My Aunt Alice gave us this rocking chair. I loved the style instantly, but it needed some work. Here’s step by step instructions on how we fixed it up.
The wood underneath the back of the chair had split so John cut a new piece, drilled new holes to screw back into the existing seat and reattach it.
Next, we took our paint air sprayer and sprayed the rocking chair twice with primer. This rocking chair has some rough spots from the paint, but we didn’t sand those out because we wanted to keep the “antique look”. We just primed over the paint without sanding. If you want a smooth surface, sand it first.
We waited a day for the primer to dry and then sprayed it with latex grey paint. We always look at the oops paint at Home Depot, Lowes or Sears and pick up whatever we think might look good. This was a $5 can that we liked and it only used about 1/3 of the small can.
Up Next, I added a crackled effect using brick red over the grey. It’s simple, you use Elmer’s Glue. Water it down a bit, paint it on the piece, wait a couple minutes until the glue is tacky, and then paint the next color. At first I didn’t think I was going to like it, but once it dried I fell in love!
Here’s the finished product!!
I love how it turned out! The “crackle” makes it look antique. Very cool!
Thanks! I am so glad you like it. It was a lot of fun.
do you know how old it is. i just recieved one yesterday that was suposed to belong to my great grandmother. it looks nearly identical. mine had the seat replaced with a piece of plywood and i wanted to make it original. i am just not sure what original is.
thank you for your time!
I have a rocking chair similar in design my late husband bought for me for my 40th birthday. Its 16 years old and still look brand new. I keep it on a deck; out of the elements at the New Jersey shore area. I am refinishing it from white to a Cherrywood color to take with me to my new home in Clearwater Kansas. Good luck!!
Peggy
I have the same rockers but the wood part that you set in are missing and ideas on how to fix it.