Before & After: outdoor chairs
I’d been spying these old and worn chairs for awhile. They were hiding in my neighbor’s backyard, and were begging for some TLC. I love the retro lines of these chairs, and they were actually in really good shape, minus all the grim.
After some serious TSP action, I successfully wiped away layers upon layers of dust. I let the chairs dry for a bit (TSP is strong stuff) and then began to spray them with the one-and-only Rust-Oleum. It’s the only spray paint I use and it’s great stuff. I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking from here…
Ta-Da! That’s it. There’s really no step-by-step instructions here because it’s that easy – clean and spray. Two cans of spray paint later, the chairs are a matte red and look practically brand new.
Hooray for salvaged junk and new backyard chairs:).
amazing find. I love the look of those chairs and can imagine sipping lemonade checking out the sunset.
So fun!
I love these kinds of chairs!! I use to have a bunch of them growing up but now everywhere I see them for sale they’re so incredibly expensive!
Kir! Derek just saw your pictures and said “I powder coat those all the time! Clam Shell retro chairs.” He could powder coat your next clam shell project in a second and they wont chip! Free is another good word too.
Super cute!!!
I love this project very much! We have two similar gardens chairs and, though I’m dying to repaint, I haven’t yet because they have their original automobile paint finish on them. What do you think? Would you paint them? Here they are:http://mintpeach.com/2011/02/23/a-little-history-about-russel-wright-folding-chairs/