In order to ensure lasting satisfaction from your new lacquered floor, it is important to correctly care for the floor starting immediately after installation. With the right care, the lacquered floor will maintain a clean, fresh and new looking surface.

General Cleaning:

• Dry Cleaning: Floors should be cleaned daily using dry cleaning methods, such as vacuum, soft broom or scissor mop. It is important to remove any abrasive particles of grit and dirt which may scratch the lacquered surface when trafficked under footwear, chair legs, and other items moved across the floor.
• Damp Cleaning: When necessary, the floor can be washed with a mild detergent (pH 6 – 8). Dip the mop into the bucket of prepared cleaning solution, wring it out completely, mop in the direction of the wood grain and repeat. When the water gets dirty, empty the bucket, mix a new batch of cleaning solution and continue mopping.

Mopping Technique:

• Always keep water to a minimum when cleaning your wood floors. Water is wood’s worst enemy, so use a damp mop rather than a soaking wet one.
• Wipe up any spilled liquids and avoid any standing water or liquid as wood will absorb liquid and expand which could effect the stability of the floor.
• Do use a floor-cleaning product recommended by the floor finisher or opt for plain soap and water.

General After-care:

• Normal cleaning to remove surface debris is accomplished using a broom or vacuum cleaner.
• To remove normal stains and dirt, the floor should be cleaned with a lacquered floor cleaning spray.
• Simply spray evenly across the floor, allow a minute to work on any stubborn marks and simply mop over.

Oiled floors give you a gorgeous, natural, open-grain appearance but the finish can suffer through high foot traffic, making it more sensitive to moisture and more prone to lasting damage. In order to ensure lasting pleasure of your oil finished floor, it is especially necessary to care correctly for the floor right after installation. With the right care, the oiled floor will become increasingly easy to clean and more hard wearing as the soap protects the floor with an invisible film making the floor more resistant to dirt.

General Cleaning:

• If after installation the floor is dirty, we recommend to clean the floor with mild soap water.
• After the initial cleaning, you can clean your oiled floor by simply vacuuming on a regular basis.
• Day-to-day cleaning should be based on dry methods such as vacuuming or sweeping, as use of water and cleaning agents increases the need for further maintenance.
• If a deeper clean is necessary (usually recommended about once a month), make sure to use a cleaner specifically made for oiled wood flooring.
• NOTE: Always work with two buckets – one with soap water and one with clear water for rinsing of dirty cloth or mop.

Important:

• Always wipe floor with soap on cloth or mop.
• If you use a special cleaning or care product for oiled floors, please try that product first on a small, less visible test area of the room. Some product brands may be not compatible with the oil finish.
• Don’t use any cleaners or maintenance products on your oil finished wood flooring that aren’t specifically made for oil finished wood flooring. This especially refers to products featuring waxes, ammonia, vinegar, detergents or bleach. Cleaners for oil finished wood floors and aluminum oxide finished wood floors are different.

Maintaining with maintenance oil:

• After a certain period of use, the oiled floor will perhaps look slightly worn and matt and should be maintained with a small quantity of Maintenance Oil.
• Before oiling, clean the floor with a cleaner mixed with water.
• Maintenance Oil should be sprayed onto the floor and immediately polished in by hand or with polishing machine.
• Respray with oil if necessary.
• After approx. four to five hours (at 18 – 20 degrees Celsius) the floor may be used again. After 24 hours, the floor may be cleaned with soap.

• Ära kunagi pese oma parketti märja lapiga. Seisva veega põrandal võib parketi viimistlus tuhmuda ja vesi võib kahjustada puitu ning põhjustada värvi muutust.
• Ärge laske parketil olla pikka aega otsese päikesevalguse käes, sest see võib naturaalset puitu kuivatada ja muuta loomulikku tooni.
• Ära pane põrandale poorsest materjalist lillepotte või vaase.
• Ära kasuta põrandal õlisid, vahasid või pihusteid mööbli värskendamiseks. Õli jätab põrandale jääkaineid, mööbli värskendajad teevad põranda libedaks ja vahatamine võtab aega ja muudab põranda taastamise keeruliseks.
• Ära kasuta ammoniaaki või leelist sisaldavaid ja abrasiivseid puhastusvahendeid. Nende kasutamisest võib parketi viimistlus tuhmuda või kriimustatud saada.
• Ära kasuta üldpuhastusvahendeid oma põranda puhastamiseks, sest need võivad jätta tuhmi kihi parketi pinnale, mille eemaldamiseks võib vaja minna rohkelt vett, mis on parketti kahjustav.
• Ära kasuta puitparketi puhastamiseks ainult vett või vee ja äädika segu. Veega pestes jääb puit määrdunuks, sest vesi ei eemalda kõike mustust. Äädika ja vee segu ei ole nii efektiivne kui seebivesi ja mõningatel juhtudel võib äädikas põrandat kiiremini vanandada.