Industrial and home care products for lacquered furniture

There are many industrial products and folk methods that allow you to clean polished furniture and rid your favorite interior items of various contaminants. When choosing a cleaning composition, it is necessary to take into account that expensive polishes are not always more effective than conventional food substances (talc, flour, raw potatoes, vinegar or milk) that are used to preserve polish.

Types of stains on polished furniture

Polished furniture attracts dust more than any other. This can be explained very simply. A smooth surface, not treated with an antistatic agent, attracts dust particles and small specks, which are clearly visible on the mirror surface of the tabletop. The task becomes more complicated if there are small cracks or scratches on the surface of the table or cabinet doors: it is much more difficult to deal with dirt that has clogged up in microcracks than with dust on a flat surface.

In addition, the following types of contaminants are clearly visible on polishing:

fingerprints;
accidentally spilled liquid;
paraffin, wax, plasticine;
imprints left by a cup of hot tea or a heated frying pan.

In any case, you need to know how to clean polished furniture without risking harm to your favorite table or cabinet.

Safe chemicals and improvised means

The varnish coating is sensitive to abrasive cleaning agents, chemical solvents and mechanical stress.It is unacceptable to clean the polished wall or cabinet doors with a wire brush, acetone or gasoline. With such care, furniture polish will, at best, become dull, and at worst, it will crack, crumble and crumble.

Today, hardware stores offer a wide selection of specialized products for the care of polished furniture. The use of each of them gives a certain effect, which must be taken into account.

Here are some of the most popular products used to care for furniture with varnished surfaces:

Wax-based polishes - Joy By Joy, Pronto, Chirton, Emsal.
Compositions with a tinting effect - Pronto, 5+, Emsal.
Products that create a protective layer are Diva, Mebelux, Luxus.
Based on silicone - “Cinderella”, “Anti-dust”.

These tools are very easy to use. It is enough to apply a small amount of the composition on a dry cloth and polish the varnish surface to a shine.

Before starting cleaning, you need to test the product by treating a small area of the surface in an inconspicuous place.

To avoid damaging the varnish layer when removing stains, do not use hard metal brushes or scrapers. It is better to use cotton or flannel napkins, cotton pads, and soft brushes to remove dust. Sticky wax or plasticine can be removed with a wooden stick or spatula.

Traditional methods of cleaning lacquered furniture

In addition to expensive chemical polishes, which often have a very strong odor and are poorly tolerated by people with allergies, you can use folk remedies to clean furniture at home.Few people know that it is possible to renew the varnished surface of a table or bedside table, remove stains left by hot objects, or wipe off droplets of wax and glue with the help of flour, table vinegar, soap, milk and other products that are always found in the household.

Fresh spots

Oily finger stains stand out especially strongly on shiny surfaces. Furniture covered with such prints looks sloppy. There are several techniques to quickly get rid of traces of grease on polishing:

A piece of laundry soap is soaked in water and the surface of the furniture is wiped with a soft cloth soaked in a soap solution.
Grease stains are lightly sprinkled with flour, talcum powder or baby powder. Wait 10–15 minutes until the bulk product absorbs the fat, then wipe with a soft, clean cloth.
Rub the contaminated surface with a potato tuber cut in half. 15 minutes after treatment, polish the table with a cotton cloth.
Mix alcohol and vegetable oil, taking equal amounts of ingredients, and rub the furniture with this mixture.
You can wash lacquered furniture with milk. Soak a napkin in milk, wring it out and wipe the area of contamination. Remaining liquid is removed with a dry cloth.

Whatever cleaning product is used, the job should always be completed by polishing to a high shine using a soft flannel.

Old pollution

To remove old stains, you will have to use more aggressive products with salt and acid.

Using table salt you can remove marks left by hot dishes. To do this, wrap a handful of salt in a handkerchief, moisten the bag in vegetable oil and rub the damaged surface.
Old stains are removed with 9% vinegar. If you leave acid on a furniture surface for a long time, the varnish may crack, so you need to act as quickly as possible, and after cleaning, carefully remove any remaining vinegar with a dry cloth.
To clean the polish, tea leaves are useful. After drinking tea, put it in a cloth and wipe the furniture.
Sauerkraut brine is a great way to remove dirty stains from polish.

Droplets of frozen wax that accidentally fall on the polished table during the celebration should be cleaned off with a wooden stick or spatula, and then wipe the area of contamination with a swab soaked in vinegar.

How to wipe polished furniture for shine?

In order for your favorite furniture to last as long as possible and always please the eye with a clean, sparkling surface, it must be regularly wiped with special polishes or popularly known means.

Burdock oil is excellent for finishing varnished surfaces. This inexpensive product is sold in pharmacies. It is better to purchase a composition without additional fragrances. The method of use is very simple: apply a little burdock oil to a gauze or cotton napkin and rub it over the varnish surface.
The shine of polished furniture will be given by treating with vegetable oil mixed in equal proportions with table vinegar.
Beer will help keep polished furniture clean and shiny. The drink (1 glass) is poured into a saucepan, a piece of paraffin candle is placed there and heated until the wax melts. The composition is cooled and applied to the cabinet doors or table surface. Remaining liquid is removed with a dry cloth.

Any action, regardless of the type of cleaning composition, should end with a thorough polishing with flannel or suede.

It is difficult to prevent dust and dirt from getting on polished furniture. However, if you carry out simple maintenance in a timely manner, which consists primarily of removing dust and antistatic treatment of the varnish surface, you will be able to enjoy the look of a stylish and presentable interior for many years.