How to Reweave A Porch Chair

Cut a piece of the fraying porch-chair cane to take with you to the craft and hobby store. Cane comes in many colors, and having a sample will allow you to select a very close or exact match. Purchase enough new cane to make the necessary repairs.

Plug your sink drain and fill the basin with lukewarm water. Place all the new cane in the water to soak. Remove the cane after about an hour, and place it on a towel to drain.

Cut through pieces of cane that need replacing on either side of the damaged area. Pull these cut pieces away from the chair. If part of the section is underneath a weave, grab one end of the piece and pull gently to slide it out; discard these broken pieces.

Apply a dab of glue to the ends of cane still attached to the chair, the ends left free when you cut away the sections of cane, to prevent them from unraveling. Wait an hour to allow the glue to dry. In the meantime, trim all the new cane pieces so that they're long enough to reweave the patchy areas, but no so long that they're awkward for you to work with.

Squeeze a dot of glue onto the tip of the first strand of new cane. Affix this end to the underside or back of the chair or underneath an arm or to the back of a leg where the attachment will be inconspicuous. Wait a few minutes for the adhesive to set, and then work the strand of cane in and out of the undamaged chair surface, mimicking the existing pattern and covering the first bare area.

Glue the free end of the strand to one of the hidden surfaces previously mentioned, and trim away any extra length. Repeat this process of each area that needs repairing on both chairs. Ensure all the glue is completely dry before returning the chairs to the porch.