Are you a crafty type?

They look like indoor furniture.

If so I give them a couple of months before the legs fall off,:WINK1: if left outside in the rain.

Chipboard and outside dont mix.

 

I certainly wouldnt have them in the house Pete! :D

This is just a fun summer project, I wasnt planning on them lasting forever!

I'll protect it as best I can with suitable outdoor paints and grouts.
If the legs fall off, so be it! I'll wall mount the mosaic on a garden wall! :D

 

Oh, ok just thought it was a lot of effort to go to for something that wont last very long.

 

Can you buy protective sheeting which you could staple to the legs?

 

Melinda, the obvious thing would be to break up, and use, the tiles you are taking off.:D

 

Dai- I thought that!

Broken up into small pieces and cobbled back together again, the textured brown tiles could actually look like a tree trunk?

I might manage a picture of some kind after all.

 

Plastic sheeting to wrap around the legs you mean?

I was thinking of sealing the joints with silicone and using marine/ waterproof paints to protect the legs.

Or even using strips of angle beading/ mesh- the sort used underneath render- staple it on, cover with adhesive and mosaic over the lot!


My schedule is insane atm, this will be something relaxing.

 

Staples to keep it in tact!

And metal mesh is really hard to cut, especially to the width of a table leg.. normally I get cut about 100 times whenever I use it!

If you want a cheap solution to stick the mesh on, though, I'd use plasterboard adhesive (PVA first) which is £5 a bag and it dries like metal, so I'd cover all the mesh with it and then once it's dried (few hours) you can mosaic/paint over it and it'll be like a metal pole! Or use clout nails to stick it on, but the mesh would more than likely come away.

 

Since a mosaic is wanted, would it not have been quicker to leave the tiles in situ, and then hit them with a hammer. (Instant mosaic)

But on a more constructive note, what about the underside of the chipboard, that will need something to protect it.

How about applying bees wax?

Other suppliers of bees wax are available

 

Watergarden, your post just CREASED me up! :D

(It may be because Ive just my backside completely kicked in a particularly brutal training session!) Lets hear it for endorphins! :D

Ok- Im off to work!

Cheers John- as ever, and Kyle too. I';ll reply when I get into the office!

 

Watergarden, you are incorrigible!