| Teak patio furniture is a great choice as far as | | | | sander will work for you if there is only a very light |
| elegance, class and durability go. But in fact, when you | | | | dusting of the grayed wood of you furniture pieces. A |
| decide on this type of outdoor furniture, you know you | | | | hand sander is also a lot of work. Let me say that |
| will be doing a bit of maintenance on it as the years go | | | | again, a lot of work. |
| by. Fortunately, as long as you keep up with it, that | | | | A finishing sander, either straight line or orbital is a good |
| amount of "taking care of" work will be minimal and | | | | in between choice for this task. You can strap in a |
| your furniture will last for a good number of years. | | | | piece of 120 grit sandpaper and remove just a shallow |
| If your teak furniture has been sitting in the sunlight for | | | | layer of grey wood. Then use a piece of 220 grit and |
| a few years, then it might have a silvery gray | | | | the wood surface gets polished up again and ready |
| appearance to the wood. Nothing to fear, this is a | | | | for a finish coat. |
| natural result of sitting in the sunlight. But if you would | | | | After you have removed as much of the silver gray |
| rather have the color of the original wood back, you | | | | layer as you want, you can coat the wood with a |
| will need to sand the silvery gray layer from the | | | | polyurethane or spar varnish type of sealer. These |
| surface of the wood. There are a number of options | | | | have the advantages of being relatively sun proof and |
| you could use to do this, like a belt sander, a finishing | | | | definitely water resistant, so your newly sanded teak |
| sander or even a hand sander. | | | | furniture can retain its natural beauty with ease. |
| What you choose depends on how deep the gray | | | | With just a little bit of preventive care, a set of teak |
| layer is. A belt sander, which is the least recommended | | | | patio furniture can last through a couple of lifetimes. |
| way to do this, will remove a lot of wood from your | | | | And with prices falling all over the internet, this is a |
| furniture in a hurry. If you aren't careful, it will quickly | | | | great time to scoop up a few bargains on that elegant |
| strip away a lot more wood than you want and it is | | | | teak patio set you have always wanted. |
| easy to get digs in the surface using this tool. A hand | | | | |