5 top tips for sauna maintenance5 top tips for sauna maintenance
Owning your very own sauna is awesome. You have unlimited anytime access to an endless number of wonderful health and well being benefits not to mention being the toast of your family and friends who insist on inviting themselves around!
A single sauna session can relieve weeks worth of aching muscles and joint stiffness, not to mention increasing blood circulation and detoxing harmful toxins from on and underneath your skin.
In order to continue enjoying these fabulous advantages you need to keep your sauna in tip-top condition, something that is a lot easier to do than many non-sauna owners realise. Our INCA saunas in particular are remarkably easy to maintain and require little more than a wide down every now and them to keep them looking and working great.
Here are our top tips for keeping a home sauna in top condition all year long.
Use a towel
Putting a towel over the benches and headrests inside your home sauna will prevent oil from seeping into the wood and causing them to degrade.
Of course, this is only relevant if you have a sauna made from wood. Modern infrared saunas can be made from all sorts of different materials meaning they come in an almost unlimited number of different colours and styles. It is no surprise that they have taken the infrared sauna market by storm in recent years.
Keep it dry
Once you have finished using your home sauna, wipe down any surfaces that hold excess moisture. Most modern saunas will come with an excellent ventilation system so as long as you don’t allow a significant amount of moisture to gather you are in good shape.
It might also be a good idea to leave the door open to allow fresh air inside when the sauna is not in use, but ask the manufacturer or installation company before doing so. It might not be necessary.
Keep your feet clean
Pretty good general hygiene advice anyway! By washing your feet before entering a sauna or having some wipes near the entrance that you can use before you go inside, you will avoid transferring the dirt and grime of the day inside. Never wear shoes inside a sauna. If you want to keep something on your feet go for a pair of flipflops that are only ever used for this purpose and are not work outside as well.
Carry out a full clean on a monthly basis
Once a month you should schedule in a full sauna clean into your general home maintenance. This is a lot more straightforward than it sounds and certainly won’t add a great deal of effort to your cleaning schedule.
Take a vacuum to the floor and benches of the sauna as you would with any other living space before mopping down the floor with a mild cleaning agent. If there are any obvious signs of surface damage to the wood of the walls or benches, perhaps a sweat mark, these can be removed with a light sanding.