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Choosing Plastic Patio Furniture (Cast iron patio furniture)

February 15th, 2008

The most obvious reason for choosing plastic patio furniture is its high resistance to all types of weather conditions: showers, hot sun, snow, chlorine, and saltwater. It is easier to buy molded plastic chairs and tables as compared to wrought iron or aluminum furniture to stand up to all of natures elements.

Plastic patio furniture is especially useful if your house has a patio more exposed to weather, i.e. it lacks an awning or some other kind of cover. Adding to the pros, plastic chairs offer greater convenience of portability, and it is now available in various colors and designs.

Usually, these are less expensive than furniture of tubular metal.

New Trend in Plastic Patio Furniture

Gone are the days when plastic furniture sounded a bit flimsy. The look of modern plastic patio furniture has increased its demand many folds. Manufacturers now use High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), a harder, stronger, and heavier variety of polyethylene, to make plastic patio furniture for homes. The appearance of HDPE is wax-like, lacking luster, and opaque, while the use of UV-stabilizators (carbon black) improves its resistance to weather. Painted, it would resemble wood, but be safe from cracking, splintering, warping, or rotting.

Ease in Maintaining

With these qualities of durability, economy, and weather resistance, people have nearly gone a fortiori on plastic patio furniture. Certainly the ease of maintenance that comes with choosing plastic items for the patio counts. Whether you use soap and warm water or chlorinated water, no worries need go with the washing process. Bleach water and power wash can be used as well without caring about the loss of color or the fading of your furniture set. Normally, it will last several years.

Adirondack and Other Styles in Plastic Patio Furniture

While a variety of colors and styles are available in choosing your set, the Adirondack style has recently become very popular for plastic furniture. Introduced by Thomas

Lee in the early 1900s (originally as a wood item), the Adirondack style offers a classic curved back or shellback style of seat.

The plastic Adirondack chair style is the same as in the prototype, characterized by a high, angled back, sloping seat, and wide arms. Typically, it is a design for relaxation while allowing holding your favorite drink or ice cream bar, resting on its arms. Other popular styles available in plastic patio furniture chairs include Classic Bistro Dining Set, Pergola Dining Set, Sage Green and Saga Green Sets, Willow Dining Sets and many others.

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