Looking to make your garden and patios more entertaining even on bright sunny days? Well, why not add a parasol? Parasol come handy when you want to throw outdoor party but not let the sun’s heat play a spoil sport or you just want to catch hold a small nap on a lazy Sunday. The best thing cantilever parasol is that they do not come with any standard pole that goes through the middle of a table. They are designed in a fashion that they easily hang over the rattan outdoor garden furniture without a pole and a base coming in the way. However, there need be a substantial weight at the base or the other way round is to deck them to provide shade from the scorching summer sun. Cantilever parasol – the name might sound as a jargon to many new home owners; the most popular are the Hanging or Banana Umbrellas. Needless to say, these parasols are the best when it comes to provide shade from the sun for those garden furniture pieces that are not able to support a parasol for e.g. lounger...
Quality rattan garden furniture
are skillfully hand woven unto rust proof aluminium frames. They are
designed to provide you with that classy elegant look and relaxing
seating experience in your outdoor or indoor space for a long time.
But as we know, most home furniture experience a great deal of
everyday wear and tear when used overtime. With all the regular use
of your rattan furniture, loosed or broken weave strands, loosed
screws, tabletop or cushion stains; wobbly chairs due to uneven
floors and scratched floors are all likely to happen. When this
happens, do not despair because these are easily repairable. Below
are some cheap, quick fixes to repair these problems.
Broken or Loose rattan
strands
We sometimes receive
calls from our customers after years of using rattan furniture that
some weave strands from their rattan furniture are broken. When this
happens, you should quickly repair the damage before the strands
start to work loose. To repair a loose strand of synthetic rattan
furniture, just get Superglue from any high street shops and glued
back into place. If there are pieces of weave missing, replace with
new material, usually available from a craft outlet and online.
Remove the broken piece to a safe part, measure an extra length of
the new material to fill the gap and pull through with a fine-nosed
pair of pliers. Glue the ends into place and allow to dry.
Loosed or worn out
screws
Sometimes the screws of
your outdoor garden furniture are loosed or worn out due to inordinate use or
by moving your rattan furniture from different positions. This also
can be easily repaired. When this happens, get an allenkey or a
screwdriver and tighten the loosed screws. If the screws are worn
out, remove the worn out ones and replace with new screws. Most
rattan furniture sets usually come with extra screws. The advice is
to keep these screws in a safe place for any future use. Usually,
cello taping them under your furniture table or chairs is helpful to
easily find them when you need them. Alternatively, you can purchase
new ones from your local DIY shops. Remove the worn out screws and
just screw the furniture parts tightly back together.
Worn out or loosed
feet
When one leg on a table
or chair is shorter than the others due to worn out feet (or maybe
due to uneven floors), then the furniture will rock up and down
making unpleasant seating. This can be fixed easily without sticking
papers under the table legs to wedge it. You can purchase new legs or
plastic glides from any DIY store to replace the worn out ones. If a
trip to the hardware store is out of the question, turn the table or
chair over, put a blob of silicone sealant on the bottom of the
offending leg, and let it dry. Then flip the table or chair over and
it should be stable.
Stained cushion seat
covers
Candlelit or oil from
dinners can sometimes leave an embarrassing wax spots on your rattan
furniture or cushion covers. This should not cause you anguish; just
freeze the wax with an ice cube in a plastic bag. When hard, the wax
can be chipped off the furniture with the edge of any thin plastic
object.