Playset Rejuvenation

[Chad_E]

Well I finally finished all the sanding and staining last night.




Now it is on to the details. This should extend the life of this play set and of course dress her up a bit more.





I also got a Christmas present delivered yesterday from the WWW. 100' of polypropylene rope. Plan is to start setting this sucker back up on Saturday. I'm ready and so are my kids. My wife said last night, "No more big projects just before Christmas."

[Gummi Bear]

Looks good. You've really done a great job.

I've never restored one like this, but I did assemble one very similar, and I spent nearly 100 man hours on that.





I need to get rid of it now, my daughter has outgrown it, if someone else is looking for a similar project.

[Bill]

Playset Rejuvenation

Unless you have a better plan to stop the rope ends from fraying, wrapping with electrical tape and then dipping/ swabbing the black glue for meant for black sanitary pipes sticks well and works. Keep it iff your hands, it stains.


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[Chad_E]

Plan is to wrap a bit of electrical tape around the location I intend to cut the rope. Then I'll be using this stuff...



Looks like they used a similar product on the ropes that came with the play set. I ordered some yellow from the interwebs.

[poisonivie]

A Bic lighter works well too.

[dkmossoak]

Gummi Bear, PM sent

[Chad_E]

A Bic lighter works well too.

Normally this is what I would do. However, that method can also leave a very rough, sometimes sharp edge. Not exactly what I want. Plus that method many times eventually breaks down and next thing you know my kids have untwisted 30' of rope. This size rope isn't something you can just run to the local hardware store and pick up a couple of feet.

[JTCowpoke]

If you paid yourself minimum wage for while working on this project, how much money would you have in it with labor, new materials, paint etc?

[Chad_E]

If you paid yourself minimum wage for while working on this project, how much money would you have in it with labor, new materials, paint etc?

This sounds like a really bad idea...

Most of my work on this has been in the evenings after work between honey-dos and kid duty. Most weekends we are busy running around this time of year. Plus you add in Thanksgiving and a couple of hunts and I'd say I have somewhere around 60 hours into it right now.

Play set - $500
Labor - 60 hrs x 7.25 = $435
Sandpaper & Belts - ~$20
Wood stabilizer - $18.90
100' of 1" Rope - $73.77
Plasti Dip - $9.25
Spray Paint - $12.00
Stain and Associated Supplies - $69.43
Replacement Part from Manufacture - $50

Total of $1,170.35. Not as bad as I though it might be.

[jlp04c]

As as alternative to power washing, a sprayer with bleach works wonders! Great for fences as well!

[JTCowpoke]

You still saved a bundle. And it is looking better than it did when it was new.

Great job!

[Bill]

Playset Rejuvenation

The intangible benefit of watching your kids play on it for years knowing you rebuilt it can not be priced.

Add your children watching Dad do it for them, and it's priceless.

I still remember 28 years ago finishing installing a metal swing and slide set and watching 3 year old Ryan's smile as I pushed him. I cried because I knew I could only hold the moment for a couple minutes, and prayed to God that I always remember it. And I did. And I'm tearing up.


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[Dale Moser]

If you paid yourself minimum wage for while working on this project, how much money would you have in it with labor, new materials, paint etc?

Ban this man from the DIY section!


Nice work, Chad!

[parkchief100]

The intangible benefit of watching your kids play on it for years knowing you rebuilt it can not be priced.

Add your children watching Dad do it for them, and it's priceless.

I still remember 28 years ago finishing installing a metal swing and slide set and watching 3 year old Ryan's smile as I pushed him. I cried because I knew I could only hold the moment for a couple minutes, and prayed to God that I always remember it. And I did. And I'm tearing up.


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👍 You the man!

[Chad_E]

The intangible benefit of watching your kids play on it for years knowing you rebuilt it can not be priced.

Add your children watching Dad do it for them, and it's priceless.

I still remember 28 years ago finishing installing a metal swing and slide set and watching 3 year old Ryan's smile as I pushed him. I cried because I knew I could only hold the moment for a couple minutes, and prayed to God that I always remember it. And I did. And I'm tearing up.


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I was able to get the structure up on Saturday. Keeping my two daughters off and out of the way while I did it was like keeping bees away from a honeycomb!

Only major item left now is the rope ladder. Hope to polish that off this week. Then I'll take and post comparison pictures.

Ban this man from the DIY section!


Nice work, Chad!

Thanks and I agree. Luckily, he didn't say to factor in my actual salary based hourly rate.