Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-08 Thread Betsy Whitney
, Nancy - Original Message - From: Jennifer Jackson To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Put them in a plastic bag with some salt and then shake, shake, shake

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-08 Thread Lee A. Stone
PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants let them have a shower. what i am suggesting is if you have a hand held unit in you shower then turn it on and spray them good all over and tip to thes ide and like a small child let them stand ona towel until

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-08 Thread Lee A. Stone
. Jennifer - Original Message - From: Nancy Hill To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:49 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Hi List, I have several 'silk' plants ranging from a tree to ferns to ivy

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-08 Thread Nancy Hill
: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Hi Nancy, For small to medium sized plants, I use about a cup, but for the bigger items that have to go in a leaf or large trash bag, I use two cups. You won't be waisting it because you can save it for the next time. Betsy At 01:16 PM 10/7

[BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Nancy Hill
Hi List, I have several 'silk' plants ranging from a tree to ferns to ivy. They are all stuck into something that winds up in some sort of container...usually a woven basket. It is time that I cleaned these beauties and need ideas of ways to clean them to get dust layers off them

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Betsy Whitney
Aloha Nancy, To clean artificial flowers or plants, pour some salt into a bag and add the flowers. Shake vigorously and the salt will absorb all the dust and dirt. If you have something too big to fit into a bag, take the item out to the garage and use a blow-dryer on it. I've done both of these

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Alan Terrie Robbins
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:45 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Aloha Nancy, To clean artificial flowers or plants, pour some salt into a bag and add the flowers. Shake vigorously and the salt will absorb all

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Lee A. Stone
let them have a shower. what i am suggesting is if you have a hand held unit in you shower then turn it on and spray them good all over and tip to thes ide and like a small child let them stand ona towel until they are at least almost dry. if it was summer i would suggest taking them

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Jennifer Jackson
Put them in a plastic bag with some salt and then shake, shake, shake. Jennifer - Original Message - From: Nancy Hill To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:49 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Hi List, I have

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Dale Leavens
Lee, I think silk doesn't much like water. - Original Message - From: Lee A. Stone To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants let them have a shower. what i am suggesting

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Dale Leavens
How about putting them out into artificial rain? - Original Message - From: Alan Terrie Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Betsy, What if your flowers plants

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Nancy Hill
How much salt would you add? Thanks, Nancy - Original Message - From: Jennifer Jackson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Put them in a plastic bag with some salt

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Nancy Hill
: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Aloha Nancy, To clean artificial flowers or plants, pour some salt into a bag and add the flowers. Shake vigorously and the salt will absorb all the dust and dirt. If you have something too big to fit into a bag, take the item out to the garage

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Nancy Hill
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants let them have a shower. what i am suggesting is if you have a hand held unit in you shower then turn it on and spray them good all over and tip to thes ide and like

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread Betsy Whitney
To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants Aloha Nancy, To clean artificial flowers or plants, pour some salt into a bag and add the flowers. Shake vigorously and the salt

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cleaning artificial plants

2009-10-07 Thread chiliblindman
Nancy, I have some and I take them outside and hose them off. ..bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]