Hey! This is Madeline, Carpe Diem Cleaning’s General Manager, letting you know why we dust instead of using Pledge or other wood cleaners on your furniture.
Furniture cleaners such as Pledge just polish your wood furniture without actually cleaning it. Unfortunately, this process is similar to using foundation to clean your face. We would never do that, now would we, ladies? Because Pledge builds up on wood furniture, eventually you have to strip the wood and start over, which is expensive and no fun.
With antiques and real wood, you want the true grain of the wood to shine through and last for years to come. To maintain your wood furniture, go through your house twice a year and rub lemon oil on the wood to to moisturize it. This simple step will feed your furniture’s “thirst” and will give it an authentic shine!
