Do not set down hot plates without using a trivet or place mat and use coasters for all of your drinking glasses. We have our paint shop professionally apply three coats of a high quality lacquer to your tabletop to make it as durable as the finish on your car! We also hand wax all of our furniture with 3-coats of paste wax before they leave our shop. Please note: if you purchase a tabletop that is waxed only, you will eventually see water rings from glasses set on the tabletop.

Our finish process will cause anything spilled on the tabletop finish to "bead up" just as on the finish of a brand new car. Dust when needed with a clean, soft cloth. You may use a high quality furniture polish when dusting. We recommend every 6-12 months to apply a coat of paste wax to your tabletop and table base. Follow the instructions by letting the wax dry to a haze and buff to a clear finish with a clean soft cloth just as you would paste wax a car finish. Of course, as on a car finish, there are certain things that you would not want to spill on your tabletop, that would include solvents such as nail polish remover!

IMPORTANT: Common Sense Warnings -- Please Read

Our tabletops, countertops and wall art are laminated copper sheet products over usually an MDF substrate as are any of our competitors. This means that care should be used to maintain a relative constant temperature/humidity level indoors.

Just like any laminate over a substrate, the copper sheet can come delaminated if allowed to experience huge temperature/humidity swings over a period of time. What does this mean to you? You need to treat our tabletops and countertops as you would any laminate product and never turn completely off a homes air conditioning/heating system while gone for extended periods especially in extremely cold or hot climates.

Because direct sunlight can fade framed pictures, the finish on wood tables, and draperies; the same can be said for your new copper top table. Do Not allow your copper table to be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time! You would not buy an expensive piece of framed artwork or an expensive veneered table and have it exposed to direct sunlight would you? The same can be said for your new copper table. Metal expands and contracts at a different rate than the MDF that it is adhered too as in any laminate product.

Please remember too that copper will discolor if a ferrous metal such as steel is placed for a long period of time on the tabletop surface! This would include but not be limited to: steel or ferrous pottery, candlestick holders, charges etc. Please keep in mind that some clay pottery does contain metal (ferrous) properties that will discolor your tabletop too. Always make sure that anything set on the tabletop has a protective backing such as felt so as to protect your tabletop.

That's all there is to the care of your copper table for years and years of enjoyment.