When you choose parquet oil, you are choosing a natural protection for your wooden floors. Varnish forms a layer that seals your parquet. Oil penetrates into the wood and guarantees optimal protection for your parquet. The result is that your wooden floor takes on a natural matt appearance that is easy to maintain with our user-friendly systems.

 

 

Ciranova offers two types of oil systems. First the parquet oil (hard wax oil) that is applied in two layers. The first layer of oil is applied after sanding the wood with 120 grit sandpaper. Rub the oil into the wood. Leave to dry for minimum six hours and then apply the second layer. The wax oil is a one-layer system. Apply and rub in with a polishing machine. This oil has a high solid particle content so that it has a drying time of 24 hours.

 

 

A well-oiled parquet floor is easy to maintain with Ciranova products. For monthly maintenance, depending on the degree of use, Ciranova Parquet Soap should be used. Mix a quantity of this parquet soap in a bucket of lukewarm water. Clean the floor with a well wrung out floor cloth that you have immersed in this product. The parquet soap cleans your wood floor and feeds the parquet at the same time. For annual maintenance of your oiled parquet floor, use Ciranova Maintenance Oil. This maintenance oil guarantees the continued optimal protection of your floor.

 

 

We recommend that you sand the floor in order to optimise the penetration of our products. When using parquet oil, we recommend you sand with 100-120 grit sandpaper. When using stains or varnish, sand with 100 –150 grit sandpaper. Never sand new wood while wet. When using Ciranova Aquacolor and Reactive Stain, the wood fibres stand up after applying the first layer and you are advised to remove them with sandpaper. After sanding always remove any dust carefully.

 

 

Oil needs to penetrate into the floor and not remain on the surface: oil is not a paint. Floors will only be tacky if the oil has not been applied evenly or has not been rubbed in. If a floor has been rubbed thoroughly until dry - according to the CIRANOVA instructions - it will never be tacky!

 

 

Our products are universal and can be used with other systems. The best time to switch is when the floor needs to be freshened up. Clean the floor intensively and remove any varnish, oil, soap and/or wax with Ciranova Intensive Cleaner or Ciranova Wax Remover.

 

 

Yes. With cloths and pads used for applying the oil, you need to be careful. Oils and waxes dry through oxidation that means they react to the oxygen in the air. This produces heat that needs to be evacuated. If the heat cannot escape, it builds up and there is a danger therefore of self-combustion. The simplest thing to do is to put the used cloths and pads in water or keep them in a closed recipient.

 

 

YES. Ciranova has created a new generation of water-based stains (AQUACOLOR range) so that it is possible to apply our water-based varnishes (AQUAFIX range) with a brush, or roller on top and they will not pick up the stain.

 

 

NO. Nothing will adhere to wax. The wax has to be completely removed with Ciranova Wax Remover. When all the wax has been removed and the wood has been sanded, you can apply a new layer of varnish.

 

 

NO. Nothing will adhere to wax. The wax has to be completely removed with Ciranova Wax Remover. When all the wax has been removed and the wood has been sanded, you can oil your floor.

 

 

NO. Varnish creates a seal on your floor that first has to be removed. For optimal conditions the floor should be completely sanded. When all the varnish has been removed, it can be oiled.

 

 

Ciranova Lime Paste is a ready-to-use white paste to ‘bleach’ wood with open pores. This water-based paste can be finished with a solvent-based varnish or sprayed with a water-based varnish from the Aquafix range.

 

 

Ciranova Lime Wax is a traditional wax to ‘bleach’ open wood types. This lime wax should always be finished with a colourless high-quality Ciranova wax. The lime wax only colours the wood, it does not protect it.

 

 

For daily maintenance you should use the Hard Floor Fresh. When you use Hard Floor Polish you are applying an optimal protective layer to the parquet that counters dirt and wear. In order to remove stubborn and old layers of polish, use our Hard Floor Cleaner.

 

 

Reactive Stain is a reactive stain for ageing woods that contain tannic acid. These include pine and oak, with the exception of Siberian oak.