Cleaning Hallmark Ornaments

Video Transcript

"A very important thing to remember, when you're collecting ornaments, is that they do get dirty. They hang on your tree for two months out of the year, and they get dusty. You have to be very careful on how you clean these. On ornaments like these, that are the characters, I usually take a bowl of soapy water and one of clear. Dip the Q-tip in, clean the areas that are exposed to the dust. Take the other end of your Q-tip, take your rinse water, and rinse it off and set it someplace to dry. Make sure that it's totally dry before you pack them up for the season. On ornaments like the acrylic, you have to remember you touch them, and it leaves fingerprints, which makes them dirty. For these, I take a little bit of Windex, and make sure that they're totally dry and all the Windex has been removed before I pack them up. The one thing you do want to remember when you're collecting older ornaments, and you have the glass balls, do not wash them with anything. The older ones like this, they're painted on and it'll smear the paint and your ornament will be ruined. So, if these get dirty, try to brush them off with a dry cloth."