Cleaning, maintenance, conservation of value

Performa Collection boards come with a melamine-resin-coated surface and are therefore particularly hard-wearing. To make the beauty of your new flooring last for a long time, please note the following tips for cleaning and maintenance procedures as well as conservation of value:

Avoiding damage

As with all other floor coverings, your new laminate floor should be protected from dirt particles by providing “walk-off zones” (outfitted with doormats/ carpet runners).

To protect the laminate flooring against scratches all chairs, tables and other movable furniture pieces need to be fitted with appropriate, soft felt glides.

Use only soft castors on office chairs, filing cabinets and wheeled containers.

Additionally, areas subject to heavy castor-traffic may be covered with special protective mats that are available in most stores specializing in office supplies.

Putting up additional wax-layers or adding other surface treatments to your laminate flooring or to its edges is not necessary, because these measures are neither going to improve the looks nor enhance the serviceability of the flooring.

We recommend regular dry cleaning of your laminate floor using a vacuum cleaner (brushes up!) and/or a broom. Wiping of the floor with a damp cloth is necessary only for severe soiling. When wiping, it is important to remember that the cloth always has to be extremely well wrung out so that no puddles of standing water will form.

Maintenance

General advice on the maintenance of your laminate flooring:

• Relative humidity between 50 and 65% is the optimum condition for Eurafloor | Premium Laminate as well as for your personal well-being.
• Sand and dirt can act like abrasive paper on your floors and should be avoided.
• Liquids spilled and/ or standing on the floor have to be removed immediately.
• Damp wipe only.
• Do not use any scouring / abrasive cleansers, waxes, hot steam cleaners or polishes. They will cloud the floors’ visual appearance.
• Fit furniture, tables and chairs with soft felt glides. Use only soft castors on office chairs and cover the main castor-traffic areas with commercially available protective mats.
• Do not use steam cleaners.

Building contractor cleaning

• Remove drilling dust and other loose particles directly with a brush or vacuum cleaner.
• Remove adhesive streaks and residue with Glue Remover. To do this, put some glue remover onto a cloth and clean the soiled areas.
• Finally damp-wipe with Concentrated Cleanser (Wring cloth out well and avoid pools of water on the floor, mix cleanser and water in proportions 1:50).

Maintenance cleaning

• Remove dust, fluff and loose particles with a brush or vacuum cleaner (brushes up!).
• Wipe up localised dirt with a damp cloth.
• With severe soiling you can damp-wipe your floor with Concentrated Cleaner (mix with water in proportions 1:50). Take care not to allow any pools of water to form.

Stubborn stains

• Severe stains such as those from shoe polish, lacquers, tar, oil, grease, ink or lipstick are best treated with a cloth dipped in solvent. For this purpose you can use solvents such as acetone, nail polish remover or Petrol for home use. When using these, please obey all safety instructions and use solvents sparingly and only on the respective areas.

Stain removal and leveling of slight scratches

• Using a cloth, apply a small amount of the Laminate Intensive Cleaner onto the respective area and polish off dry after a few minutes. Repeat this procedure if necessary. Finally damp wipe.

Repairing more severe scratches and damages

• The damaged areas can be repaired with a palette knife and touch up kit.