How to Refurbish a Rusty Wrought Iron Patio Set

It was like three years ago that I scored an old, rusty wrought-iron patio set. I was thinking on updating my backyard so, a free patio set sounded like a good choice, not much money to spend buying furniture and instead I could use said money to give the backyard a good makeover.

Ha, it didn't happen as fast as my mind wanted it! More than three years after I got the set, it still looked that bad or even worse than when I got it, as you can see in the picture below.

It was only until this year's Patio Style Challenge that I was pushed to give new life to my backyard and the patio set.

The paint treatment on all the chairs was crackling this bad! There were many layers of paint that needed to be removed or at least leveled up.

This is a somewhat economic makeover that requires lots of elbow grease.

I worked one chair at a time, sometimes waiting a couple of weeks in between each chair, so not to get overwhelmed with this project.  It was done and I'm now happy with the beautiful set I ended up with.

The materials:  (Affiliate links for your convenience.)

• Scraper
• Drill
• Wire brush attachment for drill
• Gloves
• Safety Glasses
• Respirator mask
• Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer
• Black spray paint
• Clear Polyurhetane
• Drop cloth

Directions:

Safety first: Use gloves, safety glasses and even a respirator mask. Small pieces of paint are going to fly everywhere! Protect your floors and work in a well ventilated area.

1. Using the scraper, remove all the loose pieces of paint from chairs and table.

2. Using the drill and a wire brush attachment continue the removal of the old paint and rust. This part takes time. But, removing all those loose parts and getting rid of the rust will ensure the new paint treatment will have clean surface to grab from.

This is all the dirt from only one chair.

Once you're done removing all you can remove of the old paint and rust, clean the chair very well. I washed it and let it dry thoroughly before moving onto the next step.

3. Use Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer to spray paint the chair. As the product states, a layer of this flat-black coating bonds with rusty metal and instantly transforms it into a non-rusting surface. No need to sand down to bare metal.

4. Spray paint you chair in your color of choice. I used a glossy black finish for all my patio set.

5. Give each of the pieces one or two coats of clear poly for more protection.

All the chairs and table were painted the exact same way.

I removed the table's legs and tried to also remove the glass but it was impossible. I didn't want to brake it.

Here you can see the difference between the primed and painted surfaces.

In order to protect the glass from being spray painted, I held a piece of cardboard, following the curvature of the table while painting the edge.

It worked like a charm! :)

As a final detail I added jute rope to the edge of the table.

Ha, who knew it could look this good! It seems like a brand new set. :)

For more Home DIY ideas check these out:

Remove Rust on Metal Railing

Add Crown Molding to a Simple Bookcase

Bathroom Makeover

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