Revamped Garden Setting - From Rusty to Clean White
by
Carole
I bought this little garden setting on ebay for $45. It was rusty even though it was not very old. The chairs and table fold up. I think it is iron or steel - not cast aluminium. Anyhow, with a bit of TLC it is looking fresh as a daisy!
Update: These sold and are now at their new home.
Update: These sold and are now at their new home.
The steps involved were:
Sand the paint and rust off using metal appropriate sandpaper. Then applied a rust converter using a bristle brush. Once that had been allowed to do its work - takes 24 hours, I had a better surface for painting.
I used Feronite for the rust converter and then painted again with the brush, a coat of Killrust Heavy Duty Primer for metal surfaces.
This stuff dries to a khaki green colour. A day later, I used a satin white enamel indoor/outdoor spray paint. It took 4 tins at about $8 per tin to get the coverage required.
To protect the joints from gumming up with paint and seizing up (remember this set folds flat for storage) I sprayed the joints with WD40 oil prior to painting.
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Doesn't everyone have some furniture or decor item that's a bit rusty? I sure do. Thank you so much for stating which products you used I'll be buying them, for sure. I LOVE that FOLDING patio set (mine does not fold)... I'll be watching for some like that to show up in garages sales and our thrift stores...
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I took steel wool and smoothed the rust off then used Rustoleum spray paint that had primer in it. Made it a breeze. Only exception, I used flat black.
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It depends how bad the rust is before painting as to whether you need the rust converter or not. Light rust is usually OK with Rustoleum. Anything that has a lot of rust is worth going over with the rust converter first as it will give the piece a longer life. You only put the converter on the rusty bits to seal them.
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