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Protecting Your Outdoor Pool Furniture During the Winter Season


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“Brace yourselves. Winter is coming!” If you are a Game of Thrones fan that might mean more to you, but sadly it is appropriate at this time of year as our record breaking summer will be coming to an end soon. This means it’s time for our residents up north to think about preparing your outdoor pool furniture for the winter season. Having an understanding of how to protect and maintain your pool furniture will ensure it looks great, season after season. Below, you’ll find information as well as tips and best practices for protecting different types of outdoor furniture during the cold season.

Types of Materials – Differences & Considerations

Outdoor pool furniture can be made using a wide range of materials. These include aluminum, plastic resin, fabrics and more. Each material has slightly different considerations so it is important to know what yours is made from so you can prepare accordingly. Now, we’ll go over each type of materials and explain how to protect outdoor furniture during the winter months properly.

Metals - Aluminum Frame/Cast Aluminum
It’s incredibly important to keep aluminum furniture from rusting or peeling. It is worth inspecting your aluminum furniture from time to time to ensure there is no rusting or paint peeling from furniture being drug around decks, turned over, etc. If you happen to find either of those you can clean up the spots with some touch-up paint. We recommend buying a little bit of touch up paint to keep on hand so you can successfully restore your furniture in one easy step. By doing this, you’ll be able to ensure your outdoor pool furniture performs and looks great season after season.

Plastic resin
Actually, outdoor furniture that is produced of plastic resin doesn’t require too much maintenance. It is best to just occasionally clean up any mold/mildew spots with soft soap solution. Then all that you need to do is to store it indoors during the winter months.

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Fabrics – Cushions & Slings
It’s essential to keep acrylic fabrics clean and remove dirt as well as suntan oils from it as quickly as possible. Certain fabrics will have a higher “breathability” factory and will dry out quicker leaving it less susceptible to mold/mildew.

Do your best to prevent black spots from occurring on your outdoor furniture by giving it a mild soap and water rinse. If furniture has stains, then you should use a bleach/detergent mix to get rid of them. However, bleach shouldn’t be used for cotton and printed fabrics. Soap and water will certainly work better for these kinds of materials. You may read our article on how to clean sling pool furniture. It’s recommended to vacuum or shake off cushions from time to time as well as foliage will also lead to mold. It’s best to store outdoor furniture in dry place during winter months so the melting snow does not damage the furniture.

Preparing the furniture

Clean the furniture As we mentioned above, cleaning has to be a key part of your outdoor furniture maintenance. You should clean and dry your outdoor pool furniture properly prior to storing it for the winter. To do this we recommend using a special solution to clean them. Mix ½ cup of bleach with 1 gallon of hot water to prepare the solution. If cushions have large stains you can try a stronger solution. Clean cushions/fabrics thoroughly with a soft brush and then allow to air dry in the sun.

Touch up any imperfections or rusting After you have cleaned your outdoor furniture and allowed it to air dry look for any imperfections on the furniture such as a paint chip, loose strap, missing feet protectors or damaged fabric. Before storage is a perfect time to fix these things so you can just bring out the furniture when the snow melts and start enjoying the sun right away!

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Storage

Many products are stackable making for easy storage Most of our outdoor pool furniture is stackable so you’ll not find it difficult to store it for winter. Of course, it’s best to store your furniture indoors during the winter season if you can. A dark and dry place such as a garage or storage unit would be perfect. Alternatively you can use a protective cover or tarp for covering up the furniture and ensuring no foliage and/or snow is resting on it.

We hope you found this winter guide to maintaining and storing your pool furniture helpful. There is still a small amount of summer time left so get outside while you still can! The snow is coming and will be here before we know it!




 
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