Can Wicker Furniture Get Wet

How to restore wet rattan.

Can wicker furniture get wet. Select the category of your choice to find the best furniture for your sunroom porch or yard. But make sure that you do not weaken or stress the strand length. You can purchase resin a synthetic wicker reed as an alternative to wicker if mold mildew and allergens are concerns.

If the wicker gets too wet it is going to get much too limp to use. Pretreat wicker furniture with chemicals to reduce the possibility of mold and mildew. It makes more sense to me to buy the resin for outdoors.

I m curious as to cost comparisons between rattan and the resin. In order to fully protect outdoor wicker furniture the covers should reach all the way to the floor and fully cover the legs of the furniture. Thanks again for the information.

Cover the outdoor wicker furniture. When exposed to excessive moisture or deluges of rain raw rattan can lose its strength. If your furniture does get really wet you will need to dry it off as soon as possible.

Organic rattan is charming and earthy but also a tad vulnerable. While wicker patio furniture is light colorful and allows air circulation it is not naturally weatherproof. April 7 2017 at 5 12 pm.

The good news is that it will still dry in the right manner if allowed to do so quickly. Rattan commonly used as the caning material to build the frame of a chair or table is also used for the woven wicker portions of some furniture. Here are some suggestions about effective weatherproofing methods for wicker patio furniture.