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Care & Maintenance
Maintaining Teak Furniture | Contrary to popular belief, teak furniture does not require any special maintenance routine or any additional protection apart from occasional cleaning. Left to age naturally outside by being exposed to light, air and rain, teak will gradually change to a soft, silver-grey as the pigments in the sur face layer of the wood slowly start to fade away. We recommend that you allow your teak furniture to weather naturally this way and simply clean thoroughly once or twice a year with our Teak Cleaner. | | | To protect teak surfaces from staining and to help maintain the silver-grey patina on weathered teak, we recommend using our Teak Protector. An application of this product forms an almost invisible shield which helps to prevent food (coffee, ketchup, red wine, olive oil, etc.) penetrating into the teak and causing unsightly stains. Teak Protector also helps protects the wood against the ingress of moisture, the adhesion of dirt and prevents mildew growth. |  | |  | If you wish to retain the golden-brown color of new teak we also offer a Teak Sealer. Application of Teak Sealer will not affect the strength or longevity of the furniture in any way, just its appearance.
If you elect to use Teak Sealer you will be embarking on a regular maintenance program as Teak Sealer needs to be regularly reapplied to provide continuous protection. | | If you intend to store your furniture over the winter, we recommend that you do so in a water-tight garden shed, garage or outhouse.
However, we advise that you do not move teak furniture from the garden straight into a heated indoor room for storage, as the sharp differences in temperature and humidity may cause the wood to split. |  |
Maintaining Sling Furniture | Available in a wide variety of designs and colors, Sling is a generic term for a woven, open-mesh fabric made from a vinyl coated, high strength polyester yarn. For our sling fur niture we use only the highest quality Textilene woven vinyl. Historically, slings are found combined with powdercoated aluminium frames. However, due to its inherent good
looks, exceptional comfort and practicality, Gloster also has designed products that combine sling with both teak and stainless steel frames. | | | One of the main benefits of sling is comfort. When stretched taught between two side frames, sling provides a yielding and infinitely variable seating surface that molds to your individual body shape. Our Textilene woven vinyl is resistant to fading, mildew and wear & tear under even the most severe weather conditions. Sling requires only occasional cleaning with Gloster Sling & Woven Cleaner to keep it looking as good as new. |  | |  | We recommend that sling furniture is cleaned using Gloster's Sling & Woven Cleaner, following the instructions detailed on the label. It is important to use a non-foaming cleaner on slings, as a foaming product will leave residues in the gaps in-between the weave which will then attract dirt. A pressure hose on a low setting is acceptable to use on sling furniture, but avoid the teak when using as the high pressure can erode the surface of the timber. For anodised or powder-coated aluminium frames, use Gloster's Metal Cleaner. |
Maintaining Woven Furniture | All our woven furniture is made from only the highest quality man-made fiber. Soft to the touch, this remarkable material has many benefits including high suppleness, tear resistance, UV resistance and weather resistance. The polyethylene based, extruded and through-dyed wicker is also completely weatherproof, insensitive to differences in temperature and extremely hard wearing. | | | Woven furniture can be left outside all year round and is able to withstand temperatures from -20C to +55C. When very cold, the weave will become stiffer than normal and when very hot, the weave will become more elastic. However, it will always revert to it's normal elasticity once the ambient temperature stabilizes. |  | |  | Scratch marks or abrasion to the edges of the fiber can be repaired by very briefly and carefully applying heat (i.e. the
flame of a cigarette lighter) to the affected area and rubbing along the length of the fibre with a piece of hard cardboard to restore a smooth edge. Even if fibers are accidentally cut or broken, a piece of furniture can generally be repaired successfully. | | | We recommend that woven furniture is cleaned using Gloster's Sling & Woven Cleaner, following the instructions detailed on the label. It is important to use a non-foaming cleaner on woven furniture, as a foaming product will leave residues in the gaps in-between the weave which will then attract dirt. A pressure hose on a low setting is acceptable to use on woven furniture, but avoid the teak when using as the high pressure can erode the surface of the timber. |  |
Maintaining Stainless Steel Furniture | Gloster manufactures using 304 grade stainless steel - the industry standard for outdoor products. However, as with any item left permanently outside, stainless steel furniture requires regular maintenance to keep it looking as new.
Before the furniture leaves our factory the welds are ground flush and the surface is polished with Scotchbrite, usually in the long direction of the legs or rails. This provides a smooth, resistant surface that is easy to clean and maintain. | | | Although stainless steel is generally resistant to corrosion, the surface is susceptible to cosmetic deterioration by the effects of salt water and airborne chemicals and this may result in small brown spots appearing on its surface (this process is likely to be accelerated in coastal areas). These spots in no way affect the strength, integrity or longevity of the furniture, they are simply superficial discolorations that require cleaning to restore the stainless steel to its original appearance. |  | |  | With all our products we include a Scotchbrite pad. If any brown spots appear on the stainless steel they can be easily cleaned by gently rubbing the surface of the steel, in the direction of the brushed finish, with the pad. If these deposits are allowed to build up, then it may be necessary to clean the product more thoroughly with Gloster's Stainless Steel Cleaner & Polisher, which cleans and restores the new look of stainless steel furniture and makes the surface repellent to both dirt and water. |
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