Canopy
Bed Repair
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This is a Canopy side rail
that had broke in half in transit. I repair all kinds of
furniture mishaps with very limited tools and supplies.
On this repair I used a
5
minute two part epoxy (bonds well and you don't have
to wait 24 hours to finish your work). |
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As you can see (photo
to right) the rail broke where the cross metal dowel
inserts.
Once
epoxy is applied fit the broken parts together. |
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| Photo of reverse side
of rail. |
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| As I stated above
tools are limited. I used typical bailing twine as a
clamp. I made a loop on one end of the twine inserted
the other end and pulled it tight. Actually quite
affective. A web clamp
would be the ideal tool for this job. |
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| Once the two pieces
are secure and the
epoxy has not cured yet I like to wipe off
excess epoxy with a rag and warm water. If you wait
until the epoxy has cured its much more difficult to
remove and you'll be doing more touch up later. |
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| I usually wait about
fifteen minutes before I remove clamps. I used a small
standard screw driver to clean the excess
epoxy out of the hole so the dowel will fit. |
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| To finish the project
I used a black touch up
marker to cover up the areas that needed it. |
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