This may be a post where everyone thinks I’m crazy. That’s ok, I might be. I tend to absorb weird information and somewhere along the way I read that there are like a million uses for WD-40. Click here to explore all the ways you can use WD-40 for yourself. Did you know you can Use WD-40 on plastic furniture to make it look new? I’ve never had plastic outdoor furniture but for whatever reason this stuck in my brain. So last week I was thrifting and I came across a set of 4 plastic Adirondack chairs. I like to post stuff I come across at thrift stores to my Instagram stories for anyone in the KC area (also it makes thrifting more fun for me, it’s like shopping with a friend).
So I posted this to my Instagram story:
One of the most fun parts of posting my thrift finds is that so many of you are responding to them and sending me messages asking about the items. (Thank you! I love hearing from you guys!) Pretty quickly I got a few messages asking if WD-40 really did work on plastic furniture. I had read that it did, and it made sense to me that it would act as a conditioner, but I had never tried it. After a little thought I decided that for $4 (yes, those chairs were just $1 each) I should try it out myself. Let’s see how it works!
To use WD-40 on plastic furniture and make it look new again you’ll need:
I felt confident that you could use WD-40 on plastic furniture but I was still a little nervous. Luckily the chairs weren’t in good condition. That was pretty comforting because I couldn’t really make them worse. They had nicks, dings, dirt, and some staining. The first thing my handy assistant and I did was to give them a simple wash and scrub. Let me emphasize ‘simple’. Yes we did use the scrub brush but my son really did do most of the scrubbing. My goal here wasn’t to get them sparkling clean, it was to get off any standing dirt, cobwebs, or just general gunk off the top. I did use dish soap on one chair that had been, ahem, ‘sprinkled’ by a bird at some point. Other than that though we used the hose and scrub brush. After we’d rinsed them off we let them dry in the sun for about 15 minutes. They dried quickly and about the time we were finished washing the last chair the first one was ready.
The process went so quickly and easily that I hope I got enough in process shots to show you. First of all use your WD-40 and liberally spray your plastic furniture. After doing a few sprays I realized it was actually better to spray the entire chair all at once the same way as if you were using spray paint. You’ll immediately see a difference as the plastic is conditioned with the product so it’s easy to see the spots you missed. Step two, use your rag and rub the WD-40 into the plastic and make sure that it gets in all of the grooves and crevices. Make sure to wipe off any excess so there isn’t any standing product on the chair. Let chairs air dry for several hours until they are not ‘oily’ to the touch. Ours dried quickly and we were sitting on them that very night!
And that’s it guys, that’s how you can use WD-40 on plastic furniture to make it look new again! So simple, right?! This project start to finish took less than 1 hour. We already had a full can of WD-40 on hand so my cost for this project was just $4! I think if you were to buy full size can at the store it would cost around $8-$10 – not bad for making your furniture look brand new! I mean JUST LOOK AT THOSE AFTER PICTURES!
So now that you’ve seen the results are you going to give it a try?
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