Wicker Furniture Rattan Cane. Free Information to clean repair refinish

	Wicker Furniture Wicker furniture has been with us for many generations. Wicker, Rattan and Cane are materials used in various types of furniture making, baskets and other purposes, decorative and functional. This page will give some information about what the materials are and how they act. Refinishing and cleaning information will be given on other pages. Wicker is actually made from rattan reeds or long slender, supple branches, usually willow, used for weaving items which are called wickerwork. For ease, we'll call the material wicker. (More below)
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Wicker Furniture Use

Wicker furniture has been used in all rooms of a house as well as outside on patios, decks and right in the yard. It is very durable, functional, comfortable and nice to look at.

Like all things left outside it will become dirty. We have lots of tips and information on cleaning wicker furniture on another page. Sometimes it will become in such shape it will be necessary to refinish it, and in some cases it will become damaged. To Repair Wicker Furniture is a lot easier than it looks.

Wicker and Moisture

Wicker can withstand moisture to a certain extent, but will become limp, loose and saggy with too much moisture. The nice part about it is that it will resume its size and shape when it dries. It's very important to not disrupt the weave pattern or spacing when it's wet, because it will shrink its length to its original shape whereever it is, so if the strands have been separated, it will dry with a gap in it. If the strands are too far out of position, they will put stress on the joints and pull the piece askew.

Wicker furniture is woven out of strands which have been soaked in water until they are soft and supple so that it can be woven and turned around corners and doubled back on itself without cracking and breaking. Wicker will also soak up refinishing materials the same as water, more about this in another page specific to refinishing.

Wicker Furniture Treasures

Many wicker furniture treasures have been found and can still be found in attics, basements, storage areas, barns and lots of other places. At best they will be tremendously dirty, see clean wicker, cane, and rattan, The next condition state is tremendously dirty and loaded with layers of paint. After cleaning wicker, etc., see refinish wicker, cane and rattan. The worst state, tremendously dirty, loads of old paint and anywhere from a few strands missing to great big holes, see repair wicker, rattan and cane.

We'll cover repairing and replacing cane seats and other cane areas in another section.

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