Cleaning Home Decorations

Clean a wooden picture frame by pouring a few drops of oil on a cloth and rubbing the frame gently.

Host Mary Ellen Pinkham provides ideas for dusting and cleaning around the house.

Dust more often and cleaning will be easier. Buy a feather duster and dust knickknacks and other items a couple of times a week. Dust eventually turns to grime, which is much harder to clean.
Only clean items that are dirty.
Picture-frame glass can be cleaned with a regular glass cleaner. To clean a picture or print, gently wipe on window cleaner. Do not spray the cleaner directly on a frame because it could seep onto the photo or print.
Plexiglas must be cleaned with an acrylic Plexiglas cleaner.
If the items in a china or curio cabinet get extremely dusty, seal the doors tighter by attaching self-adhesive foam weather stripping to the inside of the doors.
Another way to clean knickknacks is to put them all on a tray and submerge them into a solution of soapy water or under a fine shower spray.
Put starch on doilies to avoid dust collection and help them maintain their shape.
Clean ceramic lamp bases by wiping them down with a damp cloth. For metal bases, refer to cleaning instructions for the particular metal.

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