Wrought iron is easy to use to make fashionable home furnishings, but you should pay attention to five maintenance and cleaning techniques.
When decorating, you will definitely choose a variety of furniture, and you need to set the decorating style before decorating, so that you can be more sure about choosing furniture. For example, some families choose iron furniture, but although iron furniture is more textured, it requires experience and skills to maintain it, especially to prevent iron furniture from rusting, which will shorten their lifetime.
1. Use a soft brush to remove dust
When iron furniture is covered by dust, the cleaning of this dust needs to be meticulous. For some stains on the surface, you can use a clean soft towel with a mild detergent and slowly wipe the dust off. But there are still some recessed places where the dust is not easy to wipe off. So you can use a small soft brush wipe off.
2. Use grease to prevent iron art from rusting
Iron furniture is not rust resistant. So it is necessary to prepare for rust prevention. Clean the iron furniture with a clean soft cloth soaked in anti-rust oil; wipe it directly on the surface of iron furniture. Also the sewing machine oil can also prevent rust. This kind of anti-rust work prevention need to be done every few months. In addition, if a little rust point is found, it must be cleaned up and removed as soon as possible, otherwise the rust surface will become larger and larger.
3. Use cotton yarn and machine oil to remove rust
If the wrought iron furniture are rusty, do not use sandpaper to wipe and polish them, which may damage the furniture. But you can use cotton yarn soaked in some machine oil and wipe on the rusty place. First apply the machine oil and wait for a while then wipe it off directly. Of course, this method can only be used for a small amount of rust. If the rust is more serious, call a professional technician for help.
4. Do not use soapy water to wipe furniture
When cleaning furniture, many people think of soapy water first; so they will also use soapy water to clean wrought iron furniture. Although the surface can be cleaned, the soapy water contains alkaline ingredients which will cause chemical reactions with iron part of your furniture. It is easy to cause iron furniture to rust. If you accidentally get soapy water on it, you can wipe it with a dry cotton clothes.
5. Always pay attention to protection
In addition to anti-rust and other prevention measures, you need to adopt extra measure to protect wrought iron furniture. For example, do not drip oil stains on it, and try your best to prevent them from moisture. When buying this type furniture, you must buy high quality wrought iron furniture.
The above-mentioned methods must be mastered well. Although iron furniture is good-looking and textured, its maintenance is very important, otherwise the use time will be shortened and it will become ugly after getting rust. In addition on the 5 tips above, please ask the seller about the maintenance method when you buy it.
Post time: Oct-08-2020