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Squirrel ate your Adirondack Chair? Here’s how to fix it in 5 easy steps

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by | 22 Aug 2014

I recently bought a couple of Adirondack chairs and had just finished painting them. Don’t know if you’ve ever painted ADK chairs before but it takes a lot of time and persistence. Sometimes it can take up to a full week depending on the humidity. I woke up on that Sunday morning and went out to sit and admire and have tea and breakfast.  Low and behold a squirrel decided to devour one of them. It was a real shocker! All the white wood chips were on the porch and you could see it’s little claw marks everywhere. Not to mention the 3 enormously large gnaw marks on both the chairs arms. 2 on the left and 1 on the right. I can only think that the squirrel must have smelled the paint and thought it was food. We have about 6 chairs that sit outside and this kind of damage has never happened before. He must have been pretty hungry!

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Today I’m going to explain, step by step how to fix an Adirondack chair after it’s been eaten by a squirrel.

Step one – Clean it up, take off any access slivers of wood and sand it, just a bit just to make it clean and ready for the next step.

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Step two – Use wood filler or wood cement. I like Elmer’s Carpenter’s Wood Filler the best.  Get a putty knife and fill up the holes as best you can so there is no holes or any space left.

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Step three – Let it dry overnight. Make sure it’s hard and solid.

Step four – Use either sandpaper , a sand block or an orbital sander to smooth down the edges. I choose to use sandpaper for this project.

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Step five – Once it’s sanded, smooth and clean you’re ready to paint. You can use a brush or spray paint. I choose spray paint for this project and put on a coat of primer and a coat ofRust-oleum Spray paint gloss white.

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And that’s it. Takes about a day and it looks just like new! I just hope that squirrel doesn’t come back for seconds.

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I just want to congratulate you on the exquisite job you did on the Cottages! Did I mention how dreamy the beds are? I had my best night's sleep in weeks. Ahhhhh Oh my god! I just want to move in today. You have such lovely taste. It has such a peaceful aura. We all had a wonderful stay. Thank you again.

Francis

New York, NY

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