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Keeping It Clean: Essential Tips for Furniture Cleaning and Maintenance

  • Perla Irish
  • September 3, 2023
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  1. Essential Tips for Furniture Cleaning and Maintenance
  2. Dusting Regularly
    1. Avoid Rough Clothes
  3. Understand the Variations in Temperature and Humidity
    1. Electrostatic Tools
    2. Higher and Lower Areas
  4. Use Cover for Your Furniture
    1. Plastic Cover
    2. Custom Cover
    3. Fabric Covers
  5. Polishing Gives Shine
  6. Rotate the Upholstery
  7. Avoid Exposure to Sunlight
  8. Wrapping Up

Some furniture is priceless when it belongs to our ancestors, but it requires additional care because it has been passed down through generations. Additionally, furniture enhances the beauty of your space; hence, cleaning and maintenance become essential aspects.

Did you know that the cleaning process varies depending on the type of furniture? Maintaining clean furniture can eliminate more than 70% of airborne bacteria and over 80% of surface bacteria in a room, leading to a healthier and more positive environment.

In this article let us see the essential tips for furniture cleaning and maintenance.

Essential Tips for Furniture Cleaning and Maintenance

To effectively clean and maintain furniture that requires special care, let’s explore the crucial tips you should consider before beginning the cleaning process.

Dusting Regularly

Regularly removing dust particles, as letting them accumulate over time can lead to various issues such as cleaning difficulties, health-related concerns, micro scratches, discoloration, and a compromised appearance. There are several cleaning techniques you can follow they were,

Avoid Rough Clothes

Always ensure that you use soft cloths, avoiding rough or harsh materials that can cause micro scratches. You can also repurpose old clothing or cotton shirts for this purpose.

Before using clothes for wiping use dusters that are made of feathers, Before wiping them with clothes There is a chance that there exists micro glass or micro harsh substances, thus using feather dusters ensures that they easily.


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Understand the Variations in Temperature and Humidity

Temperature and humidity also impact the integrity of furniture; in some cases, they can even lead to breakage.

Some woods are softer like solid oak, mahogany, cherry, and pine, when elevated in humidity easily cause breakage. Whereas woods like walnut, cedar, maple, etc., are less prone to humidity variations.

During winter furniture tends to contract more because of over-humidity and moisture content, using dehumidifiers you can balance the humidity level.

Whereas, in summer temperature level will be high there is the expansion of wood there you can use humidifiers to attain balance.

This approach becomes particularly relevant for those in regions like Houston, Texas, where climate variations are more pronounced.

Taking these measures aligns well with the considerations that both homeowners and Houston Texas furniture stores need to keep in mind, ensuring that furniture remains in optimal condition year-round.

By using dehumidifiers and humidifiers you can easily overcome temperature variations and prevent the breakage of furniture

Electrostatic Tools

Electrostatic tools can effectively control allergens, prevent micro scratches, and provide more efficient cleaning. Many furniture stores tend to use electrostatic tools like swift dusters, 3M easy trap dusters, oxo good grips microfiber hand dusters, etc,

Higher and Lower Areas

Pay attention to both higher and lower areas while cleaning, as neglecting these areas would render subsequent cleaning and preservation efforts ineffective. Higher areas are more crucial areas which include bookshelves, lights, ceiling fans, wardrobes, top corners of the room, etc,

After cleaning the higher areas go for lower areas, which include low shelves, electronics, things that were kept on the furniture, etc., make sure to clean regularly especially if you hold a furniture store.

Use Cover for Your Furniture

Always ensure you use covers for your furniture to protect it from various elements such as accidental spills, scratches, dust, and humidity. There are various types of covers available, including:

Plastic Cover

Plastic covers can be used for the furniture materials that were kept outside. Plastic covers are more recommended during winter periods and short-period usage, where you can avoid humidity. Make sure the water is not present between the plastic cover and the furniture.

Custom Cover

Antique furniture always needs special care and protection, because they are more valuable. The level of humidity and temperature are more concerned with this antique kind of furniture. Tailored covers always work better for antique furniture.

Fabric Covers

Indoor furniture requires proper ventilation and air. Thus, these fabric covers are the best option to go for because fabric covers in general are breathable.

Polishing Gives Shine

If you fail to do waxing and polishing on time, lead to several issues in furniture such as appearance will loss of shine, scratches occurring more easily, fading, discoloration, building up of dust and dirt, life span reduces, harsh stains, enhanced the durability of furniture, it’s essential to perform periodic waxing and polishing.

When it comes to antique furniture always consult a professional from a furniture store who can provide appropriate ways to wax and polish the furniture because doing Random things, especially on antique furniture, tends to cause harsh damage.

Rotate the Upholstery

Sofas, chairs, and cushions fall under upholstery materials. Flipping and rotating them is a crucial method for maintaining and extending their lifespan.

High-traffic spots are created when people sit frequently which can cause wear and tear. That can be overcome well by rotating and flipping them, thus it regains its shape. Through this, the lifespan of the upholstery materials increases.

Avoid Exposure to Sunlight

Keeping furniture away from sunlight increases its lifespan. Especially up holistic furniture like sofas, benches, and chairs are more likely to be damaged through sunlight. Whereas the hardwoods (cherry, maple, oak) fade faster in sunlight which causes discoloration.

If you have antique types of furniture in your place ensure to keep them away from direct sunlight because antique furniture goes through the aging process and sunlight even more accelerates the aging process.

Wrapping Up

Purchasing furniture from a furniture store is not only enough, maintaining it is a crucial factor. By that you can enhance its longevity and also its priceless beauty.

Cleaning and maintenance involve several factors, including avoiding exposure to light, proper covering, waxing, and polishing, using dehumidifiers and humidifiers to address temperature and humidity changes, and rotating upholstery. Begin cleaning your furniture periodically and embrace its timeless charm.

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Perla Irish

Perla Irish, who is more familiarly known as Irish, is the Content Manager at Dreamlandsdesign.com. She loves following trends around home and garden, interior design, and digital marketing. Through this blog, Irish wants to share information and help readers solve the problems they are experiencing.

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