Don't bin it! How to clean Horse Hair for Antique ReUpholstery & Restoration

In the video I will show you how easy it is to wash and reuse horse hair in your reupholstery projects. If your restoring a vintage or antique piece of furniture you may have come across horse hair and are not sure if it can be reused. The answer is YES! I will guide you through the process and detail some interesting information on the history of natural fibres in furniture manufacturing as well as health and environmental issues of PU foam.
By the end of this video, you will have all the knowledge you need to tackle your next furniture restoration project correctly with confidence and improve your sustainability practice too!
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[@cield3987]

I took part of vintage stool that I have been meaning to reupholster for quite a while. The fabric it was covered in was needing to be replaced. What I found underneath was layers, heavy cotton fabric, then burlap, then what I guessed to be horse hair which this video confirmed. Then I see What looks like caning. I’m going to wash the horse hair and replace the burlap and the fabric batting. I’m going to attach new fabric on top.

[@deborahwilliams3666]

Thank you so much for this!

[@user-gm2je6il1f]

How can I find out what my chair is stuffed with. I've removed it, but don't know. I plan to wash and resuse the product but would like to know what it is. Thanks for this information!

[@TasminBassettArt]

If your not sure join a Facebook upholstery group and share some pics I'm sure they will help u identify it for you.

[@lateinbloom]

Thank you for this! I just picked up a vintage chair someone was getting rid of and it was actually the first time I've come across horse hair (and springs!) in a piece of furniture I was reupholstering. It's very dusty and I was wondering if I should just replace it with foam, wich is what I normally use. But I'm happy to hear I can just wash and reuse the horsehair. I'm even more excited for my project now!

[@TasminBassettArt]

Thats great. Good luck with it. Always feel awesome to reuse when we can!

[@justincrosby2221]

Working on a wwii motorcyclw seat, hope this helps thanks

[@TasminBassettArt]

Sounds cool. Good luck

[@Deipardui77]

Educational & very useful video, thank you very much!😀👍

[@justincrosby2221]

In my 1940’s motorcycle seat padding, the hand wash looked great, but the tumble dryer didnt work, and really ruined the shape and created holes in the patern just fyi