Hints on How to Keep Your Sauna Fresh

To enjoy your sauna room to the full, you should spend a little time now and then keeping it clean and fresh. A clean sauna is not only more pleasant to bathe in, but it also performs better and lasts longer. Here are a few words of advice on what to do.

Cleaning
To maximise the pleasure of sauna bathing it is important to keep sauna rooms clean and fresh. Scrub the benches and floor regularly, preferably with a mild liquid detergent that leaves a pleasant fragrance.

Thermometer and hydrometer
To ensure accurate readings, place these on a side wall to the heater, at a height of 1500 mm above the floor.

Wooden bucket and scoop
NZ Sauna’s wooden bucket has a plastic insert to prevent the wood cracking after prolonged use. Never keep the bucket on the upper benches, but leave it on the floor where the air is coolest. To preserve the beautiful wooden finish, we recommend that you impregnate the bucket with sauna oil now and again.

Sauna stones
Sauna stones should be of igneous dolerite rock (diabase) or olivine, both of which withstand rapid heating and cooling. It is important to fill the stone compartment in the correct way. Always follow the advice in the assembly instructions that come with each sauna heater.

Check the stone compartment
It is important to do this a couple of times a year – especially in public facilities and those which are used frequently. Remove all the stones. Vacuum up small particles of stone and grit and clean off any calcium deposits that have formed at the bottom of the compartment. Then replace the stones that are in good condition and, when necessary, top up with new stones from NZ Sauna Company.

Sauna fragrances
A few drops of NZ Sauna fragrance in the water sprinkled over the sizzling hot stones also permeate the sauna room with a refreshing scent that clears your nose and head. NZ Sauna Company fragrances are pure, natural products and come in a choice of scents.

Special info for steam saunas
As the humidity in a steam sauna can be much higher than in a traditional sauna room, it is important to bear the following in mind. Lower mouldings on windows in doors or walls must be treated with boat varnish and the gap between the pane of glass and the moulding must be sealed with bathroom silicone. This prevents condensation from seeping into the gap. The surface treatment of all other interior fittings is the same as for conventional saunas.