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All Veranda lawn & garden furniture is made with 065 extra heavy-gauge sandblasted aluminum frames. Heavier than .063 standard "heavy" commercial gauge. Much heavier than .047 import & promotional-gauge. Few factories today sandblast their aluminum lawn furniture frames prior to finishing, though it used to be the standard treatment. It is much more labor intensive to sandblast a piece rather than the typical "acid-etching." Washing the frames in a mild acid solution cleans off the grease and oil from the machine shop, and lightly dulls the shine of the silver aluminum, but does not blast away the polished surface of the metal as sandblasting does. Sandblasting leaves the surface of the tubing dull gray, pitted and rough - ideal for maximum adhesion of our commercial grade powder coat. All-welded with full-circumference welds. Maximum strength at braces and joints.

I would like to give you some free information on the cleaning and maintenance of aluminum outdoor furniture:

Purchasing new aluminum patio furniture is a significant investment. At Veranda, your investment will provide you with extra safety features and durability, as well as a new look. Improper care and maintenance will reduce the longevity of your new outdoor furniture just as it will do with your automobile.
 

What is improper care and maintenance?
Not cleaning and waxing your new aluminum furniture frames. The most damaging materials are suntan oils, human perspiration, and environmental pollutants. When these materials are baked by the sun into the finish of outdoor furniture day after day without proper cleaning and waxing, damage to the finish will result.

Environmental pollutants:

Do not use a pressure washer on aluminum patio furniture unless you are a professional who uses a pressure washer regularly in your work.
 

What is proper care and maintenance?
Many commercial pool areas have signs that require people to put down towels before sitting or lying on the furniture. If exposure to suntan oil, body oils and acids is limited, then the vinyl won't stain as badly. This is difficult to enforce and doesn't prevent all contaminants from reaching the finish. What does work is regular cleaning with a mild detergent and a brush with a long handle on it, such as is used for cleaning cars.

I personally like Dawn dish detergent, because it has emulsifiers that break down oils and is almost scum free. I recommend that you clean your outdoor aluminum furniture this way every three weeks, and ideally try to get the pollutants off immediately. The aluminum frames parts of your patio furniture should be waxed with a light, non-compound car wax, such as "Turtle Wax". Just wax the arms and legs and exposed metal, don't get wax on the vinyl straps.
 

Do not throw your aluminum patio furniture in the pool!