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CARE & MAINTENANCETips for the maintanance of Sofacompany furniture

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WELCOME

A heartly welcome to our mini guide. We have gathered a numberof good tips for the care and maintenance of Sofacompany’s fur-niture.

With this guide in hand, you have some of the most importantinformation so you can:

choose the right furniture and materials based on precisely your needs, and

give your new furniture the absolutely right amount of LOVE so you can enjoy each other for as long as possible.

Once you have read the guide and if you have any questions, we are ready to answer them in our customer service 030 – 88775909.

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CONTENTUpholstered furniture .................................................................... 4

Materials & Impregnating ............................................................ 10

Leather & Maintenance ............................................................... 12

Qualities of our textiles ................................................................ 16

Wood & Maintenance ................................................................... 20

At Sofacompany we carefully comply with and respect, the EU’shigh standards. This means that we have removed potentially harm-ful substances from the production processes and consequentlyminimised the risk of allergic reactions.

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FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED

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WHAT DO YOUR NEEDS MEAN IN REGARD TO YOUR CHOICE OF FURNITURE?Of course, you must choose furniture that meets your taste and needs. But since all furniture requires a certain degree of main-tenance, it can be good to know, what our various materials require in order to live up to your expectations in regard to appearance and function. You can read more about this in the mini guide.

All types of textiles can fade and they are especially susceptible in direct sunlight. Should your furniture be placed in direct or partial sunlight? If the answer is yes, then we recommend that you choose light coloured textiles and/or a good colour-fast upholstery such as wool.

Dark clothing can rub off onto light coloured furniture fabrics. For example, dark denim fabric can smudge. Rivets and zips in clothing can make holes and pull threads out of the upholstery.

U pholstered furniture´s need for care is connected to how much you can use it. The most important maintanance is to vacuum. It is a good idea to vacuum your furniture regularly - preferably once a week. This removes dust and dirt,

which could otherwise penetrate the fabric and leave a mark. Always remember to use a soft nozzle attachment on the vacuum cleaner. Do not rub the fabric too hard when you vacuum or use stain remover as this can provoke pilling or possibly discoloration.

Impregnating the fabric protects against liquid penetrating into the fibres of the fab-ric. See our recommendations regarding impregnating in the section regarding this.

Remember to shake and beat your cushions and pillows regularly in order to en- sure an even distribution of the padding in the cushion and, in doing so, maintain the shape of the cushion. All cushions have a tendency to change shape in line with them being used.Often, soft cushions that fold and wrinkle slightly is part of the „comfortable look“ which is a part of the design. If you want to keep the shape of this type of cushion, al-most daily beating will be necessary. If possible, switch the back and seat cushions at regular intervals. This extends the useful life of the cushions and ensures even wear over the years.Make sure you regularly smooth out wrinkles and folds on the sofa lightly with your hand. Depending on the sofa model and construction, wrinkles in the upholstery will be a natural consequence when you use the furniture.

All textiles form lint on the surface, which are also referred to as pilling. This is not a mistake, but a natural feature of the material. The most tiles are fibers of layer and layer or overfuse fibers of the upper surfaces of the cover.

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A ll textiles make lint on the surface, which is also called pilling. This is not a defect, but a natural characteristic of the material. Most of the lint you can see are fibres from blankets and clothing or excess fibres from the surface

of the furniture itself.

Pilling can give the upholstery a tatty appearance, just like fibres in other coloursfrom e.g. clothing and dust, which can get entangled in the fabric and thus highlightany lint. If you find lint on the furniture, we recommend that you carefullyuse an electric lint remover, which is a small machine for precisely this purpose.

If you get stains on your furniture, there are different things you can do dependingon the nature of the stain:

NON-FATTY STAINS: Initially, carefully dab the stain with a clean, lint free clothor sponge, wrung in clean warm water. Work on the stain from the outer edgeinwards.

FATTY STAINS: These can be removed with suitable stain removal agents. Wealways recommend that you test the products on a small less visible place beforeyou use them on the actual stain. We recommend Guardian textile cleaner.

Many of our furniture comes with an installation manual. It is important to follow these instructions. A good rule is that you regularly tighten the screws on all furni-ture that has been screwed together.

IMPREGNATING We recommend that you always impregnate our textile fur-niture, as it gives an effective surface treatment and protectsfrom stains etc. Impregnating does not change the appearan-ceor breathability of the fabric, but provides invisibleprotection.

The Sofacompany recommends Guardian textile impregnation.

NOTE: Leather should not be impregnated.

FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED

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FABRIC UPHOLSTERY:

Furniture upholstery in nylon and polyester gives a durable, maintenance-friend-ly surface. Therefore, it is a good choice for families with children and for otherpurposes where the furniture has to cope with a lot of use. However, syntheticfabrics have poor absorption, which means that they do not easily get stained anddiscoloured. The materials can be spot cleaned and you could perhaps impreg-nate the fabric regularly so it becomes even more dirt-repelling. The Sofa Com-pany recommends Guardian textile cleaner for this purpose. The Sofa Company recommends Guardian textile cleaner for this purpose.

VELOUR:Polyester fibres are hard-wearing and easy to maintain. A fabric like velour’changes colour’ when the pile is pushed down and when the light hits it fromdifferent directions. This adds an exciting effect and is not a defect. It can beeasily brushed into place.

FABRIC UPHOLSTERY CONTAINING WOOL:

Wool is incredibly durable, dirt-repelling and tensile. Wool feels comfortablewhen you are seated for a longer period at a time, as it absorbs moisture andheat from the body. It is also dirt-repelling.Wool does not need to be impregnated as often, as it contains lanolin - na-ture’sown natural impregnating. In the beginning, wool fabric can have someexcess fibres from the surface. This is called pilling. This is of no significance tothe quality.

THE MATERIALS CAN BESPOT CLEANED AND YOUCOULD PERHAPS IMPREGNATETHE FABRIC REGULARLYSO IT BECOMES EVEN MOREDIRT-REPELLING

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ANILINE LEATHERAniline leather is the most natural leather used on furniture. This type of leather does not need surface treatment and protection, which is why all natural marks are visible on the skins. This also means that the skins continue to breath. Only skins of the highest grade are used for this type of leather, i.e. skins with few blemishe-sor natural scars.

The Sofa Company uses purely solid coloured European Aniline le-ather and the surface is naturally treated with oil. This adds to the-comfort and exclusivity of the leather and it has a soft, wonderful and supple appearance. It also never feels either cold or warm.

T he exclusive Aniline leather is somewhat vulnerable to the affects of use, which will result in a patina after being used for some time preferably be-fore you begin using the furniture. We recommend that you treat Aniline

leather with Guardian´s leather care set. This helps to protect against spills and stains extends the useful life of the leather and retains the suppleness in the leather.

You may find that the leather changes colour when leather cream is applied. Thisis only temporary and the sofa will return to its original colour once the leatherhas absorbed the moisture in the cream.

We recommend that you avoid placing leather furniture in direct sunlight andclose to sources of heat such as radiators or wood-burning stoves as much aspossible, as this dries out the leather.

You can keep the leather clean on a daily basis with a clean, soft cloth wrung inclean water. Avoid rubbing too hard on the leather.

Avoid using cleaning agents as well as sharp objects.

If you spill liquid on leather, make sure you quickly dry it off.

You can also vacuum your leather furniture once a month. A good tip is to use thesoft nozzle attachment so you do not scratch the leather.

NOTE: Leather should not be impregnated but needs leather care.

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OUR TEXTILESQUALITIES OF

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PILLING

Pilling is the formation of small fibre balls (lint) on the surface of fabrics. This isan ordinary occurrence on blends of polyester and natural fibre where the ballsof lint stick to the individual polyester fibres.In the beginning, wool fabric may have some excess fibres (pilling). Normally,this is of no significance to the quality and can be removed with an electric lintremover.

The pilling scale goes from 1 to 5 and is a two-fold scale, which means that 2 istwice as good as 1; 3 is twice as good as 2, and so on.A pilling of 1 means that a lot of lint appears on the fabric, and at 5, the leastpossible lint appears.

We recommend that pilling should be at minimum 3-4 in private homes.

COLOR FASTNESS

Colour fastness is an expression of the textile’s ability to resist sunlight. The colour-fastness scale goes from 1 to 8, where 8 is the best. A fabric with a colourfastness of 3-4 is average.Furniture fabric with, e.g. colour fastness 5 is twice as good as a fabric with colour fastness 4 and furniture fabric with colour fastness 6 is, again, twice as goodas 5, etc.

So this means that for each rise in colour-fast number, the colour fastness istwice as good. Cotton often has a low colour fastness, while wool for example,has a lower colour fastness. Before selecting the fabric, it is therefore importantthat you think about where the furniture will be placed and the kind of wear it willbe exposed to.

MARTINDALEMartindale is the term used to describe the durability of fur-niture fabric. For a sofa in a private home, the recommen-dation is that the martindale should be at least 15,000 in aroom with low use intensity and at least 25,000 in a roomwith high use intensity.

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W ood is a natural product that adds beauty and character to a piece of furniture. Our furniture is made with veneered wood, which is more sta-ble than solid wood. On the other hand, it changes color easily from the

affects of light. Consequently, color difference can arise between the individual veneered pieces and their patterns and grain.Upon purchasing, our wood will have a fairly even color and markings. If you subsequently purchase a new product in the same species of wood, you may find that the two products differ in color.

Our wooden products are given a light lacquer so that the structure in the wood isvisible while the contours in the wood become partially evened out. This reducesthe need for cleaning and enhances the durable quality of the wood. This lightlacquer is more gentle for the wood and reduces the risk of scratches. The woodis lovely to touch and, with age, remains beautiful.

We recommend that you give the wood a little extra love in the first few months.Many species of wood will change colour; mostly in the beginning and especiallyif they are exposed to too much sunlight. Therefore, you should not place so-mething permanently on it if you want to avoid a colour difference on the surface.

For daily cleaning, wipe with a clean, dry cloth. If there is a need for more clea-ning, use a cloth wrung in lukewarm water to wipe the furniture. Always remem-ber to dry afterwards with a dry cloth.

Wood and veneer are very sensitive to moisture. You should not leave water orother liquids on lacquered surfaces as it can be absorbed into the microscopiccracks and cause damage. Use coasters and carving boards - the surface willthen remain beautiful for many years.

So that the wood can breath and to avoid cracks, we advise against covering thetable top with plastic or oilcloth for more than 12 hours at a time.

THIS LIGHT LACQU-ER IS MORE GENTLE FOR THE WOOD AND REDUCES THE RISK OF SCRATCHES. THEWOOD IS LOVELY TO TOUCH AND, WITH AGE, REMAINS BEAUTIFUL.

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