How to Level Uneven Dining Room Chairs

Sandpaper takes off small amounts of wood, allowing you to level your dining room chairs precisely.

When you are sitting down to a pleasant meal, the last thing you want is to have the chairs move underneath you. A wooden dining room chair that rocks back and forth on legs not level results in an unpleasant knocking sound and a weakening of the chair’s structural integrity. Bring your dining room chairs back to level by sanding them flat again.

Things You'll Need

• Sturdy table
• Coarse sanding discs

Instructions

1. Place the wooden chair on a sturdy table.

2. Identify the two longest legs. Once these legs are shortened slightly, the chair will be level.

3. Peel the backing off two coarse sanding discs, revealing the sticky sides.

4. Place the sanding discs, sticky side down, on the table and underneath the chair’s longest legs.

5. Grasp the two longest chair legs in your hands and move them firmly over the sanding discs. Continue until the chair sits level on the table.

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