Hi all. Seems like Alfie at Hume Modern is the master in Eames shock mount repair. Problem is, he's in LA. Has anyone had experiences with repair shops in the NYC area to repair shock mounts on an Eames lounge? Olek Lejbzon has a nice website with seemingly professional work, but when you google his name, only bad reviews come up (albeit, not many).
Olek does dozens of shock repairs per month
The two bad reviews are among more than a dozen filtered reviews, this is about Yelp selling ads for companies that appear on Olek's libeled reputation. The two bad reviews are from a person that had a California company repair her broken Eames Lounge, that fell apart at the old breaks, the California company refused to repair it, and she expected us to do it free. The other bad review is from a client that was upset that we did not repair a floor scratch quickly enough.
Olek warranties their shocks, and anything that happens to the chair if a shock should fail, for 15 years. Not one of Olek's shocks has failed yet.
(edited by DA - link removed, no advertising please)
Olek Lejbzon I know for a...
Olek Lejbzon I know for a fact that they do great work.
I have seen a lot of work done by them and it is amazing.
I know Hume does nice work. very expensive and a long wait.
If you are in the Northeast I would use Olek. I am not a paid spokesman for this company or have any conection to the company just seen this guys work.
try to diy
if you are a diy type, you might try fixing them yourself. mine failed (glue failure) and i repaired them with "goop", a rubbery adhesive from lowes, home depot, etc. it has now been 5 years or so and they are good as new. i think the trick is to not overclamp and squeeze out all the glue ... a 1/32" layer seems about right.
n.b. that's not to say they wont fail tomorrow but it worked for me. it's certainly worth a try and a tube of goop is a heck of a lot cheaper than miller's price. YMMV!!
peyton
We are in Soho with a broken eames lounge chair.
I have read on a couple internet sites about a company called Olek. They seam to have a good way of repairing this type of lounge chair.
My concern is that the old factory rubber bumpers are replaced with pieces of wooden.
Has anyone had this done and are happy with the final result.
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