Is it possible to clean dusty artificial flowers or do I toss them?

Answer 1

Put them in a paper bag with some salt. Shake them well and then shake the excess salt off. The salt removes all the dust. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

How To Clean Artificial Flowers

Answer 3

If they're silk flowers you can gently wash them with something mild (like Ivory Liquid) and luke warm or cold water. You can run them under the tap if the water is not on with much force, suds them up with your hand or a sponge, and rinse them.

You just have to be careful with how roughly you handle them and careful that the water is not running too hard.

If they're very dusty you may want to remove any ribbons or lace (or else just be careful because the dirty water can get on the fabric, and stain - of course, you can use the suds to clean that too. Its just that ribbons/lace are harder to clean well than the flowers are.)

Try to keep too much water from getting to any place that has glue because too much water can make glued parts start to come apart. Also, try to keep the water up around the heads of the flowers rather than letting it soak into (even fake) stems and the base they're in.

If the flowers are plastic you can do the same thing, and you don't have to be quite as careful. If a piece falls off the stem you can just put it back.

Since you say "artificial" flowers I assume you're not talking about dried flowers.

Answer 4

artificial flowers are made of plastic, so cleaning them is easy. Now, if your decorations were stained, or deformed, or otherwise damaged goods, you then might consider tossing 'em. Yet, a little dust is par for the course, and easily remidied , since they're designed to stand the test of time, Just wash them in the sink, or basin with some warm water with a bit of soap mixed in.. Now, if you really want to get into it, once theyre dry,spray a smidge of endust, pledge, that sort of polish on them, with rag in hand, rub the stuff off,(now this will take the most time of all, but the detailing is how they really show like new) and you get a shine that will help resist your future dust problems, and give a NEW LOOK too.

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Most silk or fabric flowers are easy to keep clean by washing in a weak solution of washing up liquid in tepid water, rinse a couple of times in fresh, clean, cold water then shake as much moisture off as possible before hanging upside down to dry thoroughly in a warm room or outside if good weather or in the airing cupboard. Or you can try placing the flower in a bag of salt, give it a shake then remove flower and shake off all the tiny granules and you have a 'dry' cleaned bloom!

Answer 7

To clean artificial flowers, place them in a paper bag with a handful of SALT or SAND and shake well. This will remove a lot of the dust. Shake them off well. If they need reshaping and are fabric or paper, warm up a teaspoon by dipping it into a pan of hot water, dry it off and press each petal on the bowl of the spoon.

OR - If they are made of anything that will withstand water, fill a sink or bucket with warm water and a small amount of detergent. Take each plant individually, hold it upside down and dip it into the water. Swish it a few times, give it a gentle shake to remove excess water, and replace it in its location. It's not hard to do, many office cleaning company workers do this to all of their client's fake plants & trees.

OR - Put the flowers in a box with pebbles and shake them. To dust them quickly use Dust remover spray cans that are for computers and electronic equip. It gives a strong blast and would do well in a pinch.

OR - If they are rose bush like flowers and are plastic in nature, you can also take them outside on a nice day. Spray the leaves with rubbing alcohol and water mixture out of spray bottle. When they are dry (15 minutes, slightly mist them with Orange Glo (you can use a car cleaning mitt to spread the Orange Glo). Clean and SHINY!

WARNINGS:
DO NOT use soap on them if they are fabric roses, this can fade them, cause the colors to bleed out of the pedals, and also cause holes in them if the detergent is too strong. I DO NOT recommend ANY soap on cloth flowers! This tip I got from a friend about using Dawn dish wahsing liquid, and it made my red roses a YUCKY color, and I had to buy more! I also DO NOT recommend using a vacume [even a hand held one] because they can SUCK the pedals RIGHT OFF the stems! You want to BLOW off the dust or shake it off some way, NOT suck it off. Fabric flowers attract dust, and the dust gets literally INTO the strands of the fabric's threads, this is why washing them will only PUSH the dust farther INTO the fabric dear.

Answer 8

Yes, you CAN clean them, & it's so simple! Put your flowers & one half of a cup of uncooked rice into a sturdy paper bag. Then just shake the bag around in every direction for 30 to 60 seconds, depending on how dirty your flowers are. Remove your flowers from the bag, & holding them upside down, shake them out over your garbage can to shake loose any remaining rice. You'll be surprised how clean this will get them!

Answer 9

You can actually wash them with soap and water but ome artificial flowers get too dusty that is really hard to remove. if it is still dusty, just toss them away.

Answer 10

Try rinsing them in the sink. If they don't come clean toss them. Artificial flowers are bad enough, but dusty ones are really nasty.