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garlanre
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07/01/2014 1:29 am  

I saw this chair in the free section of CL sitting amongst a pile of other chairs outside in the snow. I drove 45 minutes in freezing rain to a trash disposal site, waded through 6 inches of water/sludge/ice to get to it, and crammed it into my 2-door Honda Civic. The teak frame withstood the elements very well. But the upholstery is soaking wet. My first question is: does anyone recognize this chair? My second is: can I salvage the upholstery? It's a nubby brown fabric and, except for being drenched, is in perfect shape.
Edit: I have the seat cushion. I just took the soggy foam out, so now it's deflated.
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Spanky
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07/01/2014 5:44 pm  

It might be ok--
--just dry it out as fast as you can so that mold has the least amount of time to fester. Point several electric fans at it at close range, running at highest speed, for a few days. Turn the heat up in the room if you can, just to keep the humidity down. Sniff it every now and then at close range. If it was reasonably clean to begin with, this might work! It's not like a big overstuffed club chair with 3" of unprocessed cotton batting, after all. It's probably no more than 1-2" of foam.
Good luck. And lucky you! It's a great chair!


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bj
 bj
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07/01/2014 8:55 pm  

reminds a bit of kofod larsens seal chair
but it isn't.
hopefully spanky's advice does the trick.
should the fabric be shampooed while it's wet?


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Spanky
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07/01/2014 10:24 pm  

Shampooing certainly wouldn't hurt
and it might helps a LOT with even light soiling that will feed mold. Good call!


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garlanre
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08/01/2014 11:55 pm  

Thanks Spanky & BJ
Spanky, I put the chair in a room with a portable heater and two fans and it dried in two days! I'm amazed. I should probably shampoo it, as I suspect it needs a good cleaning (hard to tell with brown fabric). After that, all I have to do is get new foam for the seat, fix the strapping, oil the teak and I've got myself a nice chair. Well worth the wet feet! I wish I knew who designed it. It's definitely not the seal chair. I'd appreciate any other ideas.


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