Caring for your parquet

The parquet floors and other such, requires constant care yet simple to keep it always in top condition. More important charge these tips if the park is exposed to high traffic or in an environment where you open the outside door to prevent marks or scratches or treat time and correctly.

Place a doormat before and after each entrance door to the room. Avoid being walked on the parquet floor with shoes wet, dirty with traces of gravel, dirt, mud, etc.. or with fine which may mark blocks.

To avoid scratches and excessive wear in traffic areas or of more use, it is best that you protect these areas with roads or carpets.

In the legs of heavy furniture or move frequently can put a plush, felt or lids to avoid scratching the wood floor. Anyway, avoid dragging heavy furniture, be careful in the process and two or three times a year reviewing these protections in chairs, furniture and doors to prevent scratches.

When you spill liquid on the parquet floor dry immediately with a paper towel and then remove the rest with a barely damp cloth. If you see some liquid has passed under the floor between the openings, use a hair dryer being careful not to burn the wood to remove fluid that has leaked.

It is recommended to keep the humidity between 35% and 65% to avoid shrinkage and expansion of wood and deformity.
If you have humidifiers in the air will prevent the wood from drying and wet periods should be used and ventilation and heating.

Remember that direct sunlight on the parquet floor cause discoloration.
It is possible to avoid closing the curtains on the hours when the sun shines through the windows.

In the event of a scratch to scratch the parquet we carefully apply the scratch, with a very clean cloth, wood-like paste, which you previously prepare to mix it with bitumen to obtain a color close to the park. After the paste to dry scrub with a brush until the scratch is not noticeable.

If the creaking parquet we can use this trick. If the floor has a lot of traffic and wear, with many marks and stains we recommend sanding the entire floor and re-varnish or plasticize. Do not wait until the is damaged or very bad stretch for the sanding is only a few millimeters. Do not wait more than 10 years.