How to clean White plastic garden furniture

Moss5

I must be a bit slow on the uptake, but I have just discovered how to clean white plastic garden furniture.
All you need is Washing-up liquid and Balls of Stainless Steel (like swarf from a machine shop)
I wash-up each evening using the above. I have just found another use for the same material.

davemorton

Cif works well too, and may be a little gentler.

Ebe_Scrooge

Moss5 wrote: »

I wash-up each evening using the above. I have just found another use for the same material.

What an odd post. You wash your garden furniture every evening ? And I'm dying to know what other use you've found for it.


Seriously, those metal pan scourers ( I assume that's what you're referring to ) will scratch the plastic, meaning dirt and muck will just get ingrained even more. If we're talking about just basic white plastic chairs etc., nothing fancy, then I find the easiest way is a good going over with a jet-wash once or twice a year. Any really stubborn stains can usually be dealt with by using neat bleach and a nylon pan scrubber.

jakemillspaek

T cut works well.

teddysmum

You can buy UPVC cleaner quite cheaply and that probably works as well for furniture as it does on doors and window frames.

rosie383

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

What an odd post. You wash your garden furniture every evening ? And I'm dying to know what other use you've found for it.


Seriously, those metal pan scourers ( I assume that's what you're referring to ) will scratch the plastic, meaning dirt and muck will just get ingrained even more. If we're talking about just basic white plastic chairs etc., nothing fancy, then I find the easiest way is a good going over with a jet-wash once or twice a year. Any really stubborn stains can usually be dealt with by using neat bleach and a nylon pan scrubber.

I think the OP meant that they wash their dishes every evening using the scrubber and washing up liquid, and have now found a new use for them, namely scrubbing the furniture.

red_imps_2003

I'm still chuckling at "All you need is...Balls of Stainless Steel".

I'm proper mature, me.

Kiran

Jet wash works really well on the plastic stuff

mattj90

I'm not really a fan of white plastic furniture personally, I think it looks a little tacky. I'd always choose a rattan or Winawood style.