subject: How To Clean Wicker Furniture [print this page] Wicker furniture owners should clean their love wicker furniture every day, especially cleaning the dust. Dust will rub the surface of solid rattan furniture.
To clean the dust of wicker furniture, you would better use clean and soft calico, such as white T-shirts and baby cotton. Keep in mind that never to use sponge and tableware cleaning.
Please use soaked cotton to reduce friction, avoid scratching furniture and reduce the static electricity dust adsorption. After cleaning wicker furniture with soaked cotton, you should use dry cotton to clean the furniture again.
Here is another thing you should pay extra attention. Wicker furniture should be cleaned by special detergent. If not, the cane will be destroyed. And you would better use brine. It is good at cleaning dust and softening the cane. As for white wicker furniture, you can use some vinegar to avoid discolor. Sometimes soda water can also clean the wicker furnishings well.
As for lazy people who want to clean their wicker furnishings and do not have much time to spend on it or do not want to do it, you can use feather duster, paint brush and even vacuum sweeper. All of them are OK.
Here are two taboos that will kill your wicker furniture wholly and cruelly.
1) As for the wicker furniture that has not been painted by lacquer, using soaked cotton will turn it into "useless rubbish" totally.
2) Water washing and then sun dring or airing. By this way, it is quite easy for wicker furniture to deform.
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