Plastic/Resin outdoor furniture

[Gardenarian]

Hi - I picked up a couple "resin" Adirondack style chairs from a free pile and found they had a weird chalky residue. It rubbed off on the clothes of anyone who sat on them. Apparently these plastic chairs break down in the sun. After doing some research I found a way to clean them and keep them from being all chalky.

* Clean chairs with a little dish soap & vinegar in warm water. (I had to go over mine a few times to get the gunk off.)

* Apply car wax to chairs and polish. (I also read that you can use spray wax (I'm thinking something like "Pledge") but I haven't tried that.)

If you have new plastic furniture, putting on car wax will keep the plastic from degrading and you can avoid this problem.

(Trying to keep some plastic out of the dump...)

[razz]

You can refresh such chairs thoroughly cleansed and then treated with Krylon spray paint and they look good as new and the colour that you wish.

[Gardenarian]

Good to know! Now I can have a matching set :-)

[rodeosweetheart]

Good to know! Now I can have a matching set :-)

Yeah, great suggestion, and make sure you use the "Fusion" paint that is specially made for plastic and vinyl. Works really well.

[Float On]

Good tips. We went to an outdoor play that uses those plastic chairs and it was funny watching everyone with white hind ends....until we realized we had them too. I doubt the play will go through and really clean all their chairs but if we go back we're taking blankets to drape over them.

[RCWRTR]

Thanks for posting this, Gardnerian. This is good to know!

My partner and I recently built a home. We have a 16'x10' AZEK (100% PVC) deck with 6' white PVC privacy fence with PVC lattice at the top on 2 sides and white PVC newel post, balusters and railing one side, leading to the AZEK stairs at the rear of the deck.

From what I understand, AZEK, being 100% PVC, does not tend to get the same chalky residue that is common with furniture made from resin and/or composite materials, which are typically made from 50% wood fiber and 50% PVC. It is also less porous, since it contains no wood fiber and the color goes all the way through AZEK decking material. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to polish our AZEK with automobile wax, but prior to reading this, it never occurred to me to do so.

I've seen a number of places locally that sell Adirondack chairs and patio furniture made locally from resin and/or composite decking materials, but have yet to see any made from AZEK locally. Since it is our preference to purchase our new patio furniture locally, I'm hoping I will be able to find patio furniture I like made locally from AZEK or find someone locally who is willing to make patio furniture for us using AZEK instead of resin or composite decking materials.

One of our goals in designing, building and furnishing our new home is to do it with high quality, durable products that we can enjoy for many years with a minimum of maintenance.

[Tussiemussies]

Thanks for posting this, Gardnerian. This is good to know!

My partner and I recently built a home. We have a 16'x10' AZEK (100% PVC) deck with 6' white PVC privacy fence with PVC lattice at the top on 2 sides and white PVC newel post, balusters and railing one side, leading to the AZEK stairs at the rear of the deck.

From what I understand, AZEK, being 100% PVC, does not tend to get the same chalky residue that is common with furniture made from resin and/or composite materials, which are typically made from 50% wood fiber and 50% PVC. It is also less porous, since it contains no wood fiber and the color goes all the way through AZEK decking material. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to polish our AZEK with automobile wax, but prior to reading this, it never occurred to me to do so.

I've seen a number of places locally that sell Adirondack chairs and patio furniture made locally from resin and/or composite decking materials, but have yet to see any made from AZEK locally. Since it is our preference to purchase our new patio furniture locally, I'm hoping I will be able to find patio furniture I like made locally from AZEK or find someone locally who is willing to make patio furniture for us using AZEK instead of resin or composite decking materials.

One of our goals in designing, building and furnishing our new home is to do it with high quality, durable products that we can enjoy for many years with a minimum of maintenance.

Hi, just wanted to let you know that I am going to send your post to my husband via email...we plan on a new deck next summer and this is good information.

[Tussiemussies]

We never had the chalking problem, but did keep a set of outdoor furniture for a very long time by spray painting it with Krylon for plastic and the pieces would look like new. Never chalking at all...

[RCWRTR]

Thanks for sharing this, Tussiemussies. I've made a note of the brand and type of paint for future reference.