Increasingly, a widespread range of flooring is made in favor of parquet or parquet board, although this pleasure is not cheap. Such gender is beautiful, durable, environmentally friendly, has excellent sound and thermal insulation properties. All advantages can quickly disappear, and the floor itself will surely deteriorate, if it is wrong to care for it. In order not to be upset because of the damaged sex, it is better to remember the simple rules for caring for wooden flooring.

Parquet and parquet board - types and laying methods

Knowing how and from what parquet flooring makes, which substances are treated, as stacked, it will be easier to remember how to properly wash parquet and parquet board, as well as the basic principles of care. So, the parquet is several varieties.

Piece

Wooden planks with perfect surfaces from valuable and solid wood, which are attached to each other with ridges and grooves. When laying a piece parquet, time is required and high accuracy, which implies the appropriate level qualification level of the stacker.

The classification of the piece parquet is made according to the drawing of the cut: small, regularly repeated, textured (classic), variable, etc. If the laying of this type of parquet is produced on a wooden basis, then it is used as glue (mastic) and nails, if the base is a concrete screed, It uses only glue.

Shield

Piece of parquet strips are pasted on the basis of a shield made of wood waste, and varnished. In the process of laying parquet shields, it is necessary to observe a straight angle, otherwise the slots may appear, and it will be necessary to replace the shields, and these are additional material costs.

The species of the shield is a set of parquet. Planks are pasted on a special paper face, after laying paper removes. The laying is made on the screed or wooden base of the adhesive method.

Parquet board

Durable three-layer material, which consists of a two-layer rush base (pine) and the third layer - the assembled parquet of solid wood. It is much easier in laying than a piece or panel parquet, is more durable due to a two-layer base, factory grinding and varnishing coating. Laying parquet of this type is not different from laying laminate and does not take much time. A parquet board is not cyclized, in the process of which damage and coating disorders are possible.

Prico parquet

The elite type of parquet, which consists of several layers of natural wood subjected to complex technological processing. Link coating and grinding is performed in the factory. This type of parquet is least subject to damage, resistant to temperature and humidity drops, a smooth surface provides the perfect floor. The growth of the popularity of Plyto-parquet stops its high cost.

When buying parquet materials, you will definitely ask the name of the manufacturer and documents confirming the origin of the parquet. If it turns out that the selected option is a "sleepy", it is better to abandon its acquisition. There are no mandatory certification for parquet, but companies that are confident in the quality of their products are certified voluntarily. In the case of the choice of material from natural wood of Russian production, it is better if it will comply with the requirements of GOST.

Parquet Care Rules and Parquet Board

Parquet selected and laid. Finally, your gender is perfectly smooth, smooth, clean and beautiful. But it takes some time, it is time for cleaning in the house, and you suddenly understand that you do not know whether it is possible to wash parquet and a parquet board. A brief instruction for caring for parquet flooring, both lacquered and covered with oil, will answer your questions.

How to wash parquet and parquet board

1.If parquet after laying is covered with varnish, then the first wet cleaning can be carried out no earlier than two weeks after the varnish, when the lacquer becomes strong enough and drag out all the slots between the parquet layers.

2. It is recommended to wash no more than two or three times a year with warm or cool water using soft detergents for parquet.

3. In no case cannot be used hot water and caustic detergents!

4. The rag should be made of soft tissue, felt felt, felt and microfiber suitable.

5. The rag must be very carefully squeezed, since the increased humidity adversely affects the state of materials from natural wood. After the floor is rubbed with a damp cloth, he must dry in a couple of minutes. If the water still poured a lot, the parquet should be lost immediately to dry state.

6. It is strictly not recommended to apply the usual washing vacuum cleaner for the parquet only if you use the dry cleaning function. Recently, manufacturers have begun the production of special detergent vacuum cleaners for a parquet board. The Thomas Twin T2 Parquet Aquafilter model is equipped with a special brush with soft natural bristles for cleaning and washing parquet.

7. Mop for washing parquet must have good hygroscopicity, so that the amount of water does not fall on the coating. Mops are available with a felt basis, the edges of which are cut off with several layers of hygroscopic material. The mop design for parquet is usually complemented by a mechanical spin function.

The better wash parquet

Splitting detergents - Cleanly produced in the form of concentrates or aerosols, are best suited for washing parquet. There are no alkali in this funds, they are neutral to parquet lacques, do not leave divorces and traces after floor washing.

American professional agent Aqua Sport Wood Flor Cleaner and Spanish Rubi proved well. They will quickly dry, do not require flushing, can be used for washing outdoor coatings from natural wood daily.

The Ukrainian GlutoClean Pufas agent is very popular, easily removing oil and fat spots, grinding scratches and preserving a great look of the parquet board.

Water-based water based LOBA ParcketCare and Loba ParcketTTWAX polyrolle is recommended in the complex. After washing with an aqueous means, which easily cleanses the flooring from all traces of pollution, a polishing of parquet is produced, closing pores and a long time protecting it from moisture and contamination.

The Thomas Floor Pro concentrate with the addition of Wax-based wax has a dirt-repellent action, after its use, parquet will remain clean for several days.

How to care for parquet

If you want the parquet floor to serve you for more than 60 years, you should not neglect some advice to care for it:

- Do not walk on the floor in the shoes on the heels, in order to avoid disruption of the integrity of the coating;

- The furniture is better to provide special wheels for a parquet board or sweep the leg felt;

- in the room you need to maintain a temperature not higher than 25 degrees and a certain level of humidity, so that the parquet does not scatter and do not fail;

- To eliminate complex stains, use only spots for parquet with a neutral PH level;

- Use wax poly rates and oils, closing pores and slots;

- If scratches appeared on the parquet floor, use a reducing paste for the cosmetic repair of materials from wood.

As you can see, take care of the parquet is not difficult. If you adhere to the care recommendations and prevent mechanical damage to the parquet flooring, then your sex will stay beautiful, smooth and smooth for a long time.