In this article Simexa, your modern outdoor furniture manufacturer and wholesaler will guide on what you should do to maintain your outdoor furniture for long lasting life.
Located in Eastern Asia, Thailand has a very unique climate pattern. It is characterised by a tropical monsoon climate which brings very hot and humid summers, and very dry winters, with sudden cloudbursts all year long. Such weather poses important challenges for luxurious hotels, not only when choosing the proper materials for their outdoor furniture, but also when maintaining them.
Clean your patio furniture regularly
Whether it’s your outdoor cabanas, daybed, dining table set, or any other modern outdoor furniture, you should always keep an eye on the visual aspect of your patio furniture, especially for a luxurious hotel in Thailand, since it’s the hub of tourism in Eastern Asia. When you equip your outdoor space with patio furniture made with rope, such as the new collection of Skyline Design, a special care with a special cleaning technique should be adopted. To care and clean for similar furniture, you should use water pressure, and not brushes, which will ensure that ropes will last longer and will prevent any scratching that causes filaments to come out of the ropes. This will keep your outdoor rope furniture as good as new and preserve a soft feeling on touch.
Otherwise, if your outdoor furniture is built with synthetic rattan or aluminum, you can check our video on How to Maintain Modern Outdoor Furniture in Hotels and Restaurants.
As for the fabric of your outdoor furniture, you can either clean them by hand or by machine monthly, or once every 2 month, or you can dry clean them at the end of every season before storing them in a proper way (which will be explained in the next point).
Additionally, your outdoor furniture’s pillows and cushions should receive extra care, since dust and crumbs accumulate easily on them. The best way to clean cushions and pillows is to Taft them after every use. Tafting them will remove dust and crumbs. Also, make sure to water them down every week or so and wipe the frames and cushions to avoid the accumulation of dust and stains on them.
Store your modern outdoor furniture
When the season comes to an end, you need to pack and store your outdoor furniture indoors to prolong their lifespan. Before storing them, clean them one last time! We advise you to place everything that you won’t need for the coming season in a storage room, and always make sure that a dehumidifier is present to avoid moisture and damage to your outdoor furniture. Otherwise, you can apply a double layer of plastic on the furniture before storing them, but be sure that they are dry beforehand.
If you want to know more about how to pack your outdoor furniture, check out: how to pack you modern outdoor furniture and how to winterize them.
Can my hotel’s Outdoor furniture stay outside all year long ?
You might wonder, shouldn’t modern outdoor furniture be capable of staying outdoors all year long? Well yes, but that doesn’t mean it should! Not all outdoor furniture are capable of withstanding the tropical weather changes of Thailand’s climate. The only outdoor furniture that can stay out all year long, are those that are built with Aluminum or teakwood. But nonetheless, we still advise you to store your patio furniture, by either covering it with a plastic slipcover, or with a rain cover (that your outdoor furniture manufacturer can provide you with), to maintain and prolong the furniture’s lifespan.
Following the above steps will ensure that your modern outdoor furniture will last, regardless of the tough tropical climate of Thailand.
