Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/reupholstering

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Expert: - 1/22/2009


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The back rest of my dining room chairs have those little pegs that cover the screws which are glued of cause. Is there a trick to removing them or do they just break and then have to be replaced?

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Hi Debi,  

unfortunately there is not a good way to remove them,  if they are not glued in place it may be possible to push an ice-pick type tool at the very bottom - 6 o'clock, and pop the peg out.  If that does not work the only way to remove it is to break it apart and replace it.  

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custom furniture upholsterery. Became journeyman custom upholsterer in 1969. Certified by Upholsterers Intl. Union. Worked at San Francisco`s most prestigious upholstering shop as senior upholsterer. Am now president of Domar Upholstered Furniture Inc. Have upholstered for Presidents Reagan, Nixon, Clinton and the Queen of England. formerly taught classes in custom upholstering at the San Francisco Community College. Happy to answer all your upholstering questions.

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