Refinishing of Your aluminum patio furniture

Once your aluminum patio furniture has been exposed to nature's elements for a few years, it may be time to consider having your furniture refinished.

Re-finishing will turn your worn-out furniture into a looking like-new condition and can be accomplished for about half of the delivered cost of buying new. This is especially true if high quality outdoor furniture was purchased originally and your investment needs to be protected.

If the patio furniture's paint is still in good condition and if you are not trying to make a major color change, but the straps have broken, faded, or just needs replacing then the frames can be re-strapped. This is regularly done with aluminum patio furniture to make it look like new again. If the paint is flaking, peeling, spotted (due to salt air), or if it is a liquid-based coat, then your furniture must be sand blasted prior to Re-finishing.

Sand blasting removes metal from the frame and can only be done about three times before the metal becomes too thin to produce a quality result then the tubing would need to be replaced. Once re-coated with a powder finish, in which particles of polyester powder are electro-statically charged and applied to the aluminum frame, the frame is then baked in a powder coat oven at 400 degrees in order to cure the finish. This ensures that any moisture or gas present in the old finish is removed from the frame.

The frame can then be double baked, if necessary. The result is a fresh powder coat, which is far superior to solvent-based paint finishes. The powder coating provides for excellent durability, UV stability, corrosion resistance, and the beauty of a new car finish.