To start empty to contents of the gelatin packet into a small microwaveable bowl. I made small batches using one packet of gelatin and 9 tablespoons of vinegar or pickle juice. If it does start to thicken while you are using it you can put it in the microwave for a few seconds to thin it out but you can't really keep it for more then a couple of hours. The glue will harden into a clear finish and it does start to thicken fairly quickly so you only want to make as much as you will use at a time as this glue does not really keep. If you are using the pickle juice you will want to strain out any of the food particles before making the glue. To make the glue all you need is a saucepan, stove, gelatin and pickle juice or white vinegar. The first step was to wipe down the chair with some cleaning solution and a damp cloth. So I mixed up a batch of the glue and then started with a small section of the chair. I decided to follow the original lines of the chair. The process is pretty simple but it did take quite a lot of time. But, if you can share my excitement, you get that it is an Upcycling Thing. Most people probably don't appreciate the joy of finding uses for pickle juice, which is why I said earlier, that I like to think of myself as almost normal. :-)Īnyway, can you imagine my glee as I discovered that it was working? And in addition to working it also had no toxic properties and actually used something from my fridge that was destined to be tossed down the drain. There is a certain amount of freedom in it and that is how you can come to the conclusion that it makes perfect sense to put pickle juice and twine on your living room furniture or Crisco on your shoes (but that is a whole other story. One of the benefits of working with trash and ruined items, is you don't really have to worry about messing up. Not only would the pricing be ridiculously high (more than I paid for the chair in the first place) but all of these adhesives came with hazardous chemical warnings and most importantly I didn't even think that they would work for my project.įeeling a bit dejected I searched online and somehow stumbled onto this "Make your own all-natural glue video." So with a little bit of hope and a fair amount of skepticism, I decided to give it a try. I literally spent days considering my options and searching the home improvement stores for a suitable adhesive product. I can't say for sure whether or not this idea presented itself before or after a cocktail.īut the vision persisted and so I pondered what I could use to glue the twine to the chair.
What if the chair could withstand cats scratching and still look presentable? I reasoned that I could cover the chair in twine similar to the scratching post and meet the aforementioned criteria. I have observed that our felines do seem to love their cat scratch post and that got my wheels spinning. Unfortunately, I have not been able to convince the cats to keep their claws to themselves and I feared a similar fate for the new cover whatever the material. Now a normal DIYer might have just made a new cover for this chair and since I do like to think of myself as almost normal I did give this idea some consideration. So this chair's main purpose was to look at least presentable, if not good and heirloomy (yes I made that word up.)Īnyway as you can see from the quality of this mass-produced chair I don't really have that high of criteria for what is presentable, but the new needle pricked finish provided by the cats, did cause this chair to drop below even my menial standards.
#Chair cover desk chair cat scatching full
Mostly, we just pass through it on our way to the kitchen for beer, snacks and sometimes even a full meal. You may think that its purpose was to be sat upon, but we don't actually do a lot of living in our living room. Still, this chair did have a purpose in our living room. So maybe it wasn't actually a heartbreaking loss. Now I won't try to convince you this is a priceless antique or even real leather.
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