{"id":7130,"date":"2012-11-09T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/how-to-clean-aluminium-and-pvc-joinery\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T01:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T00:39:35","slug":"how-to-clean-aluminium-and-pvc-joinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/how-to-clean-aluminium-and-pvc-joinery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clean aluminium and PVC joinery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Proper cleaning<\/strong> of PVC and Aluminium joinery from dust and rain consists in using a <strong>mild detergent and a soft cloth<\/strong>. Windowpanes are best cleaned with clean, warm water and a chamois leather cloth for window cleaning.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pvc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pvc.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pvc-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>If you clean the glass with a mild glass cleaning detergent, you can use that same detergent to wash the profiles.<\/p>\n\n<p>Please <strong>be careful<\/strong> not to use:<\/p>\n\n<p> \u2022 aggressive detergents, cleaning solvents or thinners.<\/p>\n\n<p> \u2022 scouring agents.<\/p>\n\n<p> \u2022 any tools such as spatulas, scrub brushes, harsh sponges.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Maintenance of window fittings<\/strong> includes lubrication of the moving parts of the fittings with oil at least once a year.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Seals (rubber)<\/strong> are cleaned by washing them with water and applying silicone care products.<\/p>\n\n<p>Please note that the protective foil on the PVC and aluminium profiles must be removed immediately after the installation of the window or within 3 months at the latest. Leaving the foil in place for longer than that can cause it to bake on to the surface under heat and direct sunlight conditions, and then it cannot be easily removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PVC and aluminium joinery must be thoroughly and regularly cleaned to preserve their quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurotim.com.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}