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An easy way to remove bitumen from a wood floor using Heritage Woodcare
Apr 7th
I get regular requests for information on removing bitumen from wood flooring so I thought it would do no harm to go through the process again.
I had this problem myself when my wife and I took up the carpet in our hall. Lifting the carpet revealed a wonderful parquet floor made from oak. As the carpet had been down for a number of years, the parquet was very dirty with many black marks from the bitumen used to stick the “tiles” down. It needed several sweeepings to get up all the dust, etc, from the floor which then required cleaning and polishing. To do this I used Scotchbrite (a non-scratch scourer) soaked in Heritage Woodcare and scrubbed the floor. I was very pleased with the result as the floor came up beautiful with the added bonus of all the black marks being removed. All that is required now is regular polishing using a mop soaked in Heritage Woodcare
Heritage Woodcare can be bought online, visit http://www.heritagewoodcare.co.uk/products-page/
Getting your outdoor wood furniture ready for use.
Mar 28th
Isn’t the weather glorious. Yes, I know we need rain but it is so much brighter when the sun shines, makes us feel so much more cheerful. Yesterday, when my daughter and her boyfriend were visiting us, we had a ‘take away’ from our local pub and ate outside on the patio. Made me realise I ought to blog about getting outdoor wooden furniture ready for use.
No doubt, like me, you stored your garden furniture and, with the adv4ent of the sunshine, want to start using it. I hope you got your furniture ready for storeage, i,e, cleaned it with your Heritage Woodcare, prior to storeage. Now all you need to do is to go over it again using your Heritage Woodcare (visit www.heritagewoodcare.co.uk/how-to-use for a reminder on how to use it) and you are ready This cleans and polishes your furniture and will leave it looking good.
Do enjoy your bbq’s, etc. I know I am looking forward to making the most of the sunshine myself.
Restoring wood furniture
Mar 4th
I have just been reading a fascinating article about restoring wood furniture – check out http://www.southgatechamber.com/renovating-wooden-furniture.html but then come back and finish reading this post. The author gives you such a lot of really good advice. Like him though i would emphasise, do not attempt on antique or really good quality furniture. Doing so will totally destroy any value attached to that piece of furnture.
There is, however, another way of restoring furniture without having to put in so much time and effort. The article reminded me of the comments made to me by a customer some years ago. She had bought some wood chairs that were in need of renovation. She was showing them to a neighbour and telling her about the plans for restoration – sanding and staining much as described in the article. The neighbour replied to the effect that using Heritage Woodcare would achieve the same results but with much less effort. The neighbour then went to get her own bottle of Heritage and demonstated the great results you can get using Heritage Woodcare. The result to me was to have another customer.
This isn’t to say, however, that Heritage Woodcare is always the answer. There are situations such as fire damage, paint spills,etc. where Heritage Woodcare or similar products will be totally ineffective and you will find better answers in the article but, before starting out on any restoration projects, do consider whether there are alternatives to hard work.
How to remove ring marks from your wood furniture
Feb 17th
In my inbox this week was a request for help on removing ring marks on an oak dining table. This is something that comes up quite regularly. If it isn;t ring marks, then it is water marks or white heat marks. The task of removing all of them is the same.
Heritage Woodcare cleans and polishes your wood, taking off most of the buildup of silicones, waxes, greae and grime and will also take off nost white heat marks, ring marks and water marks..It was specially created to look after your wood furniture properly, quickly and easily, replicating the skill and hard work of the old grandmasters who would take time and much effort when looking after fine wood furniture.
Using it is very easy. Simply shake your bottle thoroughly, pour some of the polish into a container, soak a clean cloth (such as a duster) in the polish, squeeze and wring it out till it is damp dry, return the surplus polish to your container and you are now ready. All you need do now is wipe and there is no need to buff up! Regular use of Heritage Woodcare will help to keep your furniture / wood floors / etc clean and being oil-based will also look after them.