Show All ItemsThank you Instructables for motivating me to finally get to this project.In this Instructable I will show how I rejuvenated a set of vintage metal lawn chairs dating back to the late 1950's or early 1960's. By no means am I restoring these to the original beauty, but hoping to get another 20-30 years of use.This is truly a Trash to Treasure story.About 3 years ago I found these chairs on a Sunday afternoon on the curb at a nearby neighbors house. Sunday on the curb means stuff is going out for trash or waiting for the "pickers" to drive by in the pick-up trucks to salvage any metal they can find to haul to the metal scrap yard for $$$.The moment I saw them I thought WOW! I had not seen chairs like these for years, at least not in use. I immediately pulled in the drive way to grab them and throw them in the back of my truck for keeps. At first I was a little nervous because they seemed to valuable to just throw away. Then the homeowner came outside and kind of laughed and said "I knew they wouldn't last long out there."
Of course I then had to ask if they were going out for trash and asked if I could have them. He said they were all mine and invited me into his backyard for another piece of "trash". But, that piece of trash will be saved for another story and Instructable.Here we are three years later and I am finally getting to this project. Based on the condition of the chairs I had to do some research on how I was going to tackle this project. My options were to spend a lot of money on restoring them or sweat equity. I compromised on sweat equity with a little money for materials.Step 1: BEFOREShow All ItemsAs can be seen from the images, each chair had different levels of weathering, rust, and paint peel. Each chair had probably been painted 3-5 times over the past 40-50 years. Interesting colors over the years including, yellow, pink, white, brown, and green.Since acquiring the chairs, they have been moved around my yard several times in the past 3 years, I have had many family and friends comment on them.
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