For many years, products woven from the vine use well-deserved popularity not only among country cottage owners who adore garden woven furniture, but also among urban residents of apartment buildings. They also love to decorate their hosts in the open-air restaurants, bath complexes and ethnic cafes. These products are beautiful, environmentally friendly and charged with special energy, which distinguishes all objects of manual labor.
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What you need to know before the start of cleaning wicker furniture
Wicker furniture care options are quite a lot, but in order to perform the procedure correctly, you need to apply the appropriate detergents. First of all, it should be understood with the materials from which the interior items are made.
Depending on the raw materials used, woven furniture is divided into the following groups:
- products that are fully consisting of rattan or vines
- wooden products, braided as decoration of rods,
- combined products, i.e. Consisting not only from the rods, but also from plywood, chipboard, having some metal or plastic parts, as well as soft seats.
When the type of furniture is installed, proceed to the choice of detergents and cleaning products. For objects fully made from a natural vine, a sufficiently soap solution based on shampoo and polyrolol.
Wooden furniture elements are put in order using special polyterols and wax products. Plastic is cleaned either by means for washing glass, or appropriate chemistry.
Soft elements are either removed and cleaned separately (preferably), or just vacuuming. We will then consider in detail each of the ways.
Basic rules for wicker furniture
These rules are relevant only if you buy new furniture, in all the others at the beginning you will have to perform painstaking work on cleaning and restoring furniture.
- Wicker furniture is quite negative about moisture, so rubbing it, press the sponge or rag well.
- It is breathing under the influence of direct sunlight, so always keep it under a canopy.
- In winter, keep it indoors with a plus temperature.
- If the wine or hot coffee is drunk on the table or stool, do not hesitate to wipe the spot or ask for guests about it, otherwise it will most likely stay forever.
- For street furniture, processing polyrolling once a week, for home, once a month.
- Do not put hot objects directly on the open surface, always use special stands. Vine fell quickly, rattan is even faster.
If the furniture is not processed by varnish, then it must be done independently. For this:
- surface clean the surface with a small construction skirt,
- open Olifoy,
- apply varnish.
Perform these simple tips, then wicker furniture will last for a very long time and will always delight you with your appearance.
Tools for cleaning
All cleaning agents are conditionally divided into three large groups:
- sparing
- restoring
- chemical.
Splashing are made independently at home. The material for them is either natural ingredients or cosmetics of hygiene. The most famous option is water with lemon. For the manufacture of such a detergent mixture, a liter jar of water and half of the lemon will be needed. Cooking method:
- boil water
- give her to cool five minutes
- slightly press the lemon and put in water container,
- after half an hour to pour into glass or enameled dishes,
- let it brew at least 6 hours.
Tip: to harvest best before bedtime, then the sutra of infusion will be ready.
Just squeeze the lemon into the water is not enough, since the most useful trace elements are contained in the core and stand out only naturally.
Such a mixture is treated with all types of wicker furniture, except synthetic and soft elements.
Another mixture is prepared from a liquid soap for hands or shampoo (it is better to use shampoo). One liter will need a tablespoon of soap.
Restoring means include polyroli. They are:
- aerosol
- creamy.
Aerosol polishes are not always cheaper, but significantly inferior in quality creamy.
Properties of polyterols directly flow out of the name. They polish the furniture and fill the microcracks, creating a smooth protective coating. The most important part of the quality polyter is the basis. Basics are divided into:
- wax
- oil.
It is preferable to choose the polyroli on the wax bases, as they create a better coating. In addition, an important element of any polyteroli - antistatics. These components repel dust and small dirt particles. As a result, the surface remains pure longer.
The most famous firms manufacturers of polyrolles:
- Pronto (the most famous manufacturer with the widest assortment of goods and affordable prices, the country of manufacture of Holland),
- Rustin's (Danes only a little inferior to their neighbors, the main bias on cream oil polishes),
- Mebelux (Russian manufacturer, products are represented mainly by aerosol polishes, the quality is inferior to competitors),
- EMSal (German means is distinguished by standard quality and high enough price).
Polyrols are used after the primary cleaning of detergents.
Chemical cleaners destroy the texture of wood and vines, so they are only suitable for washing synthetic surfaces. There is no principled difference in the choice, it is desirable that the drug contains alcohol and antistics. Alcohol dissolves fat, and the surface begins to glisten. Any means to clean the glasses is suitable.
In addition to this, there are several more building materials that are used to update wicker furniture. We are talking about hydrolakes. They practically do not smell and dry quickly. Their use is appropriate only if the surface is badly damaged.
An important moment and the means, with which care is carried out. For this work, you will need a bike or pure cotton cloth, and the usual sponge will also fit. Any other options scratch the surface.
Cleaning wicker vine and rating furniture
Most often, garden wicker furniture is bought for giving or gazebos. Given the operating conditions, it is polluted pretty quickly. Let's start with wicker furniture from the vine, the process looks like this:
- prepare gently
- spending
- qualitatively treat each twig,
- touch the polyrolol.
Sometimes there is a wine or fat on the table or chairs, the resulting stains. In order for them to be not, it is necessary to clean immediately, in any other case, they absorbed into the surface. Get rid of them quite difficult. For this, either the food soda is suitable or pure lemon juice. After applying these funds, it is necessary to wash the place of processing well. When it comes to old spots, the cardinal means will have to use. Spots are erased with the help of construction skins, after which the surface is vague.
Wicker rattan furniture is much more gentle. Inside, this material is porous, therefore, when it is compressed in the plate, it becomes similar to puff pastry. If you damage the top layer, the whole structure collapses. Therefore, the spots with rattan are not displayed. The rest of the procedure is performed in exactly as well as cleaning furniture from the vine.
The modern market offers another option - brazed furniture artificial. Since the material of manufacturing synthetic, it will take the following steps to clean it:
- wipe the surface with a dry cloth
- treat glass cleaning agent
- grasp by a dry cotton cloth.
The stains of furniture from synthetic meterias remain extremely rare, it is almost impossible to bring them, but it is worth trying. To do this, use creamy bathroom cleaning products and a gas stove.
Wood cleaning furniture with weaving elements
For the house they buy furniture with wooden base and decorative weaving. The presence of wooden surfaces requires a more careful care. Elements from the vine or rattan are also treated as one-piece wicker furniture, and the tree according to the following procedure:
- wipe the dust with a dry cloth
- apply to the surface of the polyrolol and is good to continue.
The tree is extremely negative about the water in any form, so avoid getting a detergent for weaving on the surface of the base.
The most common problem with which they face when cleaning furniture are stains. In order to remove them from the wooden part, it will take a simple solution that is easy to cook at home.
- Take a cotton swab, wind into refined sunflower oil.
- Then in a small table salt.
- Wait a couple of minutes until the salt spacing.
- Gently polish the stain to its complete disappearance.
If the furniture went to inheritance, there is a simpler option to return to her former beauty:
- treat all surfaces with construction skins and remove the layer of old wood,
- color furniture with a color suitable for color design,
- open water based lacquer.
Cleaning combined furniture
As additional materials, wood, chipboard, plastic and metal, as well as soft tissue parts, which will dwell in more detail are used. Methods for cleaning the rest of the materials are described above (plywood care is also carried out, as behind the tree), the metal is resistant to any detergent, so does not need special care.
As for the soft elements, they are quite difficult to clean them. The easiest way is to go from above the vacuum cleaner. But it will only get rid of dust. Spots, rollers on fabrics and other defects will remain. To get rid of them are chemical purification means. They are:
- liquid,
- powder.
Powder act directly on the fabric, liquid penetrate into the product. They are used as a rule only for disinfection. Professional cleaning chemicals in the free market is quite difficult to find, so suitable conventional means for washing carpets. If the upholstery is badly damaged, it is better to order a professional dry cleaning.
In some furniture, the soft parts are removed quite easily. This makes it possible to wash them in the usual powder. If that was not enough, instead of buying a new chair or armchair, kill the upholstery. At the same time, add the silicone or foam rubber to make it softer to sit.
