Thermoplastic Picnic Table, Seats 6, Gardens, Schools & Streets

Product Overview

Arlau's TB59 is a six-person picnic table built as a single unit: a rectangular steel mesh tabletop with one bench fixed along each long side. Because the benches belong to the frame, the seating and the table always stay together — no loose chairs to stack, drag across wet grass, or replace when one goes missing. As a picnic table manufacturer we build this model in dark green, sized and finished for shared outdoor places rather than private back gardens.

Six adults sit comfortably along the two benches, with space at either end for a child or a bag. The footprint suits a standard picnic bay without swallowing the grass or paving around it.

Most buyers are replacing something that has already failed: a timber top that has split and gone soft at the joints, or a painted frame with rust lifting the finish. This build answers that directly — steel bar mesh for the top and both benches, a welded steel pipe frame underneath, stainless fixings, and a two-part finish that keeps a steel picnic table in service through sun, rain and frost.

Day to day, the table asks very little. Rain drains through the open mesh instead of standing on the surface, the curved legs lift the frame clear of the ground, and there is no seasonal sanding, sealing or repainting to schedule. For a neighbourhood park, a school yard, a campus courtyard or a stretch of city street, that means a table you install once and then stop thinking about.

Construction & Hardware

• Steel bar mesh on top and benches: the working surfaces of this steel picnic table are formed from steel bar mesh, a firm, flat surface that lets rain and spilled drinks drain straight through instead of pooling where people sit.
• Air moves under the seating: because the mesh is open, heat escapes rather than building up in the surface, so the top and benches stay noticeably more comfortable in direct summer sun than a solid steel plate would.
• One welded frame carries everything: the tabletop and both benches are supported by a single welded frame, so the set behaves as one rigid unit instead of a table with loose seating around it.
• Welded steel pipe legs and braces: the pipe gives the set a stiff, wide stance and avoids the wobble that comes from furniture bolted together on site.
• Curved, non-slip legs: the table and bench legs curve outward rather than dropping straight down. The curve is easier on the eye than a plain leg, widens the footprint, and is shaped to sit firmly without sliding across paving.
• 304 stainless steel fixings: every screw is stainless, so fasteners do not rust or leave brown streaks running down the frame and onto the ground beneath.

Coating & Finish

Two coatings do the work on this set. The tabletop and both benches are finished with hot-dip plastic — a thick thermoplastic layer applied to prepared steel so it bonds as one skin rather than sitting on the surface as a paint film. The frame is finished separately with DuPont outdoor powder coating, the harder finish you want on legs and braces that take knocks from boots, trolleys and mowers. Together they are what make this an all weather outdoor picnic table rather than a fair-weather one.

The split is deliberate. The mesh top and seats take the sun, the food spills and the scrubbing, so they get the thicker, more forgiving coating. The frame takes impacts and scuffs, so it gets the tougher powder coat. Both are applied in the factory over prepared steel rather than touched up on site, which is why the coating covers the inside of the mesh as well as the outside, and why there are no bare edges for rust to start from.

Dark green is the standard colour, held with UV-stabilised pigments so the set keeps its tone through season after season of direct sun. It is also the practical choice: deep green reads as park furniture rather than as an object, blends into planting, and shows scuffs, dust and leaf stains far less than a pale or glossy finish would.

Specifications

Cleaning & Seasonal Care

1. Rinse the mesh top and benches with a hose as part of your normal grounds round; food, dust and leaf litter pass straight through the open surface.
2. For sticky residue, bird droppings or drink spills, use an ordinary household cleaner with a soft brush or cloth. There is no coating to sand back, seal or repaint.
3. Avoid cleaners containing acetone; they attack the coating on the tabletop and the benches.
4. Leave the set outside through winter. It is an all weather outdoor picnic table, and snow, hard frost and standing water do not damage the coating or the frame.
5. Once a season, walk the set: check that the stainless fixings are snug, look along the mesh for anything that has been bent, and clear wet leaves from under the frame so the legs stay dry.

Applications & Settings

• Neighbourhood parks and picnic areas: the everyday job — a fixed table where families eat, birthday groups gather and walkers stop for a rest. Six seats, with space at the ends, covers most lunchtime and weekend demand.
• School grounds and campus courtyards: used at break times and after class, where the table has to survive bags dumped on the top, feet on the benches and a hose-down from the cleaning crew. Commercial picnic tables in a campus setting earn their keep by needing nothing between terms.
• Community centres and shared activity areas: a meeting point that works for a coffee morning, an after-school club and a summer fete without anyone having to set it up or put it away afterwards.
• Campgrounds and scenic spots: left out for the whole season through hot sun, heavy rain and cold nights, with no maintenance visit in between.
• City streets and paved plazas: for places where a bench is not enough seating and a café set would be in the way; the set gives six people somewhere to sit and eat without adding loose furniture to the streetscape.
• Parks departments, schools and distributors buying in quantity: as a picnic table manufacturer we build this format in the finishes and lengths that suit a full site furniture schedule, so one order can cover several locations.

Ordering & Delivery

1. Tell us the quantity, the delivery destination and the site type. Minimum order starts at 10 pieces, depending on the product.
2. We confirm the specification, price and production schedule in writing. Lead time runs from 10 days, depending on the product and the size of the order.
3. For commercial picnic tables ordered in project quantities, send the site plan or the furniture schedule so the delivery sequence matches your installation programme.
4. Sets ship partially assembled to keep freight volume down, with the stainless hardware and fitting instructions packed with the order. Tell us how the set will be unloaded at your end so we can pack for the equipment you have.
5. If your approval process needs drawings, dimensions or a finish reference, ask your sales contact what can be provided with the quotation.

Summer Seating Comfort

Airflow is what makes a mesh seat different from a solid one. The tabletop and both benches are built from open steel bar mesh, so air moves through the surface and under the seats instead of sitting on top of them, and heat does not build up the way it does on a plate of dark steel. In strong summer sun the difference is easy to feel — the bench stays warm rather than hot, and this all weather outdoor picnic table stays comfortable to sit down on through the middle of the day.

The finish helps as well. The hot-dip thermoplastic layer on the mesh is a thick skin rather than a thin paint film, it warms more slowly than bare steel, and it is smooth and non-porous, with no grain to hold warmth, grit or damp. There is no timber to check and splinter as it dries out, and nothing that softens or sticks to the skin the way a moulded plastic seat can after a long afternoon in the sun.

Rain works in the same direction. Water drains straight through the top and the benches rather than collecting in dips, so a summer shower leaves a surface that dries within minutes and can be used again almost straight away. There is no puddle sitting in the seat where people put their hands.

Two details of the seating itself matter on a hot day. The bench height lets most adults settle down and stand up without effort, and the flat mesh gives a firm, stable sit rather than a soft one. The curved legs hold the frame clear of the ground, so air keeps moving underneath instead of being trapped against hot paving.

Be realistic about the extremes. On the hottest afternoons of the year, with the sun directly overhead, any dark outdoor surface feels warm at first touch, and this steel picnic table is no different. It sheds that warmth quickly once the sun moves off it or a breeze picks up, and where you have a choice of position, setting the table so a tree or a wall throws shade across it for part of the afternoon keeps it pleasant right through the hottest hours.

Built for Community Gatherings and Lasting Performance

The Arlau TB59 Outdoor Picnic Table Set is engineered as a permanent, reliable fixture for any public or communal outdoor space. Designed to comfortably seat six or more people, its robust construction features a reinforced steel bar mesh tabletop and benches, providing a stable surface with excellent drainage. The cohesive dark green finish offers a classic look that blends naturally into parks, campuses and recreational areas.

Specifications

Model TB59 by arlau. Overall specification 59301580760 mm; desktop 1830700760 mm; seat 1830300460 mm; panel 1559 mm steel bar mesh; bracket φ42 mm welded pipe. Steel surface treatment is a thermoplastic coating on the tabletop and powder coating on the bracket, using DuPont outdoor powder, with 304 stainless steel screws. Product advantages include long service life and strong corrosion resistance.

Scale & Supply Capability

Arlau is a factory, not a trading house. We have been manufacturing since 1999 — more than 26 years — from a 13,000 m² plant with around 100 staff, automated robotic production and an annual output of 130,000 pieces. We export to over 80 countries and hold quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management system certifications, plus five-star green supply chain certification and dozens of utility model and design patents. OEM and ODM one-stop export service is standard, and our after-sales team supports you after delivery.