Eames Chair Rubber Shock Mounts

I am trying to adhere a hard rubber mount to wood.

Eames chair rubber shock mounts.

The eames mid century modern furniture embodies luxury comfort and exquisite elegance in its design. It s really an adhesive problem. Designers charles and ray eames lounge chair has been manufactured by licensees herman miller and vitra and imitated for decades by numerous other manufacturers in attaching the back to the base eames avoided the use of bolts choosing to mate the plywood pieces by gluing a rubber shock mount between them. Eames lounge chair repair kit includes.

Shell chair 4 x full chair eames side or arm replacement black rubber shock mount 4 x set herman miller or vitra nbsp replacement shockmount for an eames fiberglass arm or side cha. Rubber shock mount repair. The term shock mount was in part is more symbolic and a marketing decision. The companies that make the chair have tried different adhesives over the years.

After much study the following repair was born. After 34 years of continual use the shock mounts became weaker until one day the back of the chair fell away from the seat shell. Eames shell chair shock mounts set of 4 with glue 40 00 eames shell chair shock mounts set of 4 no glue sold out. This was a necessity because the mfr.

The patent goes into detail about the construction type of rubber and adhesives used to make shock mounts. Now offering our renowned eames shock mounts to the discerning professional restorer. In attaching the back to the base eames avoided the use of bolts choosing to attach the plywood pieces by gluing a rubber shock mount between them. Not made of polyurethane.

If anyone is familiar with the eames lounge chair i need advice on what type of epoxy to reglue the shock mounts with. My current choice is 7522 bostik epoxy. Eames lounge chair shock mounts pair 25 00 eames shell chair boot glide foot replacements 4 23 99 eames shell chair shock mount single 10 00. 2 x quality oval mounts with bolts single cold pressed steel plate encapsulated in neoprene 2 oz.

The rubber dried out and material lost flexibility. The very early fiberglass chairs have a larger shock mount than the later more common fiberglass chairs. There are different types of rubber shock mounts on the eames chairs. Of our specifically formulated bonding gel.

All shock mount sets are professional made from elastic neoprene rubber like the original herman miller.