H and L Office Furniture on how to preserve wooden office furniture
The investment into a nice timber veneer desk is an investment into a piece of furniture that will serve you well into the future. The key to keeping the desk looking new is to know how to take care of the timber veneer.
There are certain threats to timber veneer office furniture. They are:
Light - Light bleaches dark woods and stains light woods over time. If your wood is stained or finished, the light can also break down those protective finishes.
Water - Water is not a friend to your wooden furniture. People at one time or another have set a glass on a wooden surface and seen the cloudy white effect the condensation has on the wood.
Use - Wooden or timber veneer office furniture is made to be used, but all that use will have an impact on the wood. It could be in the form of the constant desktop work removing layers of finish that exposes the wood underneath, or possibly dents and dings from items used on the desktop.
Time - With regular use a wooden office desk will start to have joints loosen up, as will any desk. If these loose bolts and screws are let go too long, they may create larger holes in the wood than can hold the hardware needed to keep it together.
Ways to preserve your wooden office furniture. They are:
Light - A way to avoid damage from light is to move the piece of wooden office furniture out of direct sunlight. If you need the desk to be near a window, set up blinds and curtains to keep your office furniture out of direct sunlight.
Water - An easy way to deal with water damage is to not have it in the first place. While you may think your potted plants are leak proof, there are always accidents to be had, and such accidents can ruin your office desk surface. If you are going to put drinks on the desktop surface, make sure there are coasters to set the glass on.
Use - When it comes to preserving the wooden desktop surface, office instruments should not be allowed to impact the wood. Using a glass top over the desk or even a padded or fabric table cover can do this. If you are allowing the wood surface to be exposed, make sure to maintain it.
Time - The wooden areas of the desk should be dusted and cleaned with a damp cloth. If the wood is showing fingerprints or other minor marks, an annual waxing is advised. You can get a microcrystalline wax to use only on the surfaces where the fingerprints and other handling marks are showing up.
Another way to take care of your wooden office furniture is to learn about the kind of wood that it is made of.
H and L Office Furniture provides advice on proper care of the wood before you make your purchase.
