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We just bought a patio set which includes thick chair cushions. They say they have been treated to be water repellant. Do we need to move them every time it rains? What else should I do to protect the padding? Thanks.

The padding is also designed to be fast drying, but if it is going to rain Friday night or Saturday morning and you know you're going to use it Saturday afternoon, it might not dry fast enough for you.

Being water repellent and fast drying are certainly a help, but they still tend to get a bit dirty out there. If I'm not going to be using them during the work week, I take them in and put them back on the weekend. If you notice after a few months that they are not as water repellent as they were, you can buy a spray can of the repellent to renew.

2009-05-26 08:56:02 by ang07

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The padding is also designed to be fast drying, but if it is going to rain Friday night or Saturday morning and you know you're going to use it Saturday afternoon, it might not dry fast enough for you.

2010-01-22 01:40:06 by Hrithik Roshan

Price: $100.00 $89.00

100-percent-polyester cover; resists stains and fading in sunlight
Seat measures 42-1/4 by 23-3/4 by 4 inches; back measures 27-3/4 inches long by 23-3/4 inches wide by 4 inches thick
Fabric same on both sides for reversibility; Neutral color includes hints of green; made in the USA of imported materials

I recently bought patio furniture with outdoor safe cushions. But the cushions are already being pecked to pieces by the birds in my backyard! They have made several holes in the new cushions and it's clear that it's the stuffing they are after. Does anyone know how I can keep this from happening?

They aren't eating it, they are using it to build their nests. The only thing you can do is put them away until the nesting season is over. Once they have found that good stuff for their nests, they won't leave it alone!

2008-03-12 19:09:30 by suzyqgreen

Price: $80.00 $52.93

Air vents reduce condensation and lessen ballooning in wind.
Click-close straps lock around furniture legs to secure the cover on windy days.
Gardelle protective fabric system won't crack in cold weather.

I want to use it to recover some cushions on patio furniture.

I would not, the cost of cleaning would be high and all the items would need to be removable. If you will be storing the cushions indoors when not in use then washable fabric will do, if you will be leaving them out the a PVC (Poly-vinyl-chloride) coated acrylic fabric would serve best as it resists fading and weather damage.

2009-06-01 16:24:56 by DONALD J B

We have 2 Pembroke Welsh Corgis- both 5 months old. They are finally house trained and VERY good dogs... however, I have an outdoor daybed on my deck, a really nice piece of patio furniture, it's been there since before we got the puppies and the dogs have always been allowed on it because they don't chew... but all of a sudden, just in the last 3 weeks, they've torn all the buttons off the pillows, thrown them off the bed, and pottied number one AND two on the cushion. They don't do it on any of the other cushioned chairs outside, and they've never even moved a pillow on the couch inside!... I've shampooed the mattress with pet smell remover and let it dry for 2 days in the sun, washed all the pillows that go on it and I bought a spray called "keep off" that is made to keep pets off of furniture- something about the smell i suppose. But it seems that the second it starts to wear off, they're on it again! Does anyone have suggestions or ideas? Nothing in our everyday life has changed, they eat the same, we go on the same walks- I'm at a loss. Please help!

Confine them to an area so that they can't damage your furniture. Build a small run outside where they can do as they please without you worrying about what is happening.

2008-08-07 15:29:42 by rme147