Furniture Maintenance Tips

In daily life, housewives often clean and maintain furniture to keep them shiny. But you may not know that some wrong cleaning and maintenance methods can temporarily make the furniture clean, but actually cause potential damage to the furniture. With the increase of use time, your furniture will have irreparable problems. .

First, the rag should be clean

When cleaning and maintaining furniture, be sure to first make sure that the rag you use is clean. When cleaning or wiping off dust, be sure to turn it over or use a clean rag before use. Don't be lazy and reuse the side that has been soiled again and again, this will only cause the dirt to repeatedly rub on the surface of the furniture, but will damage the bright surface of the furniture.

Second, choose the right care agent

To maintain the original brightness of furniture, there are currently two furniture care products: furniture care spray wax and cleaning and maintenance agent. The former is mainly aimed at furniture made of various materials such as wood, polyester, paint, and fire-resistant plywood, and has two different fresh scents of jasmine and lemon. The latter is suitable for furniture of various materials such as wood, glass, synthetic wood or melamine, especially for furniture of mixed materials. Therefore, if you can use skin care products that have both cleaning and nursing effects, you can save a lot of precious time.

Before using the care spray wax and cleaning and maintenance agent, it is best to shake it well, and then hold the spray can directly at a 45-degree angle, so that the liquid components in the can can be completely released without losing pressure. After that, spray lightly on the dry rag at a distance of about 15 cm, so that you can wipe the furniture again, which can have a good cleaning and maintenance effect. In addition, after using the rag, remember to wash it and dry it. As for furniture with fabric materials, such as fabric sofas and leisure cushions, you can use a cleaning and maintenance agent for cleaning carpets. When using, first use a vacuum cleaner to remove the dust, and then spray a small amount of carpet cleaner on a damp cloth to wipe it.

Beware of the four major mistakes:

1. When wiping furniture, do not use coarse cloths or old clothes that are no longer worn as rags. It is best to use towels, cotton cloths, cotton fabrics or flannel cloths and other absorbent fabrics to wipe furniture. Coarse cloth, threaded cloth, or old clothes with stitches, buttons, etc., which will cause scratches on the surface of the furniture, should be avoided as much as possible.

2. Do not use a dry rag to wipe the dust on the surface of the furniture. The dust is composed of fibers, sand and silica. Many people are used to cleaning and wiping the surface of the furniture with a dry rag. In fact, these fine particles have damaged the paint surface of furniture in the friction of wiping back and forth. Although these scratches are minimal and even invisible to the naked eye, over time, the surface of the furniture will be dull and rough, and the light will no longer be present.

3. Do not use soapy water, detergent or clean water to clean the furniture. Cleaning products such as soapy water and detergent can not only effectively remove the dust accumulated on the surface of the furniture, but also cannot remove the silica sand particles before polishing, and because they It is corrosive to a certain extent, so it will damage the surface of the furniture and make the lacquer of the furniture dull. At the same time, if moisture penetrates into the wood, it will also cause mildew or local deformation of the wood, shortening the service life. Nowadays, many furniture are made of fiberboard machine. If moisture penetrates into it, in the first two years, because the additives such as formaldehyde have not been completely volatilized, it is unlikely to become moldy. However, once the additive evaporates, the dampness of the wet cloth will cause the furniture to become moldy. If the floor is low, the furniture in the home may be "mold" every year. Here I would like to remind you that even if some furniture surfaces are coated with piano lacquer, they can be properly scrubbed with water, and do not leave a wet rag on the surface of the furniture for a long time to prevent moisture from penetrating into the wood.

4. Furniture care spray wax cannot be used to clean and maintain leather sofas. Many furniture care spray wax instructions say that it can be used to maintain leather sofas, causing many housewives to make mistakes. The salesperson in the furniture store knows that furniture care spray wax can only be used to spray the surface of wooden furniture, not on the sofa. This is because the leather sofa is actually the skin of an animal. Once the wax is sprayed on it, it will cause the pores of the leather product to be blocked. Over time, the leather will age and shorten its service life. In addition, some people apply some wax products directly on the furniture in order to make the furniture look more shiny, or use it improperly, which will cause foggy spots on the surface of the furniture.