How to Remove Metal From a Lawn Chair

If you have a metal lawn chair and it is no longer usable or you simply want to discard it, you can actually put the frame to good use and pick-up some pocket change in the process. Lawn chairs are generally constructed of aluminum, which does not rust like steel. Aluminum metal can be sold for scrap and recycled. Removing the metal from a lawn chair involves stripping the arm rests and seating from the aluminum frame.

Scissors
Needle-nose pliers
Screw gun
Claw hammer
Magnet
Reciprocating saw
Trash bag

Instructions

- 1
  Cut off the vinyl straps and/or mesh seating along with any other straps from the lawn chairs with scissors. Additionally, untie any cushion straps and pull the cushions off the lawn chairs.
- 2
  Pull out the strap fasteners hooked into the aluminum frame using needle-nose pliers. Unfasten any screws holding the plastic arms in place with a screw gun, if applicable. Should the arms not come free, pry away from the aluminum frame with claw hammer.
- 3
  Run a magnet slowly over the entire lawn chair once stripped to find any steel screws, rivets or other hardware attach to the aluminum frame. If any steel is found by a magnetic pull, remove it with pliers, a claw hammer or cut it out with a reciprocating saw.
- 4
  Throw everything you stripped and/or unfastened from the lawn chair's aluminum frame into a trash bag and dispose of it. Take the lawn chair's clean aluminum frame to a nearby scrap yard or recycling center.

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