Outdoor Furniture Restoration
Teak, cedar, ipe and other outdoor wood taken back to clean grain, refinished and sealed. Every set is different, so we quote from photos rather than guessing.
What's Covered
Set by set, piece by piece
Furniture is close-up work. Nobody stands ten feet back from a dining chair, so the standard is different from a deck floor — every arm, slat and joint gets attention.
- Assessment — species, current finish, and whether the joinery is sound enough to be worth refinishing.
- Cleaning — mildew, pollen and the grey layer that builds up on anything left out through a Minnesota winter.
- Sanding — orbital where the surface allows, by hand everywhere it does not. Slats and spindles are all hand work.
- Refinishing — teak sealer, penetrating oil or exterior stain depending on the wood and how you use the piece.
- Sealing — including the underside and the feet, which is where moisture gets in when furniture sits on a wet deck.
Furniture is quoted from photos. Two sets that look the same in a listing can be a day apart in labour depending on the finish that is on them and how the slats are built. Send photos through the quote form — a wide shot of the set plus a close-up of the worst surface is enough — and we will come back within 24 hours.
What to Expect
How furniture jobs run
On site or off site
Small sets we do in your driveway or garage. Larger pieces and anything needing a controlled environment we take with us and bring back.
Turnaround
Most sets are one to three days of work. Off-site jobs depend on the schedule that week — you get a date in the quote, not a shrug.
Teak specifically
Teak greys naturally and some people like it. If you want it left grey and just cleaned and protected, say so — it is less work and a smaller number.
What we will not do
Re-glue failed joinery or rebuild broken frames. We will tell you if that is what a piece needs so you are not paying to refinish something unstable.
Recent Set
Oak folding chairs
Sanded back through the slats and arms by hand, refinished and sealed top and bottom — including the feet, where moisture gets in first.
Furniture Questions
Before you send photos
One wide shot showing the whole set so we can count pieces, and two or three close-ups of the worst surfaces — a tabletop, an arm rest, wherever the finish has failed most. Daylight, no flash.
If you know the wood species or where the set came from, mention it. It saves a round of questions.
Good teak and cedar are usually worth restoring — the wood outlasts the finish by decades and a refinished set often looks better than a new mid-range one.
Softwood furniture from a big-box store, or anything with failing joinery, frequently is not. We will tell you when that is our read on it, even though it costs us the job.
Light use after 24 hours, normal use after 72. Cushions should stay off for a week — they trap moisture against a curing finish and can leave a print in the surface.
That is the ideal way to do it. The furniture has to come off the deck anyway, so it gets worked on during the deck's drying day and goes back on finished. Select "Multiple" on the quote form and we will schedule it as one job.
Free Quote
Send us photos of your set
A wide shot and a couple of close-ups. Quote back within 24 hours.