On request, we will be happy to come to you and carry out care measures on your furniture, wooden objects or installed wood.
To ensure that you can enjoy your favourite pieces for a long time to come, we would like to give you a few tips on the correct care of wood.
Unfortunately, valuable old furniture is literally "broken" by incorrect cleaning - to remove dust, we usually clean thoroughly with a soft damp cloth as we know it from any other surface. However, like leather, wood is hydrophilic, i.e. it absorbs liquids and stores unwanted substances such as dirt, grease or dyes - which quickly become visible as stains on untreated wood. This cohesive force also works through many traditional surface coatings (varnish, lacquer, shellac, etc.). However, each coating is based on a different material composition. It can be oily, waxy, greasy, hard, solvent-resistant, etc. and thus reacts in different ways to damp wiping or treatment with the latest innovations in "wood care products". These often contain additional non-drying oils, which are then absorbed by the wood cells during so-called care and can cause oil rash. Then radical washing out of the wood, e.g. to build up a new shellac polish, is the last restorative solution.
In short: When caring for furniture, care products and the existing surface coating of the wood should match. Only then will you avoid damage to the wood through cleaning or care. A close look or even the examination of a restorer can help you to determine and advise on sensible measures in the field of wood preservation.
Please refer to the attached pdf files for our specific care instructions for furniture:
- Care of waxed furniture
- Care of shell lacquered furniture
- Care of oiled furniture
- Room climate
- Prevent fading
- Mould and insect infestation
- Care instructions for furniture
