I spent months fixing up an old bentwood rocker whilst I was pregnant and have used it everyday for over a year now. The wood on the very bottom, the rocker part, is starting to split apart causing one side to weaken. Is there a any to fix this without having to cut away that section and replace it?
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You can use wood filler to fix the rocker. It comes in a powder and you reconstitute it,or it comes in a tub ready made.
Would carpenters' glue and clamps do the job? (Not using it until the glue is thoroughly dry?)
This looks like the advice you are looking for: "For splits where the wood has separated along the grain, glue with wood adhesive and clamp. For splits where the wood fibres have separated, either fill with fine-grain wood filler (I use Liberon) mixed with powder stain; or cut away the damaged section altogether and replace with sound wood taken from a scrap chair, trying to match the curvature of the grain as closely as possible.
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