Gerko Parket
Your partner in hardwood flooring

Maintenance

Precautions

  • To avoid discoloration, do not cover your floor with rugs during the first 6 months
  • Be careful when moving heavy furniture
  • A good quality doormat placed at the entrance of the room will retain dust and grit.
  • Your floor needs the right environment: ideally, a room temperature between 19° & 21° Celcius and between
  • 50 to 65 % relative air humidity. If necessary, use a humidifier to get the percentage up in dry periods!
  • Clean up any water or other liquid spillage immediately.
  • Use only plastic flower pots and always put them on a roller tray
  • Remove dust using a brush or a vacuum cleaner.
  • Stains and marks can be easily removed with a sponge and a neutral detergent
  • Only use a damp mop or cloth, never use a soaking wet mop when cleaning the floor.
  • Put felt or leather guards under chair legs and other movable pieces of furniture.
  • Do not use strong detergents or products containing ammonia, abrasives or silicone

 

Weekly maintenance

  • Use the Gerko natural soap for regular cleaning of your floor. (white or colorless )
  • The soap enhances the natural look of the floor, and feeds the surface of your floor.
  • Put a cup of soap in a bucket of water, and wipe your floor with a damp floorcloth. Mops or cloths should be well wrung out to avoid getting the wood floor too wet.
  • Frequency : from once a week on light traffic floors to daily cleaning in high traffic areas.

 

 

Yearly maintenance

  • Use the gerko maintenance oils : “white” or “natural” or “transparant”

Gerko normal oiled finishes : (white or natural maintenance oil)

  • Regular maintenance (once a year) is recommended in order to renew the protective layer and keeping your fl oor in good shape.
  • Make sure the floor is clean and dust free.
  • Spray the gerko maintenace oil (natural or white) over your fl oor in a thin layer using a hand-sprayer.
  • Then whipe with a clean, dry cotton cloth, to obtain a nice matt finish again.
  • You can use the floor again after 12 hours.

Gerko “Old Grey”, “Lava Grey”, “Aspen”, “Morzine”

  • Attention : These floors can only be maintained with “Gerko transparant maintenance oil”
  • This is a water based product, which is very easy to apply, and does not change the color of the finish. (using other oils than this one can cause discoloration of your floor)
  • Make sure the floor is clean and dust free.
  • Spray the “Gerko transparant maintenance oil” in a thin layer over the floor using a hand-sprayer.
  • Do not wipe after spraying, but just let it dry.
  • You can use the floor again after 4 to 6 hours.
  • Repeat: once a year for normal traffic / 2 to 3 times a year for high-traffic

Gerko Driftwood Thahiti, Kayman, Hampton Bays, Montego Bay, Ibiza, St Barth, Guadelupe, Martinique

  • Attention : These floors can only be maintained with “Gerko invisible maintenance oil”
  • This is a water based product, which is very easy to apply, and does not change the color of the finish. (using other oils than this one can cause discoloration of your floor)
  • Make sure the floor is clean and dust free.
  • Spray the “Gerko invisible maintenance oil” in a thin layer over the floor using a hand-sprayer.
  • Do not wipe after spraying, but just let it dry.
  • You can use the floor again after 4 to 6 hours.
  • Repeat: once a year for normal traffic / 2 to 3 times a year for high-traffic