Cane furniture in your home adds some kind of elegance to your rooms. Whether they are in bedroom, sitting room or balcony or garden they provide some kind of decorative prospection to the ambiance. The cane furniture are made of canes which are a species of grass that grow abundantly in rain forest areas of countries like Africa, India, South East Asia and others. When they become mature they are cut, brought and dried to make them ready for use. But because they are not that much sturdy like wood they need little care. People who use cane furniture often ask how to restore cane furniture?

The answer to the question ‘how to restore cane furniture?‘ indeed depends a lot on the nature of damage of the furniture. If they are very mild damage you can restore them within your home. But if the damage is quite serious and would require replacement of cane or other parts then it is better to consult a cane furniture manufacturing unit or shop who deals in cane furniture repairing.

Items you would need to restore cane furniture within your home include – scissors, fabric, measuring tape, sandpaper, staple gun, methylated spirits, linseed oil, wire wool, sharp knife and others. These items would help you to restore your cane furniture. Here are few tips for you on ‘how to restore cane furniture?

- If your furniture are under attack of mildew or mold, you can wash them with mild detergent added to a mild bleaching agent in warm water. After that make it dry under sunlight. Take care that every nook and corner of the chair or table get sunlight. Once it is dry you can polish it with oil made for canes. Buy the oil which contains ingredients to protect your cane from attack of moist climate.

- If you find that your cane furniture is losing the lusture and glow of paint, you can think of repainting them. Use sandpaper to remove the remaining coat of paint first. Then again rub them with another sandpaper properly. This enables the cane to get linings to hold paint properly. After you have cleaned the canes with sandpaper apply a thin coat of paint and let it semi dry. Again apply a thick coat and let it dry in air. You can put them under the sun but for limited time. You can ask stores for a polish item for colors.

- If you find your cane furniture damaged very badly and one or two canes or parts of it are required to be removed, don’t think of how to restore cane furniture yourself. Better call a professional and ask him to do it. You may deform the chair or table if you try to mend it with a replacement cane or other accessories. The cane are very much flexible and they bend easily. Therefore you would need that skill to keep their size intact.

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