Tricks To Replacing Chair Slings. Just apply enough pressure to be able to pull the fabric from the track. Order Replacement Chair slings for Patio furniture.
The tightness of the previously stretched fabric at the front of the chair should stop the sling from moving from there. Once everything was ordered my husband took the chairs apart and spray painted them along with the table and umbrella stand. The hard part is pulling the fabric through the rails.
You are now taking up the slack in the length of the sling so that it aligns with the top of the sling rails at the back of the chair.
You may hear a Cracking sound. I ruined one of my new slings finding this out. Once everything was ordered my husband took the chairs apart and spray painted them along with the table and umbrella stand. Note I did not fully disassemble the chair as they did in the Sailrite video.