If you want to enjoy your garden furniture for a long time, you should refurbish it every spring. With a thorough cleaning, some paint, wood oil and glaze, even old furniture made of wood, iron, rattan or plastic can be made attractive again.

Sanding removes stains and small scratches

Refurbish garden furniture with simple tricks

In the spring, the garden furniture is taken out of the garage or the basement. Now it turns out whether they are still intact and presentable enough to be used for another year.

You can refurbish damaged garden furniture with a few simple means. The options you have depend on the material the furniture is made of.

For processing you need:

  • rag
  • wire brush
  • root breasts
  • household sponge
  • sandpaper
  • wood oil
  • wood varnish
  • paint brush

First item on the agenda: cleaning up!

All garden furniture needs to be properly cleaned first. Brush off dust, dirt and cobwebs. You must be particularly careful with plastic furniture so that you do not damage the surfaces.

Second step: check the garden furniture for damage

After cleaning, check if the furniture is still intact. You usually have to dispose of foldable garden furniture whose hinges no longer work.

If the covering of loungers and chairs is no longer in order, check whether you can re-cover them.

Tighten screws and oil all hinges.

Refurbish wooden garden furniture

Furniture made of natural wood should be treated with a wood oil before use. This protects the surfaces and makes them less sensitive to stains.

With painted garden furniture, repair damage to the paintwork or repaint the furniture. Before that, you need to sand off the old paint and treat the wood with a primer.

Refresh iron or rattan furniture

Garden furniture made of iron or rattan usually does not need to be refurbished because they are very robust and stable.

If necessary, remove rust spots from iron garden furniture.

Prepare plastic garden furniture

Damage such as small stains or chipped paint can be made invisible with a special paint for plastics.

tips

Wooden furniture made from soft wood species needs a new coat of paint every few years. If you want to save yourself this time-consuming work, you should in future rely on garden furniture made of hard woods such as teak, cedar and robinia from sustainable cultivation.

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Garden design