Wooden Furniture & Coronavirus - What to Do During Such a Challenging Time?
                     Wooden Furniture & Coronavirus 
- What to Do During Such a 
Challenging Time?
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About Us
A QUALIFIED FEMALE CARPENTER IN MELBOURNE
When you ask me to undertake your carpentry project you can be assured of a quality job with a quality outcome with a 
female carpenter in Melbourne. Your home is not just a place to live, but a space to relax and entertain. It is also a 
valuable asset that can be enlivened from a spacious deck or pergola, a brighter bathroom, or by opening up your floor 
plan.
Having built new houses and worked on those over 100 years old, I am a qualified carpenter who has a wide range of 
practical skills and experience when it comes to house renovations and enhancements.
I can assist with your design ideas or material choices based on my experience and knowledge, and am happy to work 
within your budget. I specialise in period restorations and bringing weathered timber back to life.
If you’re looking for a carpenter and builder in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, get in touch with Marcelle’s Carpentry 
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Wooden Furniture & Coronavirus – 
What to Do During Such a Challenging Time?
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Coronavirus disease or COVID-19 is all over the news. The lethal disease is spreading quickly and is declared a 
Pandemic by the World Health Organization. According to researches, this deadly virus can survive outside the 
human body for quite a few days. It can stay alive on materials like wood, paper, plastic and glass for approximately 
4-5 days.
What exactly is Coronavirus?
Coronavirus disease of COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a recently discovered virus. The transmission 
of this virus happens from person to person through the droplets of cough or sneeze. It can also be transmitted 
when a person touches the surface with the virus on it and then touches their eyes, nose or mouth. No proper 
treatment or vaccine for this disease has been discovered yet. Some of the most common symptoms include fever, 
cough, tiredness and in severe cases, one might even face difficulty in breathing.
Wooden Furniture – How is it Related to Corona?
Today, the best way to slow down the spread of coronavirus is by washing hands with soap and warm water. In 
addition to this, it is also important to keep your surroundings clean and sanitized.
A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection reported that this virus can last for two days on steel, approx. 
four days on wood and glass objects and five days on metal, plastic and ceramics when the temperature of 68 
degrees Fahrenheit.
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How to Fight Coronavirus on our Wooden 
Furniture?
Bleach can damage wooden surfaces and no one wants their furniture to get hurt. The best option is to use alcohol. 
If you find ethanol which is used to disinfect surfaces, then that is your best option. But remember a higher 
concentration of alcohol can have adverse effects. 
The alcohol denatures the cell membrane proteins and reduces the penetration of alcohol into the cell. Now, a virus 
that gets exposed to 96% alcohol will denature its surface and become impermeable to alcohol. This would cause 
the proteins inside the cell to become alive which would allow the cell to repair itself.
When the concentration of alcohol is 70%, there is a good chance of ethanol penetrating into the cell. The best 
concentration of alcohol, therefore, is 70%. Ethanol has 96% alcohol which would not kill the virus membrane and 
hence the need of the hour is to dilute it. The best ratio can be 7:3. Seven portions of ethanol alcohol can be diluted 
in three portions of water.
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Avoid using industrial alcohol at all costs. This alcohol, also known as methanol, can neither disinfect and clean the 
viruses nor it is safe for humans.
You can disinfect your wooden furniture in three simple 
steps.
Step 1
The first step is to make a disinfectant solution. You can take 3.5 cups ethanol and 1.5 cups water in a spray bottle. 
If your wood is soiled, we suggest adding a few drops preferably five drops of dish soap solution.
Step 2
The next step is to spray this solution on all your wooden furniture and leave it to dry. You can then wipe off the 
wooden surface with a damp cleaning rag to remove the watermark of the soap.
Step 3
The last step is drying. You can wipe your furniture with a dry clean cloth and remove all the excess moisture.
Marcelle’s Carpentry & Building is a comprehensive carpentry business that provides the best wooden repair and 
building services in Melbourne. We understand wood and we are together with you in these challenging situations. If 
you are having any problems with the wooden elements at your home, connect with us today.
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Address: Mount Evelyn, Victoria, 3796 Australia
Phone: 0411 101 299
Email: [email protected]
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