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Wood Countertop Care & Maintenance
Would Countertop Care Tips From John Boos
 Wood countertops from John Boos are one of the finest
countertops available for your home. These countertops give you warmth and beauty, but they do require a little more care than quartz or granite countertops.
The enemies of wood countertops are humidity and dryness
which can swell and shrink hard maple and/or oak enough to cause small seasonal checks to appear, usually at the ends of the countertops or at the end of a lamination.
Here are a few tips from John Boos Company to help preserve your wood countertops.
--All Butcher Block products must be oiled on all surfaces with a natural mineral oil at least once
a month to protect the wood. Oiling can extend the beauty of your countertops by up to 10 years.
-- Wash knives and forks or other utensils on the work surface of your top.
--Do not cut off ends, drill holes, make cutouts or otherwise alter wood countertops without
refinishing exposed unfinished wood.
--Kiln dried hard maple is dried to a moisture content of 6% making it very susceptible to water
and dampness. When cleaning this top we ask that the following directions be
followed very closely:
1. First scrape loose with a steel scraper or spatula any heavy food particles or foreign matter that may have adhered to the surfaces.
2. Brush or scrape all loose particles from the surfaces.
3. Take dish cloth and dip in warm soapy, or a VERY MILD DETERGENT water and wash top
the same as any other wood surface. 4. Wash out dishcloth in clear warm water, wring out, and go over surface again.
5. TAKE DRY CLOTH AND GO OVER ALL SURFACES TO DRY THOROUGHLY.
6. An occasional application of mineral oil is recommended. If any method, other than the one outlined above, is used in cleaning this top, very serious damage may result.
For more information, please contact the company below.
John Boos & Co. 315 S. First Street • Effingham, IL 62401
Phone (217) 347-7701 • Fax (217) 347-7705
E-mail: sales@johnboos.com
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