My Rattan Set Score! - Collecting Tiki

TR Tiki Royale Member The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA! Joined: Dec 06, 2002 Posts: 891	TR Tiki Royale Posted posted on Wed, Feb 9, 2005 9:31 AM Hey Poly-Pop, I never did do the carwash thing with those old stools. They had been painted with some pretty thick paint which I tried to Ciristrip off with no luck. I ended up just painting them with some light yellow paint for a quasi-faux rattan look. They're fine when the lights are low. As for green scrubbies and linseed oil... I scored a sofa that was in about the same shape that yours are in. I didn't use any stripper on it. Just warm water with some Murphy's Oil Soap in it and a scrubbie. I hosed the sofa in the backyard and then scrubbed it real good. Most of the old varnish came flaking off and I just kept scrubbing all over until I felt it looked clean and felt smooth. Of course there are still a few dark spots from years of neglect which I could not get out. I did this on a warm day and let the sofa sit in the sun to dry for a couple of hours. I wnet back and re-scrubbed any spots I missed and let dry again. When the rattan was all dry it looked real light and almost bleached out. I got some rubber gloves and a soft rag and poured some oil itno the rag and began rubbing it into the rattan. I've never heard of the schedule you cited but it sounds pretty serious. I just slathered the oil on the sofa and let it sit for a while then went back with another cloth and rubbed off the excess. You could probably do another coat the next day depending on how much oil the rattan will suck up. You do need to let the final application of oil dry before you put cushions on or anything. Anyway, this is the process I used and it really made the sofa and another set of stools look great. I did the same thing to my pretzel chair but after the oil, I brushed it with some Minwax "Wipe-on Poly" in gloss. This really sealed it and makes the rattan nice and shiny. The sofa and stools have a nice warm satin glow but I think I might hit them with the gloss this summer. Until then, I just wipe them down with some of that Orange-Glo furniture oil/polish. Hope this helps. Drom me a line if ya got ?'s Can't wait to see how they come out. Aloha, :tiki:

Hey Poly-Pop,
I never did do the carwash thing with those old stools. They had been painted with some pretty thick paint which I tried to Ciristrip off with no luck. I ended up just painting them with some light yellow paint for a quasi-faux rattan look. They're fine when the lights are low.

As for green scrubbies and linseed oil...
I scored a sofa that was in about the same shape that yours are in. I didn't use any stripper on it. Just warm water with some Murphy's Oil Soap in it and a scrubbie.

I hosed the sofa in the backyard and then scrubbed it real good. Most of the old varnish came flaking off and I just kept scrubbing all over until I felt it looked clean and felt smooth. Of course there are still a few dark spots from years of neglect which I could not get out. I did this on a warm day and let the sofa sit in the sun to dry for a couple of hours. I wnet back and re-scrubbed any spots I missed and let dry again.

When the rattan was all dry it looked real light and almost bleached out. I got some rubber gloves and a soft rag and poured some oil itno the rag and began rubbing it into the rattan. I've never heard of the schedule you cited but it sounds pretty serious. I just slathered the oil on the sofa and let it sit for a while then went back with another cloth and rubbed off the excess. You could probably do another coat the next day depending on how much oil the rattan will suck up. You do need to let the final application of oil dry before you put cushions on or anything.

Anyway, this is the process I used and it really made the sofa and another set of stools look great. I did the same thing to my pretzel chair but after the oil, I brushed it with some Minwax "Wipe-on Poly" in gloss. This really sealed it and makes the rattan nice and shiny. The sofa and stools have a nice warm satin glow but I think I might hit them with the gloss this summer. Until then, I just wipe them down with some of that Orange-Glo furniture oil/polish.

Hope this helps. Drom me a line if ya got ?'s
Can't wait to see how they come out.
Aloha,
:tiki:

Post #140260 by Tiki Royale on Wed, Feb 9, 2005 9:31 AM