Outdoor Metal Gliders Basics
Offer timeless metal porch gliders to your customers
What better way to while away the day than relaxing on a metal porch glider? For years, metal porch gliders have been a symbol of the kicked-back country life, a place to slow down and reflect on the day. Usually offered in the traditional loveseat style, you can find single-seat gliders and sofa gliders to fit a small family. There are gliders to suit every style: contemporary, traditional or modern.Gliders are a flexible seating option, offering a seat with movement for smaller porches. You can arrange metal patio gliders with other furniture to make an outdoor room, unlike traditional swings that rely on an overhead porch or frame for support. When compared to wood gliders, metal gliders may last longer especially when exposed to the elements.
If you're considering new seating products for your customers or offering clients a comfortable resting spot outdoors, there are a few important points about outdoor metal gliders. Basics include the following.
1. Give customers a choice of styles to suit different tastes.
2. Recognize that metal gliders may cost more than wooden versions.
3. Offer a soft seat to customers. Many metal gliders will require cushions for comfort, often an additional cost.
Sell your customers on the benefits of metal gliders
Some of the benefits of metal gliders include the ease of maintenance and long-lasting design. You can easily wipe down outdoor metal gliders after the rain, unlike wood or wicker versions; however, metal gliders have a tendency to get hot in the sun and should be kept in cool places.
Try: Patio View discusses benefits of gliders, comparing metal gliders to other types. Porch Swings discusses the evolution of the porch swing the glider.
Give your customers variety among metal gliders
Outdoor metal gliders have been around for years, but new styles and manufacturing techniques such as powdercoating and rust-resistant finishes make a metal outdoor glider a more attractive seating option. Offering a few types of metal glider patio furniture to your customers will satisfy all tastes.
Try: The Wingate Sling Aluminum Outdoor Glider by Woodard offers traditional style with comfortable mesh seating. Meadowcraft offers a soft seating option for the whole family.
Offer customers retro style with vintage metal patio gliders
The demand for the retro style of metal outdoor glider has returned, and customers are scouring the Internet and yard sales to find a vintage patio metal glider with the familiar pastel colors of the past. You can find companies manufacturing reproductions of the 1930s-50s style, and companies that are sprucing up the old and giving them new life.
Try: You can find authentic refurbished metal gliders at Vintage Glider, or a reproduction two-seater metal glider from Stacks and Stacks.
- You can easily spruce up a found antique metal glider by removing rust and peeling paint with a wire brush and spray-painting the furniture. (Be careful of inhaling particles, however, as the metal glider may have original lead paint.)
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