Cleaning Instructions
Carolina Game Tables furniture is easy to clean and maintain: use soap and water! For disinfecting, make sure the wipes do not contain bleaching agents. Avoid “dusting” sprays. In short, take care of this fine mahogany table like your grandmother did and it will look fantastic for decades.
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Clean Your Fabric
Clean the fabric in the play area of your Carolina Game Table with a lint roller to pick up dust and particulates. If necessary for big messes, use a vacuum cleaner with an upholstery attachment.
Remove food stains by picking up solid debris. Always blot liquids, never rub (rubbing pushes the stain into the fabric). Clean with a household cleaner you’ve already tested on the underside of the dining top–if it doesn’t leave a ring or bleach mark it’s safe to use. Remove most stains using soap suds.
Rinse with distilled water. Distilled water has no minerals to leave a ring behind. It may take a few rounds of suds and water to completely remove the stain.
Disinfect Your Fabric
Disinfect the fabric in the play area with lightly sprayed Lysol or similar Disinfectant Spray. A fine mist will disinfect the area.
Clean Your Table
Clean your table’s hard surfaces (edges and table top) with soap and water. Do not touch the fabric of your game table if any bleach is in the soap.
Disinfect Your Table
Disinfect your table’s hard surfaces with a Lysol/Clorox or similar disposable wipe. Neither of these products actually has any bleach in it, according to the ingredients on the container, but they are still approved by the CDC for disinfecting for Covid.
WASH YOUR HANDS. Always a good thing to remember!
Here are a few other tips, too!
- Use placemats for everyday dining and a (cloth, not plastic) tablecloth for large family gatherings.
- Use a heat barrier like a cork trivet under dishes coming straight out of the oven or off the stove.
- Use a coaster or placemat for things which will create condensation (chilled wine bottles, flower vases, hot or cold drinks) or drip wax. Scrape wax off with a credit card, not a knife.
- Avoid chunky jewelry, metal dice, or laptops directly on the finished table surface. These—along with pets and children—are the common factors behind most dents, dings, and scratches.
- Be careful vacuuming around the table legs. Ramming into them will cause dents if done hard enough.
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