How to Care for Rubber Tree Furniture

Rubber trees, at one time, were cut down and burned on the spot once they stopped producing sap. Now, in an attempt to use old trees more productively, rubber trees are harvested for their wood. Rubberwood, a light hardwood, is durable and attractive, making it ideal for furniture pieces. Rubberwood is as easy to care for as any other wood. The key to preserving a piece of rubberwood furniture is frequent cleaning. When dust is allowed to settle on the surface of rubberwood, it abrades the finish, making it dull and unattractive over time.

Clean cotton T-shirts
Furniture polish
Furniture dust spray

Instructions

- 1
  Dust the surface of your rubberwood furniture with a cotton T-shirt lightly dampened (so that you see no moisture left behind after you dust) with distilled water to remove daily dust and debris. As you dust, use ovate circles that follow the grain of the wood. As soon as the T-shirt appears dirty, move to a clean section of the cloth.
- 2
  Wipe any clinging dust and debris with a T-shirt lightly dampened with spray-on wood furniture dust spray or polish. As you wipe with the spray, use ovate circles that follow the grain of the wood. As soon as the T-shirt appears dirty, move to a clean section of the cloth.
- 3
  Wipe the rubberwood furniture down one final time with a clean, dry T-shirt to remove any excess product.

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