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Everyday maintenance
Your product is subject to external elements, it must therefore be regularly cleaned.
Remove stains immediately.
Clean with a damp cloth soaked in warm soapy water (or hot water for more marked dirt) or a specific, adapted
product.
Rinse thoroughly.
Finish with a clean, dry cloth.
If in doubt, consult a reseller or the material sheet on the Hesperide.com website.
In the absence of regular cleaning your product will imperatively deteriorate.
Weather conditions (wind, rain, snow, hail, salty winds)
The outdoor furniture is designed to be used in normal outdoor weather conditions. Strong climatic hazards or
exceptional weather conditions can have repercussions on the look, correct use and lifespan of the product. It is
strongly advised to use tarpaulin with a ventilation system during the season when the furniture remains outside.
Rain and humidity
If it is left out in water, the furniture will take several days to dry. Nothing abnormal in that, but ensure that you
wipe it to prevent the water from stagnating on it. The presence of prolonged humidity speeds up the product
ageing and favours the appearance of rust indeed mould.
Temperature conditions
Outdoor furniture is not made to bear low temperature conditions, even less winter temperatures, which are
likely to alter its correct operating and its surface condition. it is also sensitive to ambient humidity. It is therefore
advised to store it in a dry, ventilated and closed place. Putting a tarpaulin on it is therefore not necessary. Before
any siding, clean and dry the products well, to prevent the appearance of unpleasant odours or mould.
If you do not have a dry, ventilated and closed place, the use of tarpaulin with a ventilation system is essential to
cover the furniture that remains outside. A protective tarpaulin in fact reduces the impact of external aggressions
(damage due to trees, animals, pollution,...) over its lifespan. If the floor is damp, it is advised to insert a wedge
between the floor and the feet to avoid a transfer of humidity. In the event of a table that spends winter outside,
giving a slight angle also prevents water and dead leaves collecting on the tarpaulin.
In the event of prolonged non-use, if the storage and tidying away recommendations are not followed, the result
will be an accelerated deterioration to its surface condition and its correct operating.
Protection of the screws and bolts
Steel is a material that exposed to external elements (humidity, salty winds) will naturally oxidise. To prevent the
appearance of rust, our steel furniture is delivered original with an Epoxy treatment. However this layer gradually
disappears under the effect of external elements and must be renewed regularly. For this, apply an anti-rust
aerosol at least once at the beginning and end of the season (available in hardware shops or DIY shops). Increase
the treatment frequency every 3 months for furniture exposed to salty sea winds.
The screws and bolts must also be the subject of such a treatment.
If the rust appears despite all that, it can easily be treated and removed with the usual products such as white
vinegar or citric acid. A cloth soaked with car polish can also allow you to remove the rust spots. Finish with an
anti-rust spray to protect the furniture, to apply regularly.
Water repellency
This involves a surface treatment applied to a material, to give it the ability to let water slide off its surface
instead of absorbing it. Like any surface treatment, it will disappear over time. It will disappear even quicker if the
material is exposed to external elements (rain, salty winds, dirt, friction). It is necessary to renew the treatment
as soon as the material loses its water repellency or after each wash. The water repellency must however not be
confused with being waterproof. Even treated, a fabric cannot claim to be perfectly waterproof, in particular
regarding the seams. Its resistance to rain is therefore limited. A fabric exposed to rain, even when it is water
repellent, will be wet and must be dried.