Customer DIY Vinyl Straps

P. S.
We are from St. Jacob, IL and we used colors 232 and black and 1.5 precut straps.

Allan Davidson from Burmuda did a great job restoring his Molla strap furniture with the help of our DIY Videos:

Dennis:

With new paint and new straps, our chairs look as good as the day we bought them – 38 YEARS AGO!!!

Many thanks for your help with the new straps.

I really appreciated the web site video regarding the fitting process. It works very well if you just follow the instructions.

Again – many thanks from a very happy customer….

Allan Davidson

Bermuda

Teresa Dugan from Florida used our 1" Vinyl to re-lace her own furniture and did a great job:

Hi Dennis,

attached please find the pictures of the refurbished patio chairs. I was very impressed with the online "how to do" DVD help, the ordering process and the response. I would rate the whole experience highly!

Sincerely,

Teresa Dugan

Susan B. from Menlo Park, CA completed her double wrap vinyl installation on Tropitone Cantina furniture using our 1.5" Precut Vinyl Straps in Off White:

The chair looks like new and it was easy to do after watching the "how to"
video. Thanks so much!

S.B.
Menlo Park, CA

Anita B. from Park Ridge, IL restored her own Woodard Ionian patio furniture:

I bought this "Woodard Ionian" patio set (used) about 10 years ago because I liked the curved lines of the metal frames.
Over time, the color scheme lost its luster when the metal started to discolor and the vinyl became spotted with age.
Researching how I might refurbish the patio furniture, I was stunned to see my exact patio furniture mentioned by name on the Patio Furniture Rehab site. Not only that, there was a VIDEO on how to replace vinyl straps on a Woodard Ionian chair -- an exact duplicate of the chairs in my set.

Here's how my husband and I tackled the project:
Step 1: MEASURE AND ORDER STRAPS. Presuming you will be ordering pre- cut straps, it's best to determine the length of your new straps BEFORE removing the existing ones. (This presumes your existing straps are not sagging, but taut.) Use a fabric tape measure to determine the actual length that the vinyl straps must accommodate -- including the portions that wrap around the J-Clip. Per instructions on the patiofurniturerehab.com web site, you multiply this measurement by .85 and round up to the nearest 1/4 inch to determine the CUT LENGTH of the straps. (The color we used is "Holly".) Step 2: DISMANTLE. Remove (cut off) the existing vinyl straps and save the "J-clips" in a safe place. If you lose some, you can get them from patiofurniturerehab.com Step 3: PAINT the metal frames, if desired. We used oil-based Rustoleum in black; applied it with a brush. Step 4: AFFIX THE NEW STRAPS. We suggest using the TWO PERSON / TWO POT METHOD, described below.

TWO PERSON / TWO POT METHOD
SETUP: Boil water in two large pots, then reduce heat to just BELOW boiling. In each pot, place about 8 straps. Take one pot to your work area while the other one stays on the burner (just below boiling point). Person 1 -- the stronger one -- should wear rubber gloves. THE METHOD: Using tongs, Person 1 removes a hot strap from the pot, while Person 2
(the cuter one) gets two J-clips in place on the frame. With the first J-Clip ON THE FRAME (held in place with one finger of Person 2 as needed), Person 1 places one end of the strap on the point of the J-clip, then loops the strap around the frame and stretches the strap across the frame to the opposing J-Clip. Person 2 is in charge of keeping the opposing J-Clip in place with one hand (under the frame) while the other hand guides the opposing end of the stretched strap through the frame opening, and pushes the strap-hole over the point of the J-Clip. (I wish we had a third person to take a video).
Repeat until you are out of straps in this pot, Take the pot back to the burner, put 8 more straps in it, turn up the heat a little, and bring out the other pot, and repeat "THE METHOD"

HELPFUL TIP: There are some tight spots on the frame that don't allow much room for maneuvering, e.g. adjacent to arm rests, and some curves that can make things tricky in terms of J-Clips sliding around. After struggling with these tricky spots on one chair, we learned to place the hot straps in "easier" locations first, and then slide them into place (around curves or in the tight spots adjacent to the arm rests).

We couldn't be happier with the results of this project. Thanks to
Dennis at Patio Furniture Rehab for his support and encouragement.
Good luck on your project.

Michael from Charleston, SC did a nice job on his own DIY patio furniture rehab involving the double wrap slot to rivet conversion using our 1.5" Vinyl:

These are the before and after photos of my patio furniture that is about 25 years old. As you can see it made quite a difference and they now look brand new. Using the website DIY videos, this made this project much easier.

Michael - Charleston, SC

Kevin & Lorie installed our 1.5" Vinyl Straps using the J-clip on their Woodard Ionian furniture:

We recently purchased 192 1.5" Pre-Cut Vinyl Straps in Nantucket Blue along with 100 Stainless Steel J-Clips to restore 2 Woodard Chaise Loungers, 3 Woodard Chairs, and 2 Woodard Ottomans. We could not be more pleased with the quality of the products received from Patio Furniture Rehab.

Kevin & Lorie

Anita Naworski from Roxbury, Maine used our 2" Vinyl Strapping to completed these:

Attached is a picture of a couple of chairs that we refinished using your products. We are very pleased with the outcome of these chairs. We found the directions easy to follow and the task at hand was not difficult either. We restrapped 6 high back chairs. These chairs were purchased around 23 years ago. The frames were very solid but the straps had broken over the years. We repainted the frames and restrapped them and they look brand new. We are very please that we found your company online and that we were able to repair these chairs at a reasonable cost.

Anita Naworski

Roxbury, ME

Steve from Massachusetts completed Single Wrap 2" Vinyl Strapping on his Winston chaises in the Clover-230 color and White-201 accents:

Attached are two pictures of the lounge chair I replaced the vinyl straps on. The lounge was at least 25 years old, the new straps took about 2 hrs to replace, I won't wait so long the next time to put on new straps. Thanks for all the attention on the order and getting the correct fasteners

Steve

Massachusetts

Dave from Jacksonville, Florida completing double-wrap straps:

To sales department

My order was received as promised and was correct. I repaired 4 chairs and 2 chaise lounge complete. You can see the chaise lounges in the back ground on the one picture. I have 5 more chaise lounges to do but I'll wait until I know someone that needs them, before I go and replace the straps. I am the maintenance man at a homeowners association and they wanted to get rid of them, so I took them home and repaired them, they are real nice like new after I restrapped them. It was not hard at all to replace the straps after a few straps you get the hang of it real quick. Thank You I'll be in touch.

Dave

Jacksonville, Florida

Before & After

Michael McCraw from Gaffney, SC with our 1.5" Vinyl:
Thanks for the great repair products you sent me for my pier furniture. They seemed better than the factory originals and were reasonably priced. The strapping went on very easily and the plastic supports arms fit great. I will purchase more in the future. Thanks again, Michael McCraw

Karle M. of Highlands Ranch, CO with our 1.5" Vinyl:

I asked Denny a number of questions over a period of time and he was extremely helpful and allayed my concerns. I re-strapped 5 patio chairs and found the process to be extremely easy. It was well worth the effort because I saved 100’s of dollars over new chairs or even paying someone else to do it. The chairs turned out so well I will now do 2 more chairs, a chaise lounge, and a table.