5 Ways to Clean the Artificial Flowering Plants

 

Using artificial azaleas at home, in villa or apartment is getting more popular nowadays. People love it because they don’t fade or wither. There is also less to worry about with the maintenance – no watering, cultivating, fertilizing, or even pruning is needed.

In few months time, these artificial flowering plants will gather some layer of dusts, bulk of cobwebs and greases especially if they are placed near the roads or near the busy streets. You’ll be seeing vast of dirt covering the whole part of the plant. It is also too risky and dangerous for those who have asthma and allergies if they can breathe it. So, we need to be cautious and meticulous while cleaning these artificial flowering plants.

There are some researchers who did their study about these artificial plants and the best way to clean it. Here are the easiest ways to clean the artificial flowering plants:

1.) Use a dry paint brush for dusting and cleaning

Put your plants outside so that you can see the bulk of dust on the leaves and on the sides of the flowers and leaves. Carefully wipe it using the dry paint brush all at once, side by side.

2.) Use water and soft cloth

Gently rub your wet cloth on each leaf and blossom. Then, allow drying it under the sun within a few minutes. There are some flowers don’t have the good quality of paint so they easily fade away or gone bleed. Make sure that it will not stay in your dress, carpets, tables or sofa because it is difficult to get rid of it. Moreover, it is better to do it outside like in your porch or balcony where you have a good atmosphere.

3.) Use a paper bag and a cup of salt

Get a big paper bag and a cup of salt. Cautiously put the artificial azaleas inside and close it. Then, shake it for a while. The salt will knock out all the dusts and cobwebs. After a few minutes, you have a fresh-looking plant again.

4.) Use some disinfectant like Lysol or Windex

In the next proceeding months, you will be doing rigorous cleaning. Try to dust the artificial flowering plants with a feather duster. Spray the surface cleaner to your artificial azaleas or artificial geraniums. And put them in a sunny area for a shiny look. (You’ll be amazed of the result).

5.) Soak the artificial flowering plants in bath tub with soapy water or in a big basin.

Tenderly bathe the artificial azaleas in soapy water while wiping the leaves or the blossoms so that it will easily get dry. Just be cautious of the leaf cluster not to fall or come off of the plants albeit it’s easy to put back (not to waste time and effort).

Artificial azaleas will give you a perennial beauty and happiness if you know how to take care of it. And these five tips will help lessen your anxieties and predicaments especially if you’re busy at home or you have a lot of things to do. It can add accent to a bare porch or brighten up the obscured corner of the house. Furthermore, there are some other ways to integrate different kinds of artificial flowering plants inside and outside of your home and that will make your cleaning more sensible.