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Looking After Your Cabinetry

To ensure your cabinetry lasts long and looks good for generations to come, general upkeep and cleanliness is very important. Here are some tips to guide you through the proper ways of taking care of your new cabinetry, because after all life takes place in the kitchen.

Cleaning Guidelines

A soft cotton cloth dampened with warm water is usually sufficient to clean your cabinets. If more thorough cleaning is required, please use a fresh solution of mild hand dishwashing liquid mixed with warm water. After cleaning, wipe all surfaces with a clean, damp cloth. Dry immediately using another soft, clean cloth.

Cleaning Products to Avoid

The following products are to be avoided, as damage may occur:

Harsh detergents, strong soaps, abrasive cleaning products such as tub and sink cleansers, scouring powder, scouring pads, steel wool or self polishing waxes.
Sponges or dish cloths. They may contain particles that could scratch your cabinets, or they may contain food and oil residue or remnants of harsh cleaning solutions.
Solvent-based or petroleum-based products such as mineral spirits, nail-polish removers or paint thinners.
Ammonia or cleaning products that include ammonia.
Bleach or cleaning products that include bleach.
Silicone-based cleaning, waxing, or polishing products.

Everyday Care

Splatters and Spills

Clean spills and splatters immediately. Prolonged exposure to spills, including food, water or other liquids, or to oil and grease splatters, can cause permanent discolouration or damage to your cabinet’s finish

Regular Dusting

Use a clean, soft lint-free cotton cloth for regular dusting.

Packaged dusting sheets are not required or recommended. Do not use pre-moistened dusting sheets, and do not use aerosol products made for dusting.

Waxing and Polishing

Waxing is not required or recommended. Over time, waxing and polishing compounds may build up on the surface of your cabinets and cause a hazy, streaky or yellowed appearance. This wax build-up is very difficult to remove.

Cleaning Glass Doors

Extra care is required when cleaning glass doors. Spray an ammonia-free glass cleaner on a clean, soft, lint-free cloth or paper towel. Do not spray cleaner directly on the glass. It could seep behind the window dividers and cause damage.

Avoid Moisture Damage

Avoid draping damp clothes or dishtowels over cabinet doors. This moisture can cause permanent damage — such as peeling and discolouration — to the cabinet’s finish.

Avoid Light Damage

Exposure to direct sunlight tends to darken the colour of natural wood products. Sunlight can also fade painted wood surfaces, laminated surfaces and thermofoil surfaces. You should consider draperies or blinds to shield your cabinets from direct sunlight.

Avoid Heat Damage

The heat generated when using an oven’s self-cleaning feature is much greater than during normal cooking. If this heat escapes from the oven, it can damage your cabinets. While this is a rare circumstance, you can minimize the risk of cabinet damage by removing cabinet doors and drawers nearest the oven before using its self-cleaning feature.

Countertops

Countertop care depends on the material, but four things damage every kind, and none of them are covered by any warranty.

Heat. Do not stand scorching pans or appliances, a crockpot for instance, straight on quartz or stone. The thermal shock cracks and discolours it. Use a trivet.
Harsh chemicals. Bleach, abrasive pads and highly acidic cleaners dull and etch the surface.
Impact. A dropped heavy object chips and cracks stone.
Standing spills. Wipe them rather than letting them sit.

Beyond that, quartz, granite and laminate each come with their own manufacturer care sheet, and we can send you the one for your countertop.

See the countertop materials we work with, or read how countertop warranties work.

If Something Is Not Right

Cabinetry we manufacture is covered for five years from the date of purchase against substantial defects in materials and workmanship. Hinges and drawer glides carry a lifetime warranty through our suppliers. Damage caused by moisture, sunlight, heat or ordinary wear is not covered, which is why the guidance above matters.

Read the full warranty or get in touch on 604-559-8080.