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Wooden Furniture And Its Precautions

We all love to furnish our homes with wooden furniture. It is preferred for its beauty, hardness and stability. However, if proper care is not taken of this furniture then they lose their shine and also develop cracks that decrease the life of furniture.

Here are certain tips to take care of your wooden furniture.

The biggest enemy of wood is the changes in relative humidity. Try to keep your home’s      temperature between 70 – 72 degrees. The percentage of Relative humidity should be maintained at 50-55%.

Dust regularly. That’s will increase the life of your furniture.

Do not use wet cloths or swabs- they tarnish and spoil the wood.
Use soft cloth or a vacuum cleaner having dust brush attachment.
Use salver, table napkin or other protective items when you keep something on top of wooden beds.

Do not keep any hot item directly on the wooden table.
Solvents such as thinners, alcohol and nail polish remover ,perfumes and medications, wine, beer and liquor they all contain alcohol so they need to be kept away from wooden furniture as they can spoil  the shine of furniture .

Don’t leave any plastic objects lying on wooden surfaces as it can observe the color of plastic objects like tablecloths, plastic toy and games can extract into wood over time.
Take care of your wood furniture from too much expose to sunlight, heat, cold or extremely humid or dry environments.  Always use curtains on windows to protect furniture from sunlight.
By taking this simple solution you can save your furniture.

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