Care of Kitchen Counter Tops 

• For high impact surfaces as kitchen counter tops or window sills the following painstaking treatment has been tried and tested. 

1. Generous wet-in-wet application of Primer Oil (order no. 2080) until evenly saturated. With surfaces exposed to moisture use Primer Oil Preventing Mold and Blueing  
(order no. 2081). Remove carefully any unabsorbed product after approx. 20-30 minutes.  

2. 24 hours later: sand with 150-grain sandpaper and polish carefully with Sehestedt's Tripel Polishing Paste  

3. Apply thin coat of Interior Wood Glaze with rag or brush  

4. Final coat after 24 hours with Interior Glaze (rag) or Care Oil (order no. 2220) depending on absorbency of the wood-  

5. Subsequent care with Care Oil after cleaning. Do not allow water to stand on wooden kitchen counter tops!  

For the care of kitchen counter tops we are offering a kit (order no.2169) containing:  
0.75 l Primer Oil, 0.2 l Tripel Polishing Paste, 0.2 l Interior Wood Glaze, 0.2 l Care Oil,  
1 brush and application instructions.  

Sehestedt's Tripel Polishing Paste  

An all round polishing product from pure natural materials for oiled surfaces as high impact kitchen counter tops, window sills and floors. Cleans and gives the wood a satiny gloss. Produces a hard wearing, durable surface after polishing. Protects the surface against soiling, water and chemicals. Can also be used as polisher for brass and high-grade steel, linoleum and many other materials (test first!)  

Ingredients: natural amorphous silicic dioxide*, standoils of linseed oil, woodoil and castor oil, bentone soil in a blend of balsamic and citrus turpentine, isoaliphates and French pine oil.  

Application: polish with bale of cotton rag. Renew rag and paste until no soil appears on the rag. Polish dry immediately with clean cotton rag until glossy. Can be repeated as often as necessary. With large pored oak and with teak strongly brush off possibly emerging white veil.  
 

•  Natural amorphous silicic dioxide tripel (tripoli)belongs to the group of silicic rocks and can be assigned to the undergroup of tripels (tripoli). These are weakly or moderately hardened sedimentary formations of opal (amorphous), chalcedon (kryptocrystalline) or quartz (crystalline). The term is derived from its deposit of porous silicic dioxide found near Tripoli, North Africa. Already in ancient times it was very much appreciated as finest polishing product because of its tremendous hardness. Another similar deposit discovered in Missouri USA in 1896 was called tripoli for the first time. Geologists think that the deposits developped when this part of the earth was still covered with water. This theory is supported by the discovery of fossil remainders of tribolites (primeval crustaceans) that lived in the sea more than 200 million years ago. When the earth's crust rose the deposits were brought at about the height of the surrounding topography. Quarrying was first started where silica was uncovered by erosion at the mountain slopes and is now effected by mining.