tough to remove. In this case, it may be best to keep some rubbing alcohol handy as a solvent to assist in the removal of this residue.
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  8. Use pre-cut felt footing replacements to replace the old footing. Press felt footing into center of chair foot firmly.
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  10. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining three footings.
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