Update a nasty-looking office chair

Step 3 Clean up and glue padding

Use your pliers to remove all (or at least most) of the old staples from both pieces. This was really easy since the chair was so old that the plywood had dried out. The naked wood also had a cool [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eames_Lounge_Chair_Wood_(LCW) Eames-y] look but wouldn't have been too comfortable, so we proceed.

Open a seam on one side of the pillow and pull out enough stuffing to cover the back piece. The stuffing in this pillow seemed to be folded up, so I tried (with limited success) to pull out longish continuous pieces. This makes gluing it down smoothly easier.

Spray a light coat of spray mount or glue on the front surface of the back piece. Press sections of padding down, leaving a couple of inces hanging off the edge.