Caring for antiques and old furniture is very important as old and antique furniture often has a high value. With simple means, e.g. B. from the household you can easily and safely care for antique furniture and remove stains that have developed over the years.
We have put together suitable tips and home remedies for care, which you can use to remove annoying stains, for example, and what you should consider when caring for furniture.
1) Maintain old furniture with wax
Antique furniture and old cupboards or old chairs should be treated with antique wax about once a year. Special antique wax protects and cares for the wood on a natural basis. Antique wax is suitable for refining and refreshing raw wood surfaces. This will make old and antique furniture shine and smell fresh again.
2) Consider room temperature and humidity
The right humidity and room temperature are particularly important when caring for antiques, as it has a major impact on the wood and the condition of the piece of furniture. Living rooms used to be cold and damp and rarely heated. As a result, the humidity was up to 70%. Nowadays, however, the humidity has to be increased. Especially to avoid cracks and brittle wood, you can increase the humidity with water bowls with distilled water.
3) Care treatment depends on the type of wood and surface
If old wood cracks and cracks, you should treat the wood surface afterward. A distinction should be made between different surfaces. There is usually special cleaning milk available in specialist shops that are tailored to the wood. This or a care solution should always be applied evenly and thinly to the wood. Usually, you have to let the milk work in and then you can polish the antique furniture wood.
4) Smooth cloths for antique wood
For proper furniture care, you should always treat antique wood and antique furniture with clean clothes with a very smooth surface. With such clothes, furniture can be cleaned quickly and easily. Especially fluffy cloths or scratching sponges should be avoided at all costs so that no scratches or major damage can occur in the old wood.
5) Green soap for perfect care
If the special cleaning agent for the existing type of wood and wood surface does not clean sufficiently, a splash of green soap in lukewarm soapy water will help as a home remedy. However, it should never be wiped too damp. Even then, it should never be quickly wiped down and wiped dry so that no damage occurs.
6) Remove stains from furniture
If you notice ink stains in old wood or in fabrics such as leather, the ink has usually seeped in and settled in years ago. Ink stains can be removed from untreated wood with weak oxalic acid. Old stains such You can easily remove e.g. those from tea with soda dissolved in water.
