How to Repair a Wicker Peacock Chair 

Thanks :)

You're so welcome! I hope it's helpful in your restoring process :)

Beautiful job. I have large high back wicker chair built like a tank, and will be refurbishing it soon. Thank-you.

Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked the video and it was helpful!

Thanks! I definitely put in some time and effort but I love how it turned out :)

A $40 peacock chair is definitely a bargain! I hope this video has helped inspire you to keep going with your repairs!

Thanks! That sounds like an awesome deal you got on Facebook marketplace for your pair of peacock chairs!

Welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!

Good luck! hope it turns out great for you!

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks! Good luck on restoring your peacock chair - I'm sure you'll do a great job saving it!

@@diylifewithmichelle5450 thanks so much 😀 we shall see lol

Thank you! 😊

I waited about a week. You probably don't need to actually wait that long, it was just that it was a week later when I was able to set aside some time to do it!

It depends on what platform you decide to sell it on and where you live. For example, in my local marketplace, if I sold it on Facebook Marketplace, I could sell this for around $500-$600. I actually sold this on Etsy, and offered shipping, which allowed me to sell it for $1400. From this I had to take out the cost of the peacock chair and the materials to repair it ($90), the cost of shipping ($380) and Etsy fees ($116). It still gave me a profit of $814 though (as opposed to the approx $500 profit I would have made if I sold it locally - which would still have been awesome!), so I think it was totally worth it.

Thanks! I'm so happy it was helpful!

You're welcome! Hope it was helpful :)

I'm assuming you're referring to the front part of the seat that had the wonky trim? If so, that was held in place by small nails. I took out the nails holding it in place, repositioned it so it was straight, and put the nails back in.

It only had a chemical smell briefly after I applied the Seal Coat, but once the Polyurethane was applied and had dried, it didn't seem to have a smell. I was also doing everything outside, and had it stored in my garage for a couple of days after I applied the Polyurethane, so that may have given it time to air out, if there was a slight smell afterwards. Hope this helps!

Seconded - would like to know this too

Here's the link to the video that helped me :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BbkuG7qykVo.html

Anyone know how I would clean wicker and then paint it? I have a small couch that was left outside that I want to put flower pots on. ☺️

It was mainly dirt as it had been sitting outside for a while (it hadn't been painted and still had the beautiful natural colored wicker under all that grime).

Hmm... that's a good question. The power washer gave me really good results because of the pressure of the water, so I'm not sure that you'd get the same results using different methods. You could try washing it down with something like Dawn dish soap and hot water with a scrubbing brush, but you'd be walking a fine line between getting off the dirt and not wrecking the wicker. Otherwise, I know that at a lot of hardware stores you can rent power washers - that might be an option.

I hung on to this piece for a long time - it was just so beautiful! In the end, I did end up listing and selling it. It went to a new home where it will be used by a photographer in their shoots.