BBC viewers saw The Repair Shop expert Dominic Chinea stepping in to help his co-star in the workshop.18:58, 29 Jul 2026The Repair Shop expert Sarah Hatton was left perplexed during an episode of the BBC show.‌On Wednesday night, viewers saw a woman called Mamta Rajani enter the workshop looking to have her two small chairs fixed.‌During the episode, which originally aired last year, Mamra told Sarah and The Repair Shop's Will Kirk that the chairs were given to her and her sister when they were young children living in Tanzania.‌Explaining that her family used to take the chairs with them on their outings, it held great sentimental value to her. Sadly, she told the BBC stars that when her parents both died, she brought the chairs back to London with her.She commented: “They were lying in my garage for 26 years. I know they are in quite bad condition, where you can’t really sit on them. Now, I’m a grandma, I have a granddaughter who is two years old, and the other one is on the way. So, it’s a perfect time to get it repaired.”‌However, when Sarah took the chairs to her workspace to get started, she spotted a huge issue. Speaking to the camera, she said: “Maybe going to cause me a little bit of a problem though. I can see that they are canes which have been dipped in plastic.“That is not common material that you use these days. But, my main issue is this being an unknown material to me, which is going to be quite difficult.”Explaining that she’s unsure if you can still get this material in this day and age, she headed over to Dom to help restore the legs of the chairs and highlighted her issue.‌She told the BBC star that she needed to make the natural cane on hand into the plastic cane that had been used on the chairs she was fixing.Luckily, Dom came up with a solution as he introduced a rubbery coating that looks like paint, which could be used to dip the cane in.‌As Sarah managed to successfully dip the cane strips into the rubbery coating, she told BBC viewers that the fix hasn’t been straightforward.She commented: “It’s been a really hard challenge, but actually, it’s been fascinating. There’s still quite a bit to do. But I’m really happy with how this is working out, I’m very relieved.”Article continues belowWhen it was time for Mamra to see the finished result, she was overcome with emotion as she started to cry over the fixed chairs.She told the BBC star: “Oh my god! They look like the chairs that I actually sat on. Thank you so much. They look so beautiful. They look brand new. They were in a really bad state! Look at it, wow.”The Repair Shop is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.