They love good changes, if not all, then the majority for sure. The old, but such a familiar and favorite sofa worn out at the end, but there is no money for a new money, or are you just so akin to him that it’s a pity to throw it away? Update it, put on it beautiful, harmonizing with the interior of the room, tossing and it will be transformed, and you will not have to be upset, looking at the old collapse each time. How to cover the sofa with your own hands and at the same time repair, it will be discussed below.
Content
Perhaps you need to start from what it is not possible to work without.
Tool
So that during such an exciting process as the tightening of the sofa, not to be distracted in search, collect the tool that is in the house in advance, and if not everything, then get the missing. Stand up here:
- set of screwdrivers;
- hammer;
- scissors;
- stapler with a margin of brackets. The most suitable 8 or 10 mm;
- pliers;
- different wrench;
- self -tapping screws;
- screwdriver;
- glue - best PVA.
Material for tightening sofa
Decorative material
Cutting fabric must meet the main requirements:
- be strong;
- keep your original appearance in contact with the external environment;
- easy to clean.
Most often use:
- tapestry - the fabric is dense, noble, has a dusting property. Suitable for retro style design;
- jacquard is a very aesthetic, with a bilateral drawing, artificial silk. Looks solid, cleaned well;
- fllock is natural and artificial: cotton, polyester, respectively. Velvety, voluminous, pleasant when touching. The main advantage - the cat can scratch as much as you like, there will be no traces. It tolerates cleaning well, both dry and wet;
- velor - durable material, the pile is low, does not change;
- shine - resembles velor, but better. The material is semi -synthetic or natural, vile, durable, breathing;
- non -woven and woven artificial suede - the material is environmentally friendly, strong. At first glance, it is difficult to distinguish from natural suede. It is cleaned well, you can even wash with warm water;
- the skin is natural or artificial. The material is practical and durable.
What else?
In addition to decorative, another consumable is also required. So take care and get it:
- furniture tape;
- foam rubber;
- braid;
- turn on Kant here.
How to cover the old sofa?
To determine how much it costs to cover the sofa, first disassemble it and determine which elements need to be changed. For clarity, consider a specific sofa with a telescopic mechanism.
The components of the sofa
The sofa consists of the following parts:
- backs;
- seats;
- armrests;
- the lower part - the king;
- castles for fixing the back.
Dismantling
- Unscrew the bolts that hold the armrests on the basis;
- we remove the seats;
- disconnect the tsar;
- we lay the sofa and turn the front part to the floor;
- we remove the back;
- remove the locks;
- we dismantle the seats;
- we remove the old fasteners: nails, brackets;
- remove the old binding;
- we take out everything that filled the sofa;
- if the springs are intact, then we leave it as it is, and if there are faulty, then we take out the block.
Notice: do not throw away the removed boost. When you sew new covers, the old ones will serve you as a pattern for a pattern.
Repair the internal parts
First, we repair the spring blocks located in the armrests and the back:
- we unscrew faulty springs using pliers;
- install in the block, if necessary, new springs;
- we fix the blocks using nails on the frame.
Since the springs that we have not replaced still have wear, especially in the seat, make them more elastic:
- we cut into small pieces of foam rubber;
- the spring block is tightly stuffed with pieces of foam;
- well, if there is an old blanket-they can cover the spring block from above, if not, then we select some other similar material. You can use burlap for this purpose;
- net the layer of material with nails to the frame;
- we sew the springs to the covering material using a thick needle and twine;
- betions can form between the springs. Add a stuffing to them: either foam rubber, or cotton wool;
- we cover everything with binding material with a crankshaft or whip, pulling it tightly and fixing it with nails;
- foamed sheets of foam rubber on one side with glue;
- put them on top of the material with a smeared side. It will stick and will lie evenly.
Note: If sore springs come across, then it is not necessary to throw them away, instead of this, stretch them. They will serve further. To make the sofa look more voluminous, Sindepon can be laid on top of foam.
All the work that had to be done before covering the old sofa is behind. Now the most interesting:
We sew the covers
- we lay out the fabric on the large table or on the floor, which was chosen for boiling, on top of the pattern. Old covers left - remember?
- cut the samples with chalk;
- we cut, leaving allowances;
- we compare on a typewriter.
We dress up the sofa
- We put the covers on the armrests, back, seat;
- the places where the new things will be attached should remain in the same place where the old covers were fixed;
- we fix the covers with a stapler, while we pull the fabric every time we drive the next fastener.
This will help you: so that the booting lay evenly, start doing the work on a long side and move to the short.
Assembly
The assembly is performed in the sequence of the reverse disassembly:
- we strictly follow, the coincidence of the labels;
- we fasten the lock to the back, then to the seat and to the tsar;
- we mount the sidewalls;
- we fasten the armrests to the sidewalls;
- we fix the wooden panels, previously laying them out if required.
As you can see, everyone who really wants it will be able to cover the sofa, because there is nothing impossible for an enthusiastic person.
How to cover the sofa-book
Many houses still have sofas-cabinets or, as they are also called, sofas. The design of this sofa-old sofa is simple:
- sitting;
- back;
- bokovki.
The main thing that differs from the rest of the sofas is that the back and seat are covered with one common cover, which, when folding and laying out, simply bends. Just an excess is a weak place in its design: there the cover is most often torn. If you have this heritage of Soviet times in your apartment and have already thought of getting rid of it, do not rush: trample, tighten with budget material and bring to the country, there it will be like a find.
We disassemble and repair
The work will consist of the following operations:
- remove the side walls;
- disconnect the mechanism with which the sofa is folded and laid out;
- we remove the berth from the pallet and turn over;
- we disconnect the back and seat;
- we study the state of the removed mechanisms. If spoiled, you will have to change;
- remove the cover;
- we take out the springs, most likely they have already worn out. What to do with them, you know, since we talked about this above;
- we do everything else in the same way as in the case of a sofa equipped with a telescopic mechanism.
And this is important: since the sofa has two mechanisms, try not to confuse them: right install on the right side, and the left on the left, otherwise you will not be able to fold the finished sofa.
How to cover the sofa with skin
A sofa with leather upholstery looks respectable. If you tighten the sofa without at least a little experience with this natural material, then you can fail. First, study the issue thoroughly. How to leather a sofa photo available on the Internet will certainly help, somehow navigate in terms of choosing the material, but it is better if you see the whole process. On the topic, how to cover the video sofa will allow you to familiarize yourself with all the problems arising along the course, small nuances.
A little experience theoretically? Then we start. The process will consist of several stages.
The sequence of work
- We analyze:
- first, dismantle the armrests;
- disconnect the back and seat;
- we very carefully remove the old covers;
- we check what is done inside;
- we change what has become unusable.
2. We will not use the old binding as a pattern. Here we need great accuracy, because in order to tighten the sofa of the sofa, you will have to pay a decent price, so we make patterns. At the same time, with the details of the external decoration, we also cut the lining, and for this you will need a special adhesive material.
3. Once again, having checked everything, chopping.
4. You can sew it, while:
- we exclude the surveillance operation - the needle will leave holes;
- fix the upholstery from the inside with a sticky ribbon;
- the paw of the sewing machine, moving through the material, can cause its deformation. To prevent this from happening, lubricate the skin with petroleum jelly, it will easily slide without linger under the paw.
5. The allowances that we left for the seams when cutting, after the details are sewn, will turn together and will bulge from the front side with a hill. To make the surface smooth, disconnect the allowances and iron them with a slightly warm iron through moistened in water and squeezed gauze.
6. Glue the allowances from the wrong side;
7. We apply a self -adhesive lining;
8. The seams are better to strengthen using braid.
Pulling
- We very carefully put the covers, smoothing them along the way;
- we fasten the covers to the details of the sofa by the construction stapler;
- we collect the design of the sofa.
A little about the skin, like a tightening material
If the skin yourself is covered with the sofa cost of it, of course, will be lower than if you bought a new one. But, the skin should be really high -quality, then it will fully justify the price paid for it. The skin has obvious advantages:
- cleaning it is simple;
- she is hygienic;
- resistant to abrasion;
- elastic;
- frost -resistant;
- soft and pleasant.
Excellent skin of the Pelle NoBile for furniture is produced in Italy. There are samples and very expensive and at an average price. A feature of the skin Pelle NoBile is naturalness. When processing, a minimum of chemicals is used, the natural upper layer with its inherent pattern is preserved.
In Russia, they also produce high -quality furniture skin - this is Dizzaro. The manufacturer is a leather plant in Ryazan. The quality of the skin provides:
- proven source material;
- the use of only high -quality chemistry;
- latest equipment;
- control at all stages;
- international Certificate.
Naturally, the skin from the Russian manufacturer is cheaper than from Italian.
Choose foam
When buying such a filler for a sofa as a foam, and more correctly called polyurethane foam, you need to pay attention to such characteristics:
- density. For details with different loads, foam rubber is selected with a different density: for a seat with a larger one, and for armrests and backs a little smaller:
- The seat is most loaded, so you need to take PPU with a density of 30 kg per 1 m cubic - the EL3040 brand, or even higher - EL4050, only then cover it with super -furry polyurethane of the HS brand;
- A density of 25 kg/m3 is suitable for armrests and backs.
- Softness;
- elasticity.
A high -quality, safe PPU that meets all standards is produced by the Russian company Muroroporolon. Its advantages include:
- environmental friendliness;
- hypoallergenicity;
- democratic cost.