Excessive Surface Cleaning for Covid-19 Can Damage and Discolor Wood Finishes and Architectural Metalwork

Are you cleaning the finishes right off of your office furniture, wood trim, or decorative railings and metals?

The world is no longer just worried about the dirt and grime that we can see. We are now guarding against a highly contagious coronavirus as well as other tiny invisible germs. In an effort to combat Covid-19, corporate and private residential property managers are forced to  clean, disinfect, and sanitize their buildings from top to bottom so that they may keep tenants and employees safe.

Let’s take a walk down the cleaning aisle, where we find Clorox Wipes, Soft Scrub, Ironman Wipes, Lysol, Glyclean… These products contain active ingredients like Quaternary Ammonium, Phenolic, Sodium Hypochlorite, Thymol, Ethanol, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Glycolic Acid. 

While these products serve to kill cold & flu viruses, bacteria and so on, guess what? They are also killing the finish on your architectural millwork, furniture, and decorative metals.

The professionals at OFS have been caring for your wood and metal surfaces for years. Now that care is more important than ever. 

The more you clean, the more of that protective finish you are removing from these professional-looking surfaces. In the early stages of “finish wear”, these surfaces can generally be touched up with a process that is not all that time consuming or that expensive. 

In many cases, if left untreated and once most of the finish is lost, you are now looking at having your surfaces stripped and completely refinished. A process that is a much more rigorous and costly undertaking.

Please contact the professionals at OFS for all of your wood and or metal restoration, refinishing, and maintenance needs.  We will restore the finishes that cleaning has removed!