The typical beach chair has an aluminum frame. A piece of quality furniture contains rustproof aluminum, plus precisely designed welds and well reinforced stress points. Yet that portable chair features more than just a lightweight nature. The best beach chairs come with smooth joints, joints completed by the hands of a skilled metal grinder.
Now a folding beach chair should not need to be folded and stored each time that it rains. A top quality lounger should have two or more applications of a weather resistant and UV impervious coating. In a top rated seat, that coating needs to be ten times more durable than paint.
Still, the style of lounging furniture suits the needs of the poolside “lurker,” as well as the beach fanatic. Therefore, that style has been used in more than one type of outdoor chair. For example, a chaise by the pool might copy that style, yet not have a metal frame. Instead, its support structure might have been carved from wood—possibly teak.
Over a period of 25 years, teak remains unaffected by exposure to the elements. Only kiln dried wood gets used in the best chaises. It undergoes a slow drying process and then feels the hands of skilled joiner. That craftsman completes precise mortise-and-tenon joints, to yield a lounger with a rock solid nature.
While teak has a light brown color when first used in a lawn chair, that color changes over time. After sitting for six months in the sun and rain, the wood looks more beige than brown. After weathering the elements for one to two years, it takes on a rather gray tone.
Those who prefer a seat with a distinctly brownish frame can purchase one of two products–a teak cleaner or a brushed weathered finish. When the latter product has been sprayed on the wooden base, then that structure takes on the look of year old teak. Moreover, it will continue to darken over time.
While not as easy to carry as the traditional beach chair, the backyard item with a teak frame serves as a great place to lay back and relax in the sun.