How do I safely clean artificial flowers?

White flowers turned yellow from cigarette smoke.


Flowers are permanently glued in a vase with green leaves.


I do not want to ruin the leaves or vase by spraying bleach.


What else can I use?

How do I safely clean artificial flowers?
If you are afraid to use water and a mild soap, because you think that you will destroy them, then you can go to a specialized shop (or even visit an e-shop at e-bay or amazon) and have a look for a specific product. Just be sure not to spend more than what the entire pot with with the flowers costs.


Usually, dry cleaning is working in "fresh dirty".





katerina
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Reply:You can get one of those special cleaners, but I've found that just swooshing them around in a sink with a mild detergent works just fine. Since yours are glued in, it might be a bit awkward, but I believe it's do-able. Just grab the vase with one hand, the stems with the other, invert and swoosh the flowers only, not the vase.
Reply:i guess, you can try bleach on a piece of cloth, to target only the areas you want, (after the water hose for the dust)
Reply:a fine spray with the garden hose works for me, to get the dust off. set in smoke you won't get entirely off
Reply:Go to your local hobby store. There are actually cleaners designed for silk plants. Wal-Mart has it, too, in that section of the store.
Reply:You may just want to get a new one, once yellow not much you can do.
Reply:egads to clean artificial flowers you MUST use artificial cleaner! they sell it and any local hardware store1