How can I safely clean silk flowers?
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with great patience and microfiber dust cloths. First vacuum with a stocking over the nozzle brush.
Try some canned air, or a blow dryer. Hold on to the stems. You can also use a large make up brush or soft paint brush and brush the flowers off. I use a paint brush to brush the dust off my living plants in the house.
my ex mother in law used to make a mix of find table salt and baking soda and put it in a baggie, put the flower hear in the baggie and close the sipper around the stem as much as possible and shake it to get dust off her imitation flowers
Craft stores sell a silk flower cleaner
about twice a year give them a good shower and leave them to dry in the shower.
Put them in a plastic bag with salt, close it and shake. Then shake off any remaining salt, you are done, flowers all cleaned.
Since this is an arrangement it must be rather large is that true? I would probably take it to the sink, turn it on its side on the counter and spray the flowers with a gentle spray from the sink hose(turning to get all sides). That is how I clean my eucalyptus and fake ivy. Then place in sun for further freshening. I have straw flowers that are over 50 years old and I wash them!
Thank you for taking time to reply. Do the flowers go limp after a shower? These are silk. Suzanne
Most of the flowers from 30 years ago, are polyester "silk". You can safely remove them from the arrangement, and dip in sudsy water (dish soap) and rinse gently. Then lay them on a towel to dry. That is how I have been doing mine since the 1980s.
Mine have never gone limp however if they are very dirty I would shake the heads in some soapy water and then rinse them off in the shower.
I clean mine with canned air- works like a charm. Short bursts from a foot away.
I wash my silk flowers in a mile solution of Dawn and warm water. Take them outside to shake out excess water; put on the deck railing to dry and voila they're clean.
Sticky Paper will work, just don’t get in a hurry�