{"id":259,"date":"2026-06-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/2026\/06\/15\/uleiere-sau-lacuire\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:03:08","slug":"oil-or-lacquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/2026\/06\/15\/oel-oder-lack\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil or lacquer? How to care for solid wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All our tables leave the workshop with a natural oil finish. That's a deliberate choice, and it deserves an explanation \u2013 because it shapes how you'll live with the table for the next 20 years.<\/p>\n<h2>The difference, in short<\/h2>\n<p>Lacquer forms a plastic film over the wood. It protects well, but a scratch stays: it can't be repaired locally, so the whole tabletop has to be sanded back. Oil penetrates the fibres and nourishes them from within. The surface stays wood rather than feeling like plastic, and a scratch can be repaired on the spot \u2013 with a little oil and a cloth.<\/p>\n<h2>Daily care<\/h2>\n<p>A soft, slightly damp cloth. Nothing more. No harsh cleaning products, no scouring pads, no alcohol. Wipe up spills as soon as you see them \u2013 not because the tabletop would be damaged straight away, but because it's simply easier that way.<\/p>\n<h2>The yearly refresh<\/h2>\n<p>Once a year, usually in autumn: sand very lightly with a fine abrasive pad, wipe off the dust, apply a thin coat of oil with a cloth, leave it to soak in for 20 minutes and wipe off the excess. It takes less time than a spring clean, and the tabletop looks as good as new. You'll receive the oil and instructions with your delivery.<\/p>\n<h2>What to do about a stain<\/h2>\n<p>Oil or wine stain: sand the spot very lightly, oil it, done. Ring left by a glass: usually disappears with oil alone. Deep scratch: the same procedure, with one extra sanding step.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The once-a-year, 20-minute routine that keeps your tabletop looking like new.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pflege"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdesign-haag.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}