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I'd be interested in finding out this same thing. I have a good quality Brown-Jordan patio table that I'd hang onto if I knew the best method for repainting it to match some replacement chairs I picked up at Costco a couple of years ago. It's an ugly chocolate color, like after a candy bar got too hot and then cooled, and it has some chipping. It will likely end up on the curb if a lasting repaint isn't a fairly easy job.
 
Powder Coating:

Most every major city has a powder-coating service that can redo anything you want. Powder-coating is used a lot in auto restorations these days. Painting over powder-coating is not recommended, because the powder-coating is slick and plasticky; paint doesn't like to adhere to it. Easier to do it right. BTW, Ralph, some Brown-Jordan outdoor furniture is collectible and valuable; be sure you know what you have.
 
Depending on the finish left on your grey set (worn so that paint will stick?), Rustoleum puts out a textured paint that's great! It hides some small blemishes as well! Homo Depot and bLowes both carry it, as, I'm sure, do many other retailers. We've used it on metal patio furniture with lots of success!

Chuck
 
Chuck, I have no idea what I have. I got it free from someone I worked with back in the late 80's and it was pretty well used back then. The chairs had that woven strap stuff that finally got brittle and began unravelling and the cost to get the whole set redone by a local operation here wasn't worth it. Besides, I didn't like sitting on that stuff. It would always pull the hair on my legs while wearing shorts . . . or less.

Last year I bought a wrought iron patio set by Plantation Patterns. Made in USA. I think Orchard Supply is a nearly exclusive retail distributor in these parts. I like the set, but there's a disturbing bit of aggravation we experienced in trying to buy American that I might share some other time.
 
As I understand it, powder coating is really a type of powdered polyestter plastic that is melted onto the surface. So I could understand that it could be difficult to paint over. And that it might also be difficult to remove down to bare metal with ordinary solvents.

For a while Harbor Freight was selling an inexpensive powder coating system, not including oven. However since the curing temp is around 450F I'm thinking an old electric range oven might work, provided you use it in an extremely well ventilated area (like outdoors). Of course most patio furniture wouldn't fit... unless you're all midgets... lol...
 
Hey RP...

If the powdercoating is worn from weatheer, the paint I mentioned might work. If it's not worn, and the pwd coat is a plastic material, there's also a line of spray paint that specifically formulated for plastics. I think it's also a Rustoleum product, and I've seen it at both big box hardwares.

Good luck!
Chuck
 

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