Repair Project

[oldhudson]

Here's a little project where my scroll saw was handy. We purchased a set of wrought iron patio furniture a couple years ago. The paint was in sad shape and there were several spots where it was oxidizing. With the Stay At Home order it seemed like a fine time to restore it. I gave the pieces a good TSP bath and rinse. Then with an angle grinder and wire brush cleaned up all the rust and loose paint. Finished with a new coat of flat black.  What has this to do with a scroll saw? Several of the feet had lost their plastic inserts and so I took a UHMW cutting board from the kitchen. Made it 2" shorter and cut circles on the scroll saw and epoxied them onto the chairs. Worked fine.

[Fedido]

Excellent idea! Never hurts to use a scroll saw. 

[Rockytime]

Has your wife found out about this? How well does the epoxy stick to the UHMW? The stuff sure is slick and will slide nicely.

[oldhudson]

32 minutes ago, Rockytime said:

Has your wife found out about this? How well does the epoxy stick to the UHMW? The stuff sure is slick and will slide nicely.

I was looking at places to order a sheet and my sweetie asked what I was doing. After I explained she brought me the one from the kitchen and said "use this it won't cost me a penny".

It's only been a couple of days and it's neither been hot nor cold, but so far the epoxy is holding fine. I cleaned the feet of the chairs with DNA before gluing. I used quite a lot of epoxy so it was almost squishing out because the inside of the feet were not flat, they had a weld spots.  Rather than clamp I turned the chairs over and let the weight of the chairs hold them during the curing process. They set-up for 24 hours before moving to the deck.

Edited May 8, 2020 by oldhudson

[Rockytime]

Thanks. If that continues to hold I have four patio chairs that have lost their round inserts and can use that repair.