Painted Surfaces and Panelling
Paint is a decorative and protective coating. But even though it is made to stand up to much wear and tear, we from Home Cleaning must take care when cleaning it. Painted surfaces is part of our comprehensive house cleaning services that we provide to you.
Ways to clean painted surfaces:
1. Strong chemical cleaners or too much scrubbing to remove greasy fingerprints can dull the paint's finish, creating uneven patchiness that will clearly show up. In bad cases zealous cleaning can remove paint altogether. Since touch up painting, even with a colour match, tends to look splotchy, a cleaning mistake could lead to a complete repainting, that's why our cleaning experts use quality tools and cleaning solutions together with their excellent skills to make sure this never happens.
2. Dust painted surfaces regularly to keep dirt and grime from staining the surface when smeared or moistened. For painted furniture, shelves, door and window trim or knickknacks that are coated in a gloss paint, use a clean dust cloth, either dry or slightly dampened with water. Dusting - especially wet dusting - entire walls in not feasible, since many walls are covered with emulsion-based paint, which wet dusting could actually remove.
3. To remove stubborn stains from gloss paint, wipe gently with a cloth dampened with a solution of warm water and washing-up liquid. IF that doesn't work use all-purpose cleaner, but only after testing the cleaner on an inconspicuous corner of the painted surface. Clean the bottom up so that the cleaning solution doesn't drip down, pick up grime and leave dirty streaks. Rinse with clean, moist cloth to prevent water from damaging the paint or what's beneath it.
Panelling come in two main varieties: real wood and simulated wood. Real wood panelling, made of walnut, oak, maple or other kinds of woods is hardly different in quality from most wooden furniture. It is usually either sealed with a hard surface coat, such as varnish or polyurethane, or a stain or oil finish. Simulated wood is often coated in plastic. Understanding these differences is crucial when deciding how to clean panelling.
Ways to clean panelling:
1. To remove dust from raised moulding, carving or other features,vacuum regularly using a brush attachment, or wipe a cloth. For simulated wood, you can use a moistened dust cloth, but avoid using water on real wood. Moisture can damage wood.
2. To clean real wood with a surface cloth, such as polyurethane, use water but begin by trying a spray-on furniture polish. These cleaning solutions remove dirt and dust while adding a hard wax finish. For heavier cleaning use a cloth lightly dampened with a neutral cleaner.
3. To clean real wood with a penetrating finish, such as oil, use a cloth just dampened with methylated spirits, which will cut through the grease. Wipe gently back and forth in the direction of the wood grain. Job should be done quickly and with care (our home cleaners provides professional cleaning services especially tailored based on your request): methylated spirits will lift dirt and grime but will also remove the oil finish. When have finished cleaning, touch up or reapply the panelling;s oil or stain finish. Use this method as a last resort cleaning. Much simpler method of cleaning panelling is regularly wipe over with a just damp cloth.
4. Cleaning simulated wood panelling is done in the same way a glossy painted surface is cleaned. Its plastic coating, while not impermeable, means you can wipe it down with a cloth using a solution of warm water and a squirt of washing up liquid. An alternative method would be using all-purpose cleaner but make sure the cleaner is tested on the corner of the hardboard before is applied on the surface.
5. Rinse hardboard panelling with a clean, moist cloth or sponge. Once the surface is clean, dry well with clean towels so that the water won't damage the compressed wood beneath the coating.
Customer Notice: Our home cleaning experts never mix cleaning substances due to following high safety standards.