If the wooden garden furniture no longer looks nice, a new coat of paint often helps. With fresh paint, you can restore even unsightly furniture so that it looks like new. What should be considered when painting the garden furniture?

Lacquer protects garden furniture from moisture and weather

Painting garden furniture - step by step

  • Sand off old paint
  • Slightly roughen the wood
  • Prime garden furniture
  • apply new paint

What is needed?

  • wire brush
  • spatula
  • sandpaper
  • microfiber cloth
  • primer
  • wood varnish
  • several brushes

First sand the wood

Simply painting over the garden furniture is not advisable. The paint would quickly chip off again. First of all, you have to completely remove the old paint. You can use a wire brush or sandpaper to do this. A spatula will help with stubborn paint stains.

Then vacuum off all dirt particles and rub the wood clean with a dry microfiber cloth.

Prime wooden garden furniture

Applying a primer ensures that the wood surface becomes nice and smooth. Then the color will last better later and you won't have to repaint the garden furniture every year.

The primer is applied with a brush. If possible, only stroke in one direction.

The piece of furniture must then dry well for several hours. Place it in an area where it will be safe from use and also protected from leaves, dust and other debris.

How to paint garden furniture correctly

Only when the garden chair or garden table is completely dry can you repaint the wood. Apply the wood varnish evenly with a brush.

In the case of very absorbent types of wood, it may be necessary to apply a second coat of varnish. To do this, you will have to sand the piece of furniture again with some sandpaper when it is completely dry and then paint it again.

Do not place the garden furniture in its intended place until the paint has completely dried. Make sure that the furniture is not used beforehand. Wood varnish is difficult to remove from clothing.

tips

If the wood of the garden furniture has turned dark, the furniture can be freshened up by applying hardwood power cleaner. The work may only be carried out with gloves. After refreshing, the wood must be treated with care oil.

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Garden design