Maintenance

Tavole Calde Ltd. believes in easy and fast maintenance for all our materials and supplying these maintenance products to our customers for onward care. Critically we do not support or recommend any coatings as they will fail, be that paints, powder-coating or galvanisation: by this we mean we want to keep the most natural surface finishes as we can and to protect materials from degradation and give long term durability.

All our Ironwork: OUR NON-PAINTED FINISHES

All ironwork just requires a ‘sponge-on’ rust suppressor which enables maintenance to be as little as a few minutes per chair/base every 6 months (if left outside, or once only if left inside). To assure a nice surface finish we recommend first dry scouring/wiping with a green plastic pan scourer (non metallic). All of this we show you at point of delivery or can video to you at any time.

Stone Mosaic Table Tops: OUR STAIN STOP

Stone mosaic table tops are all-weather, frost and snow durable and carry a 5 year guarantee. These also receive a stain resistor to ease cleaning after spillages. Apply the Lithofin Stain Stop with a sponge taking care NOT to touch the painted brown table edges! (this can be lifted by the spirit).

Terracotta Tiled Table Tops:

Terracotta platters are all weather BUT not freeze-thaw guaranteed, which means that they can be damaged over time if left outside in winter months. We recommend that the tops are brought in somewhere to prevent the platter from freezing up. We supply 2 products for the platters, one is a tile and grout sealer. (Natural unglazed terracotta is porous and can be stained easily without it.) We also provide the same rust suppressor as mentioned above, this is to be used on the metal edge of the platter.