| Picnic tables are not all the same. The Post Mount | | | | The Post Mount Angle Iron Rectangle Picnic Table is |
| Angle Iron Rectangle Picnic Table utilizes the latest in | | | | built from heavy gauge steel that is galvanized to |
| design and materials to create todays twenty-first | | | | protect it against rust and corrosion. Then the entire |
| century picnic table. Its clean look and easy access | | | | table is covered in a thermoplastic coating, also |
| make this picnic table a winner for decades. Since the | | | | known as powder coating. This is the most |
| single center post is used for support, the | | | | technologically advanced method of protecting and |
| underneath area is open for resting feet and pets. | | | | coating metal available. It is a process whereby the |
| This picnic table is popular for park areas and outdoor | | | | dry powder and base metal are given opposite |
| athletic areas. It can also be used for permanent | | | | electrical charges so that the powder will firmly |
| outdoor seating at home barbeques. | | | | adhere to the metal. The metal is then heated and |
| The Post Mount Angle Iron Rectangle Picnic Table is | | | | the powder will melt slightly and create an extremely |
| built from heavy gauge steel and has a single center | | | | strong bond with the metal. The powder coating can |
| in-ground mount for support. The table offers two | | | | be applied in thicker coats without running or sagging. |
| models with a four foot or six foot bench seats. The | | | | Generally the thickness is between 25 30 millimeters. |
| four foot bench seat offers seating between 6 8 | | | | The frame is usually given a black coating while the |
| people while the six foot bench seat model offers | | | | table top and benches can be any of sixteen |
| seating between 8 10 people. The four foot models | | | | different colors. The available colors are Black, Red, |
| weigh between 238 - 268 pounds while the six foot | | | | Orange, Yellow, Green, Bk-Green, Teal, Blue, Navy, |
| model weighs 305 - 356 pounds. The table top and | | | | Purple, Burgundy, Brown, Beige, Sandstone, Gray, and |
| seats are constructed from perforated metal to | | | | Granite. |
| allow water, rain, and snow to pass through. The | | | | In addition to giving the Post Mount Angle Iron |
| entire metal table is covered with a thermoplastic | | | | Rectangle Picnic Table decades of protection, the |
| coating. Option anti-skateboard tabs are available if | | | | thermoplastic coating has a number of other |
| desired. | | | | advantages. It is virtually maintenance free and can |
| The picnic is a gift from the Europeans. Todays picnic | | | | be easily repaired if damaged or cut. An industrial |
| evolved from the medieval hunting feasts and | | | | heat gun can be used to melt the damaged area and |
| Renaissance era banquets of the more well-to-do | | | | the powder coat will rebind itself. And the powder |
| Europeans. The wealthy enjoyed hunting game and | | | | coating is easily cleaned if spray painted by vandals. |
| celebrating with elaborate traditions and outdoor | | | | In addition, the thermoplastic is environmentally safe |
| feasts. Usually the great feasts preceded the actual | | | | in a number of ways. They emit almost no volatile, |
| hunt. These events created a tradition that the | | | | hazardous organic compounds as do other coatings |
| common people wanted to enjoy on a more modest | | | | such as paint. Any powder coating overspray can be |
| scale. Originally the word picnic meant potluck which | | | | collected and reused so there is very little or no |
| signified that each person should bring a dish to share | | | | waste. And the overall production process of powder |
| with others. But it gradually evolved to mean a | | | | coating produces far less hazardous waste than |
| sharing of time, conversation, and food in an outdoor | | | | earlier conventional methods. |
| setting | | | | |