DB is a very patient man! He is currently painting metal and mesh patio chairs with hammerite, such a fiddly and difficult job. It wants to smear rather than be painted on. He has painted the back garage side door a lovely pale sage green and we managed to get hammerite paint in a similar colour.
It would have been easier to spray paint them but that would have cost us an enormous amount of money as we reckoned it would use 1 can per chair at £12 a can. Also, the spray colours are not varied enough, our local shops only seem to have black or white.
The chosen tin has cost about £16 and should do all 4 chairs. Don't think the table needs doing but the mesh on the chair seats had started to show early signs of rust. I know some people who would have just binned the whole set and bought new:(
I have just potted on the tomatoes so the new compost should feed them now until they need to go out. Looks like I might need to temporarily add some fleece protection to the cold frame for the next week, as night time temperatures are due to drop here to between 3 - 6C overnight for a few nights:(
The heating has been off for a while so knee covers might also be needed and maybe even a light jumper with the daytime temperature also drop to about 12C for a few days.
Typical May weather really.
That's a big savings, repainting the chairs. I found my outdoor set on big trash day, sitting by the side of the road. I had to use a stiff brush to remove some rust and then a thorough painting and they were like new.
ReplyDeleteJust have to make an effort where possible don't you.
DeleteLove the make do and mend mentality, people are so quick to throw things away these days rather than,heaven forbid, than spend a bit of effort on it !!
ReplyDeleteWe do sometimes throw away but usually try to make do.
DeleteWe heard about that drop in temps too, not looking forward to it after the warm days.
ReplyDeleteI have double wrapped the tomatoes so hopefully they will be okay.
DeleteI'm not looking forward to the drop in temperature. I've been loving this beautiful warm weather. Fingers crossed we'll be in for some more before too long. That's a great saving on the chairs. X
ReplyDeleteI don't mind the drop too much but hope there is no frost.
DeleteIt is quite chilly today just as my shorts had made an appearance! Good work with the chairs - I am looking at one metal chair with waterproof web seats - I mended one last year by re sewing material edge but I was thinking could I put a canvas seat in? Not waterproof but would look nice?
ReplyDeleteCan but try but for us, the paint will do.
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