Clean Plastic Outdoor Furniture

Clean Plastic Outdoor Furniture Efficiently With These Tips

 

While it's convenient to buy plastic outdoor furniture because it's affordable and lightweight, it has its downsides. When you leave your furniture outside, bird droppings and debris can quickly accumulate on its surfaces. Luckily, you can clean your plastic outdoor furniture in a few simple steps. Below are some steps to follow.

 

How to Remove Dirt

 

Regularly cleaning your plastic outdoor furniture will ensure that it has an extended lifespan. If you would like to clean off the dirt from your furniture, you can use bleach, especially if your furniture is white. Listed below are some of the things you will need to remove dirt from your plastic outdoor furniture.


  • Garden hose
  • Rubber gloves
  • Soft bristle brush for scrubbing
  • Bucket
  • Hot water
  • A quarter cup of bleach

 

Fill your bucket with hot water, and mix in the bleach. Wear the rubber gloves to protect your hands, then dip the soft brush in the solution and start scrubbing your plastic furniture. Ensure that you scrub every inch, preferably in circular motions. 

 

Once you're through with scrubbing your plastic furniture, let it sit for a couple of minutes. Then rinse everything off with clean water from the garden hose, and allow the furniture to air dry in the sun. It would help if you regularly clean your outdoor plastic furniture instead of letting dirt accumulate.

 

How to Remove Pollen

 

Pollen can be pretty sticky and can quickly make your outdoor furniture uncomfortable for people with pollen allergies. To prevent people from having an allergic reaction, it would help if you cleaned your furniture and got rid of the pollen. Below are some of the things you will need to clean pollen from your outdoor plastic furniture.


  • Soft cloth
  • Garden hose
  • Sponge
  • Rubber gloves
  • A gallon of warm water
  • Three-quarter cup of bleach
  • Two tablespoons of dishwashing liquid

 

Mix the bleach and dishwashing liquid into the gallon of water, then wear your rubber gloves and dip the sponge into the solution. Scrub your plastic furniture with the sponge using circular motions. Ensure that you clean every spot on the furniture. Then rinse your furniture with clean water from the garden hose. Once you're through, wipe everything off using the dry cloth.

 

How to Remove Sticky Residue

 

You can make a DIY cleaner at home to clean sticky residue from your plastic chair. If you would like the cleaning process to be quick and easy, you will need vinegar, since its acidity will break off the sticky residue. Below are some of the things you will need:


  • A dry cloth
  • Water hose
  • Soft brush
  • Bucket
  • Hot water
  • A quarter cup of white vinegar

 

Fill up your bucket with water, mix in the vinegar well, dip the soft brush into the solution, and scrub the sticky residue off your plastic outdoor furniture. Other than scrubbing off the sticky residue, ensure that you scrub every part of your plastic outdoor furniture. Once you're done, rinse your furniture using clean water from the water hose. Use the dry cloth to wipe the furniture or allow your furniture to dry off in the sun.

 

Plastic outdoor furniture is pretty easy to maintain. Just remember not to use harsh cleaning solutions when cleaning it.

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