Refinish or Replace? Patio Furniture Restoration Cost Calculator

A full restoration means a new powder coat and, usually, new fabric. This gives the typical range per piece, so you can put it next to the price of a new piece of the same quality. Every number comes from the pricing page.

How to read the result

A sling chair needing a full strip, a powder coat and new slings typically lands around $185 to $315. A chair with a sound but chalky finish and new straps lands around $155 to $190. Put that against what a new chair of similar weight and build costs from the maker. Winston, Tropitone and Homecrest each warrant their aluminum frames for 15 years residential, so on a sound frame of that quality you are buying back most of a frame’s life for the price of finish and fabric.

The case for replacing

• Light frames. If the set was inexpensive new, restoration can cost more than the set did.
• Steel frames rusting through. Winston, for example, states that its steel furniture is not warranted against rust.
• Several failed welds. That usually points to the design or the metal.

Before you decide

Check the finish with the wipe test on the chalky faded finish page, and look for bubbles using the bubbling under the paint page. Those two decide which finish option to pick above. More detail on the work is on powder coating and refinishing, and the blog post on restrap or replace math walks through a whole set.