I tried this and it is FABULOUS! She speaks clearly so the instructions are easy to understand, I now use this for my stainless appliances as well. Thank you so much!
Very beautiful! Amazing how it simply drip-dries & you don’t have to hand wipe each individual part of the chandelier (that is, like mentioned in this video, if you do this kind of cleaning every quarter, you can get away with just spraying & not wiping 😊👍🏻)
I love you for using a completely natural "non chemical" product like apple cider. People could save themselves so much money and potential health hazards by turning their backs onto expensive branded household chemicals, while embracing good old simple vinegar instead! BRAVO!!
This may be quick but my antique chandelier gets taken apart & each crystal washed in water with isopropryl alcohol & a little Dawn, then rinsed in water with alcohol & dried yearly. I use rubber gloves & lint free cloths. I also bag it when I'm not entertaining to keep the dust off it. It's worth it when people see it and exclaim they've never seen such a beautiful chandelier!!
Sorry but I would never ever do something like this, this will damage the metal wire links and leave a copper tint (Apple vinagre) on the crystals. If you have and expensive chandelier I would totally recommend not to cut corners and take your time and do this correctly by cleaning it piece by piece.
I do have to agree that this could damage the fixture if you used rubbing alcohol not water this would be better as it would evaporate and not rust metal parts. For the amount of work you did taping the bulbs you could have just as easily unscrewed them and slip the boboches off .
It's a beautiful chandelier, and hard to believe that a bath with water and apple cider vinegar would make it shine that beautifully!!! Thank you for your advice, I'm going to try it on mine!
I recently got a beautiful five-arm chandelier from the 1950s. The chandelier was completely dusty and matte. The dust was practically sticking to the glass crystals. So I put the chandelier in the dishwasher for 40 minutes at 40 degrees + a 3 in 1 dishwasher tablet. The result was amazing. The chandelier looks almost like new again and works 😊 I put the chandelier in the sun for two days after washing it so that it dried completely everywhere. I did this a few years ago. At that Time it was a colleague's chandelier. The result was also incredible.
Great tips, I like the bags over the bulbs. I use alcohol & water because I don’t like the smell of vinegar. We had so many fires in CA & the soot got in the house so we have to really work to get it off of everything, chandeliers & shower rooms had windows open to vent during showers so even paint needs to be redone. We had to repaint our whole exterior. Thanks for your helpful advice, much appreciated.
Just tried your method , l have two beautiful gold and crystal chandeliers, wish I could show a picture , there are no wires showing and it came out beautiful and sparkling
Wow, looks bright and clean. Never thought of using ac vinegar on crystal. When I have rusty tools, I use a solution of vinegar to get the rust off metal.
We been installing all sizes of chandeliers for the past 14 years, and yes sometimes we do theses kind of cleaning, to save $ & time. It doesn't. (Some clients not willing to pay big $ on a large chandelier oh a 20 ft ceiling). Let it dry alone and turn on the switch for 48hrs.
Thats amazing. I do not have a crystal chandelier but i have a few friends who do. I will pass this on to them. There are not many chandeliers i like. I really, really like yours. Hope you show us the holiday set up when you are done. Any other cleaning or organizing tips? Please share with us.
My chandilere is cleaned every month with the rest of course ! I have had my chandileres for about 16 years and they are worth maby about well over 20 to 25 thousand pounds in today's money 💰 it's because I spend my hard earned money on these beautiful chandileres that are REAL Chrystal !!
My chandelier is dusty...and the pins and crown are soft brass!!! would the vinegar damage the brass? it is soft brass from Check Republic...the crystals fall easily when I dust them bead by bead with a soft sock....any advice for me? I am afraid to clean them!
+F. A. A The vinegar is very diluted when mixed with water so I would test a small area first and see how it takes, then decide from there whether to do the full chandelier.
Her children will inherit this beautiful all rusted out metal sticky crystal chandelier, ----this type of fixtures are so easy to clean, they disassemble so easily,! you can even wash each piece with a solution of water and ammonia and can dry out piece by piece and reassemble together in less than two hours, and it can last forever,,,, but not cleaning them like this -SAD- SAD- SAD-
Hi I know this seems like the easy way to do this!! The basic training for cleaning is never spray anything on the item to be cleaned - but onto a cloth first. Also anyone else following this method may use to much fluid hence gather fluid at the base going through to the electrics!! You mention Alcohol too strong for cleaning, any product that is not wiped off with collect in wiring and have a build up on dust causing corrosion of the wire. What you do in your own home is one thing but be careful you know what your doing before letting out a "little knowledge to the public"
Kerry Jazz This is the method that I found from the internet when I searched on cleaning a chandelier, it's not the method I created, I'm just sharing what I found. Thanks for your thoughts and I will keep them in mind when i'm cleaning.
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Please dont laugh, I am serious. Wouldn'tcovering the bulbs with a condom be a lot easier and cover them much better? If you didn't want to do that then fingers from rubber gloves might work. Otherwise this seems like a lot less work than my wife has been doing.
try sandwich bags from the 99cent store to cover bulbs or the free produce bags you get at your local market. Cleaning: you can use a clothes steamer first for stuck-on dirty then the vinegar & water mixture.
+Lily Seymour I should ask you if I put mine together correct I bought it on eBay it was definitely together wrong on the bottom with the metal outside . I'm reselling it after restoring it . I think it's together correct but not 100 percent sure Thanks for the cleaning tips . I disassembled it since it wasn't hanging up so it's super clean now no rust all metal fittings refinished . pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=391493422067&globalID=EBAY-US And after pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=191931600785&globalID=EBAY-US
I know that Lily has a Schonbek chandelier because I have a very similar one in my master bedroom. If you go to the Schonbek website, it recommends that you use rubbing alcohol and water. They also warn you not to spray solution at the chandelier to prevent electric shock. I suspect that as long as you cover up the bulbs, and you don't have the chandelier on, you should be fine. I will try this method, but with the alcohol and water solution. I would like to know how she keeps her chandelier from getting dusty. Iwww.schonbek.com/ws/web/sch_clean_crystal.html
Yes you're right it is a Schonbek. Don't you think alcohol is too strong for crystals? I've never had a problem but I have a small chandelier, thanks for commenting.
