Maintenance Recommendations
Oiled Floors
Maintenance of UV-oiled wood floors – Natural Soap from Danecare
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 Natural Soap protects the floor with
an invisible film making the floor more resistant to dirt.
Normal Cleaning
The daily cleaning is made with broom or vacuum cleaner. All floors should be cleaned with a
hard-wrung, wet cloth regularly. When cleaning oiled floors, Natural Soap is added to the
water (1/8 ltr. of Natural Soap into 5 ltr. of Luke-warm water). Natural Soap has two
functions: it cleans the floor and at the same time forms a protective Natural Soap film on the
floor making the surface more resistant. Observe: always work with two buckets -one with
Natural Soap water and one with clear water for rinsing of dirty cloth or mop. Important:
always wipe floor with Natural Soap on cloth or mop.
Basic Cleaning
If the floor has been neglected or become very dirty, clean it with Wood Cleaner. The Wood
Cleaner is added to the water (1 ½ dl. of Wood Cleaner into 5 ltr. of luke-warm water). Also
work with two buckets in this instance. Immediately after cleaning with Wood Cleaner, the
floor should also be cleaned with Natural Soap in order to restore the protective Natural Soap
film.
Spot Remover
Difficult spots can be removed with Spot Remover. The Spot Remover is sprayed on the spot
and left to dissolve it. Repeat treatment if necessary. Fluids absorbed deeper inside the
surface of the floor can be remove by sanding with very high grit (400 or more) sanding
paper. However, this requires a subsequent treatment of spot with Maintenance Paste natural
or white.
Maintaining with Maintenance Paste
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 Paste.
Before applying the paste, clean the floor with Wood Cleaner mixed with water. Leave the
floor to dry for some hours. Make sure that the floor is completely dry before application of
Maintenance Paste.
Maintenance Paste should be applied onto the floor and immediately polished in by hand or
with polishing machine. Repeat the treatment if necessary. The floor should look saturated
with paste and have a silky matt surface. Make sure that all paste residues are polished well
into surface using cotton cloths or white polishing pads.
Note: in order to prevent a self-ignition of the paste-wetted cloths and pads, soak these in
water immediately after use or burn them.
After approx. four to five hours (at 18 -20 degrees celsius) the floor may be used again. After
48 hours, the floor may be cleaned with Natural Soap
Woca (previously known as Trip Trap) Natural Soap is available from Danecare.
Please contact them on 01952 727899 or visit them at www.danecare.co.uk
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