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Spring is coming, time to treat your floor

Well, Spring is on our doorstep, so high time to treat your wooden floor after this long, wet and often colt Winter. Especially when you have underfloor heating, your floor will have dried out (a bit). But also without underfloor heating your wooden floor will definitely benefit from a maintenance... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2019 at Wood You Like

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The next warm period might just be around the corner

Saicos Exterior Wood Care Products The winter slowly runs out of breath. Prepare your terrace ready for Spring now! Removal of green-growth > Green-Ex Concentrate Removes mould from all outdoor woods, including natural and artificial stone terraces. Effective and biological degradable concentrate for effortless removal of mould and similar infestations.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2019 at Wood You Like

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Posted Mar 3, 2019 at Translatio-Technica

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Old fashion maintenance with a modern twist

Basin's "Aunt Polly" - Tante Polly - polishing Wax Maintenance product for waxed/oiled wood floors. Can also be used to revitalise re-discovered parquet floors which have been oiled/wax before. Polishing Wax of superior quality, produced by the original recipe by Aunt Polly (from Wales). It is a mix of beewax... Continue reading

Posted Feb 23, 2019 at Wood You Like

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When you are thinking about restoring your floor....

DIY conversation in our email inbox: (do you have a question yourself - use the ?Help button at the bottom of every page to ask us) Hello, We have a 1950's-1970's parquet flooring in the kitchen and dining room which is in need of some tlc, however as we plan... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2019 at Wood You Like

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Christmas Weather forecast - it isn't white

Normally around this time of year we warn you about salt from gritting icy roads etc effecting your floor and how best to protect it. Well, for Christmas 2018 we might even have a Spring feeling in the air! Nonetheless, there is a good chance for rain during the festive... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Perhaps you know all about Wash and Go - using Saicos Wash-Care for fortnightly cleaning which does not leave your floor dull as a result, as we explained in an earlier post this month. In the event you hadn't cleaned your wooden floor for a long time, or you've just... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Last month of Wood You Like's 15th anniversary!

You might have guessed it already, this month - December 2018 - is the last month of our 15th Anniversary celebrations. And what a year it has been, and we're not just talking about the glorious summer weather we had month on month! This last month you can still take... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2018 at Wood You Like

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The above sounds like a commercial for shampoo, doesn't it? Still, it is in a twisted way true, but not to wash your hair. We often are asked what to do with a very dull floor. When we try to establish why this wooden floor has become dull most tell... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Wood oils for other items than a floor

A while ago we received the following question "I am having new stair spindles, handrail and base rail. I would like to use oil to stain it light oak. What is the best method and materials to do this?" Our answer: We have various colour oils (thin oils): Make sure... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2018 at Wood You Like

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The Do's and Don'ts this coming season

The sun is out when I'm typing this, finally after many overcasted days lately. There is one thing we can be sure off: Autumn is definitely here and Winter is approaching. To keep your wooden floor beautiful and healthy this coming season a few tips for you: Don't simply wash... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Pine floor - now what?

Recently we received two - separate - questions about pine flooring: Question 1: The lounge is made of Douglas fir softwood, is the best thing to use for this the Saicos premium Hardwaxoil in satin-mat finish for a natural look? Our answer: The Douglas fir softwood floor, this might turn... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Frequently mix-up: finish or maintain

Our inbox frequently received all kinds of questions, on all kinds wooden flooring subjects. Some are very good questions, others make us think not everyone has a correct understanding of the floorcovering they selected. One question read: can I use Saicos hard wax oil and then use Aunt Polly polishing... Continue reading

Posted Sep 15, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Boek af, wat nu?

Je begint met het schrijven van je boek, fictie of non-fictie, en daar stop je negen van de tien keer je hele ziel en zaligheid in. Dan kom je op het punt van: het is af - en nu? Zoals velen kun je het manuscript naar een van de talloze... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2018 at Boekenportaal

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Restore the floor

Last week we received the following question : Having read your excellent articles, we now realise this subject is more complex than we imagined. We have a room that has a third of the (varnished?) parquet floor which is faded (see pix). We would like to know what approach to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2018 at Wood You Like

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It's Summer time!

Enjoying the sunny weather we're having of late? I'll bet you do! The intens sunshine however resulted in a panicky email: "I hope you can help us. We had an Oak floor installed which was finished with UV-oil. Now with all the sunny weather of the recent weeks, the part... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2018 at Wood You Like

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This month we received various questions : Hi I have a herringbone style parquet floor which is in need of some TLC more than anything. The wood is generally in very good condition. There are areas that are scuffed, but this appears to be more surface scuffing than anything else.... Continue reading

Posted Jun 28, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Special Jubilee Offer

If you have plans to install your own wooden floor, why not profit from our special Jubilee additional discount on the E-version of Wood You Like's Installation Guide: 160 pages filled with tips, advice, images, drawings and much much more. The paperback version can still be Purchase at Amazon.co.uk for... Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2018 at Wood You Like

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We need your help, tell us what you want to know

You might have done it already, or you might have thought about It - but do you know we receive question after question through our helpdesk (?Help) and we are always more than happy to reply with a proper answer. Our clients have been asking questions all of the 15... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Question on wooden flooring, on maintenance or anything else? Wood You Like has the answer

Over the many years Wood You Like has been in business (this year already 15 years!) we must have received over 2000 questions - in our former showroom, over the phone, by email and nowadays mostly through our simple ?Help button. Many of these Frequently Asked questions we gathered together... Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2018 at Wood You Like

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2nd try, Spring is slowly approaching

Last month we were a bit (too) optimistic about Sping arriving - just look at the weather this Easter Weekend - but.... Spring is - although slowly - definitely approaching and warmer weather will arrive shortly. Which means, for all those with Underfloor Heating underneath their wooden floor, the heating... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2018 at Wood You Like

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We spoke too early, Winter is still here!

Winter is here! In our latest newsletter we already mentioned that Spring was on its way, but that turned out to be wishfull thinking! So, we have to repeat our wintertips once again. 'Pampering' your floor by applying a maintenance product every 5 to 6 months will keep the wood... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Time to clear the decks, Spring is on is way

Saicos Exterior Wood Care Products The winter slowly runs out of breath. Prepare your terrace ready for spring now! Removal of green-growth > Green-Ex Concentrate Removes mould from all outdoor woods, including natural and artificial stone terraces. Effective and biological degradable concentrate for effortless removal of mould and similar infestations.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Wood You Like . . .

"Wood You Like" to profit from our Anniversary? "Wood You Like" to known more about maintaining your wooden floor the correct - and easieste- way? "Wood You Like" to discover if your wooden floor canon be restored withouw sanding? We can go on and on with this wordplay, but we... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2018 at Wood You Like

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Celebrate with us!

In 2018 we are celebrating our 15th! anniversary - with a counting down discount code for all of our fans: till 31.01.2018 you'll get 15% discount with code WYL15YRS till 28.02.2018 it counts down to 14% with code WYL15FEB till 31.03.18 it's 13% with code WYL15MAR till 30.04.18 12% with... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2018 at Wood You Like

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