Written by Wicker Paradise
Wicker furniture is popular for both indoor and outdoor use. Wicker chairs and other furniture made from natural materials are better indoors. This is because prolonged outdoor use can cause problems like getting brittle (in the sun) or warping (from the rain). All-weather wicker is synthetic and is far more durable for outdoor use.
All-weather wicker differs by the manufacturer but essentially refers to construction from human-made materials rather than any natural products. Polyethylene based wicker is the highest quality all-weather wicker available and is sometimes referred to as PE rattan. Other options, which are of lower quality, are polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. Neither of these two materials is recyclable, unlike the polyethylene based products.
All-weather wicker is fine even in the rain. The water beads off the surface, like it would on plastic. If it were natural, the furniture would absorb the moisture and then warp. This all weather resistance has another benefit: it is easy to clean. Several blasts from a garden hose is all you need to clean any dirt and dust
You could even use all-weather wicker indoors. Your next wicker sofa could be synthetic, especially if it exposed to the sun through windows. Even with prolonged sun exposure, synthetic wicker will not get brittle or break easily. This is one of the many possible use cases for synthetic all-weather wicker in the house.
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