Adventures in Chair-refab

A few weeks ago my husband and I adopted a few poor, abandoned, and broken chairs.  At first I was not too thrilled about the new additions to our family but they have grown on me.  Yesterday I decided I needed to clean them up so they would be presentable for Thanksgiving.  In the beginning this is what they looked like...

I decided to just start my experiment with one so that way if I messed up...no harm, no foul.  As you can see the plastic was pretty oxidized and was sluffing off on top.  The top parts of the chair backing were cracked and broken in two places.  I was able to find a plastic glue made for this type of plastic at Lowe's.  I did the gluing last night so it would be dry for my priming and painting today.  

I first took a stiff scrub brush and brushed off as much of the loose dust that I could.  I found that wetting it down helped a lot.  That way the dust would not get in my face and you could really see where it needed it more.  Once I was done with the scrubbing I rinsed it off with the hose.  

Once the chair had fully dried.  I waited a few hours to be sure. Plus I kind of forgot about it! Sushh don't tell anyone!  Once it was dry I used a clear primer made especially for painting on plastic.  I did two coats of primer with a half an hour break between coats.  The above picture is how it looked after the primer.  

After one coat of purple spray paint I now have a chair I am proud of.  I LOVE purple so it was a logical color for me to choose.  The chair is not fully dry yet so it has not been tested for color fastness.  I am still trying to figure out if I should put a sealant on top or not.  Guess I will find that out once it dries.  

This picture does not give the color justice.  In the real world this is a much deeper color of purple...here it looks more blue :(