Friday, February 5th, 2010
Wooden chair mats are ideal for use over any working surface, from carpets and hardwood flooring to tiles or vinyl floor coverings. As many people are aware, wooden chair mats can ensure a luxurious aspect of your office and can simultaneously offer great functionality. They are usually laminated and treated in order to resist wear, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to do anything to maintain it. If you maintain your wooden laminate chair mats properly, the beautiful color and finishes of the hardwood will last for years.
You can obtain the best results from your wooden chair mat by cleaning it periodically. The instructions are easy for anyone and requires minimal time and effort. Cleaning wooden chair mats is done to achieve three basic purposes. These are to avoid scratches, to avoid staining and to remove any built up dirt and foreign materials.
Successful maintenance of chair mats begins with proper daily care. The chair mat should be checked at least once a week for any stains or dirt that could affect the finish, such as coffee, ink, glue or other things that you use daily on your desk. These stains should be removed as soon as possible to avoid permanent stains to the mat. You can use any of the mild cleaning products recommended for wooden floors and can find such products in local stores that sell cleaning products.
On a weekly or bi-weekly basis, depending on useage, the following steps should be taken to ensure that the mat’s life and wearability is extended for as long a time as possible.
- Remove loose grit and debris by sweeping the surface with a broom or a vacuum to avoid surface scratching.
- When needed, clean the wooden chair mats with a solution composed from water and four parts of light detergent. Using a soft cloth dampened in the solution, clean the surface of the chair mat. Avoid leaving large quantities of water or puddles on the mat and avoid spilling the solution under the mat to avoid absorption by the mat materials.
With these simple steps, wood laminate chair mats will practically take care of themselves, other than the occasional cleaning. With a slight bit of care, your wood chair mat will deliver year after year of enjoyable comfort, style and elegance.
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
To keep a wooden table looking like new it important that you maintain the entire piece and not only the table top surface. By doing so you can ensure that the table holds its monetary much better than a table with scratched legs and the mechanism which operates an extendable table continues to work. Of course, you also want to ensure that you can continue to enjoy using the for many years to come. Although a modern table can now feature a range of different materials including the steel work of an extending table or even fitted glass place mats it only takes a short amount of keep a table clean and in good maintenance once you know how. This also goes whether the table is solid oak single table or table folding table.
When maintaining table the first thing to take into consideration are the various finishes which can be used on different tables. It is important that you use the correct cleaning products for the pirticular table finish. If you use the wrong cleaning product you could make the issue worse by smearing the dust or dust deeper into the surface or removing the dust only to leave watery streaks behind on the surface of the wood. The best method is users the advice from the supplier of manufacturer, however if this is not possible it is strongly advisable that you heavily research the type of wood you have and to also seek advice from a specialist cleaning company or home store if want to carry out a deep clean of the wooden surface.
However, general cleaning and maintenance can be carried out using a dry cloth and a household furniture polish. By using a dry cloth you will be able to remove dust from the surface of the wood and leaving dry surface behind. However when dust polishing it is important that you dont apply to much polish as this may leave behind streaks behind. You should also aim to remove the dust surrounding the joints and the carvings which may feature on the legs. If you fail to do so the dust may build up and lodge itself within the creases of the carving. It is also good practice to always use place mats and drinks coasters, this will not only keep the wooden surface clean but also prevent scratches. If and when you do have spillages should it is important that you quickly dry the surface using an absorbant cloth to soak up the liquid. A sugary surface may create sticky surface which will be harder to clean and make it much more difficult to remove dust.
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