Space Age Plastic
What can resist applications of bio washing flakes, soda crystals, grease-stripper, scouring powder, toothpaste, drain cleaner and pure unadulterated bleach? The stains on plastic garden chairs of course.
I scrubbed with steel wool. I scraped with a knife. I spent two fruitless hours and the stains wouldn’t shift.
What are these chairs made from? Some technology from the space project? A plastic originally developed to weather cosmic radiation and the odd meteor shower of interplanetary space? It’s impossible to remove the stains from them.
Things were easier in the old days when garden furniture was made of wrought iron which merely rusted and lent an elegant patina to the patio. Only the men went into the backyards then, we ladies talked in the kitchen while wrapping up dozens of loaves of garlic bread.
Sometimes I miss those simpler days when cleaning the outdoor area was a matter of turning on the hose, but then I remember shag pile carpet, fondue sets and Tupperware Parties. And quickly try to forget.
Can you spare a dime for an old dame?
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One Response to “Space Age Plastic”
May 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
What a great blog you have!
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