Well we're in full on spring mode over here and loving every bit of it!  The weather condition has been co-operating and then nosotros've managed to tackle a lot of things in our thou, namely our deck, which I can't wait to show you!  We've painted it, repainted old furniture and basically but fixed a lot of stuff that needed fixing! Including our deck furniture.

I love our deck furniture.  Information technology'southward fabricated of weaved plastic rattan that has stood up against the elements for quite a few years.  But we haven't been diligent in covering it during our fell winters, then time has taken a bit of a cost on the chairs.  The weaving has croaky and come undone on some of them, so they desperately needed some TLC.  I'k not prepare to let them become simply yet, so I decided to set up them myself.

In the back of my mind, because I'm weird like that, I retrieve my Dad using contact cement to fix things.  I don't know why I call up that, just I do.  So I went over to our local Home Depot, and asked if contact cement would be the right material to fix my plastic rattan chairs.  And apparently it is.

So I bought a bottle (it'south super cheap $8 a bottle) and ready off for dwelling, very excited to set up my chairs!  Because you can't become through all the trouble of making your deck look astonishing, then have terrible looking article of furniture!

Hither's How To:

  • First I cleaned the furniture, then waited for information technology to dry completely.
  • Then I re-weaved the strands of plastic that had come up undone.
  • And then I followed the directions on the bottle of contact cement, just glueing down the ends and pieces that were sticking out.PLEASE read the directions on the bottle of contact cement.  You MUST follow them to ensure the glue cures.
  • That's it.  Super simple.

Here's how the tops of some of my chairs looked before, then subsequently I practical the contact cement:

Fixing Outdoor Rattan Furniture

Fan-tab-u-lous!  My chairs look brand new.  This makes me very very very very happy.  (I'm hands pleased.)  Only actually, this is amazing to me!  And it took less than an hour to practise.  Really.

Then this weekend if you are looking for something to practice, become ready your chairs.  And you'll find me sipping bevvies on our new deck.  Ahhhhh.

Have an inspired 24-hour interval!