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easiest way to clean silk plants?
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Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 0:49
| I have a bunch of silk plants, mostly in my kitchen above the cabinets. They have horrendous dust on them and I shudder every time I look up at them, but I've been too lazy and busy to try to clean them. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this easily? Thanks! |
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RE: easiest way to clean silk plants?
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| I use a feather duster on mine, once a week. It works just fine. Perhaps with the grime on yours you first need to lightly mist or sponge them off? |
RE: easiest way to clean silk plants?
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| I toss mine in either the sink or the bathtub. I lay them down sideways and concentrate on the flower/leafy part. I spray them with water and then spray them with any kind of cleaning soap product. I let them sit for maybe 10 minutes and then spray them again with with water. I let them stay there for awhile to drip off and then I carry them outside on a nice sunny windy day. They look brand new. It is only silk and washes like a dream. I do that probably twice a year and in between I just dust them off with a feather duster. I |
RE: easiest way to clean silk plants?
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| We've a silly appliance called a steam cleaner that requires distilled water and warm up and complicated setup and emptying. And, the only use I've found for the silly thing is cleaning plants. It has a wand that produces a stream of moisture at about skin temperature. I clean all my plants with it. It should work for silk plants too. |
RE: easiest way to clean silk plants?
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| You can take them outside and spray them with the garden hose. Once they are dry, bring them back in. |
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| Since they are up high in the kitchen and you say they are dirty, I bet that they are coated with a combination of dust and cooking grease. That won't be easy to remove except to wash it off. I would pull the silk flowers out of their containers if that is possible and wash them in a tub of hot water and laundry detergent. Rinse them well and put them back into their containers to dry so that the flowers and leaves will fluff out again. |
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| I fill my bathroom sink with cold water and a bit of Woolite. Swish them in that, then rinse under running water, and then I drop them into the tub to dry. They look like new that way, every time |
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