Care and Maintenance Instructions

for HANSA Products

In order to fulfil the demands of our customers regarding

design and function modern sanitary tapware are now adays

made of very differing materials. Certain criteria when using

them as well as during regular cleaning and compatibilities

of material and cleaning agents must be observed in order

to be able to enjoy long use of the product.

1. Cleaning Planning in the Public and

Commercial Sector

The spectrum of public commercial facilities range, for

example, from hospitals and installations of foodstuff

manufacturing to sport centres, to hotels and service

areas where the demand of sanitary cleaning related to

dependence on dirt and scale build-up differs very greatly.

Planning cleaning is a prerequisite for the choice of the

appropriate cleaner and the related procedure, and should

at least take the following into consideration:

– the on-site conditions

– cleaning frequency and intensity (basic or maintenance

cleaning),

– the type of the installed products (basic and surface

materials),

– the condition of the installed products.

2. Sanitary Tapware Surfaces

The most frequently encountered surface of sanitary

tapware is the chrome nickel surface in compliance

with DIN EN 248 specifications. Surface materials also

used are:

– stainless steel,

– plastics, incl. powder and liquid paints,

– anodised aluminium,

– PVD coating (metallic-effect hard-material coatings),

– galvanic special surfaces such as gold and Aranja, etc.

Coloured, non-metallic surfaces (e.g. white, bronze, etc.)

are on principle more susceptible to damage than metallic

ones, especially to scratches, Prior to starting cleaning it is

advisable to inform oneself about the type of surfaces of

the concerned sanitary tapware.

3. Cleaning Agents for Sanitary tapware

Acids are indispensable as ingredients of cleaning agents

to remove limescale. For the care of tapware it is however

absolutely necessary to observe that:

– Only cleaning agents that are expressly meant for the

particular application concerned are used.

– No cleaners are used that contain hydrochloric, formic

or acetic acids, as these can cause considerable damage.

– No cleaning agents containing chlorine bleaching lye are

used.

– No phosphoric acid containing cleaning agents are also

not used freely.

– The use of abrasive cleaning agents and means such as

scouring cleaners, cleaning pads and microfibre cloths

is ruled out, since they can lead to damage (scratches).

– Mixing together cleaning agents is generally not

permissible.

We recommended HANSASHINE

Our cleaning product for fittings and Minacor washbasins

is perfect in composition and application for the delicate

care of these products.

4. Cleaning Sanitary Tapware

Comply strictly with the instructions given by the

manufacturers of the cleaning agents. In general it

must be ensured that:

– Cleaning is performed requirement-responsive.

– Dosage of cleaning agents and time allowed for them

to act are adjusted to the specific requirements of the

tapware to be cleaned and that they are not allowed

to act longer than specified by the manufacturer.

– Build-up of limescale is to be prevented by regular

cleaning.

– Since the spray mist can ingress in tapware openings and

gaps and cause damage, when using sprays the cleaning

solution is never to be sprayed onto the tapware but

rather on the cleaning means (cloth/sponge) with which

the tap-ware is then to be cleaned.

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