D-Scan Teak Dining chairs are of generally decent construction quality.
I have a bias that earlier productions are of higher quality, in selection of teak wood.
In most of the cases, as found condition means teak frames could be in dire need of cleaning and multiple coating of teak oil.
We have not a found a completely beyond our ability to restore and repair kind of chair in this style. Maybe because they were made relatively recently.
The original seats have been upholstered usually with a neutral toned wool twid fabric, upon one 1/2″ layer of foam.
A lot of times, someone will DIY another covering material over the original to keep the chairs in service a little longer.
Which is totally fine.
These seat boards are in OK condition. The fabric and foam have been under further DIY-ed cover for maybe a few years.
The T-tie s sometimes become loose and small things like this are usually big headaches.
We don’t take chances, so each T-tie is checked and strengthened.
The downside of DYI cover over cover operation is the missed opportunity to check the condition of the plywood seat boards underneath: cracks and separations are lurking…
The cracks and seaprations would only get worse and eventually will fail. Half of this seat board is completely separated, age and negligence is to blame.
A lot of glue, a lot of clamping did the trick.
Before new foam is attached, the T-Tie areas are being further strengthened with glass-fiber strengthened tape.
This will keep the T-Ties in place especially during the reinstallatiom of the seats, before the screws are turned in deep enough to generate pull power.
We hand cut our foam to size. There should be enough foam to wrap the front seat lip down and over, for more comfort.
If done correctly, new upholstery in vinyl would look similar to this.
And four will look like this:
If fully labeled, the bottom of a seat looks like this.
This is so much writing.
Time for some reading.
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