Thursday 3 July 2008

Crystal Chandelier Gives Elegance and Style to Your Home

Having a crystal chandelier will give elegance look on one's house. But sometimes they can be not too god in a home if this crystal chandelier are not properly maintained.


And the illumination that this chandelier has will not be visible if it has a lot of dirt on it. This will not do its purpose instead it will do the opposite thing of what you expect in having a filthy chandelier.


For some reasons, crystal chandeliers are hard to clean and it requires a lot of effort to do the cleaning job. We all know that chandelier are hanging way up in the ceiling, this is the most reason why chandeliers accumulates a lot of dirt. If you will notice that most of the mansions have chandeliers that are installed in a super high ceiling even superman can't reach.


Other reason why chandelier is too hard to maintain is because of the fragility of the crystals. If you can only wipe it in a regular basis you should not have any problem. You should learn how to clean this because you might destroy the beauty of the crystal if you don't know how to clean crystal.


But before cleaning your chandelier you should have an alternate light source before setting up. And for your safety make sure that you turned off the chandelier to prevent accident in electrical shock. Clear everything under the chandelier for some safety reasons and prepare all material needed before you go up to the ceiling, so that you don't need to go up and down getting some cleaning tools.


In cleaning the crystal chandelier you need to cover the light bulbs using a bag before proceeding on cleaning. Position a drop cloth or a newspaper underneath the chandelier to avoid messing up on your floor. Make sure that it will not put some stain on your carpet if any; good suggestion is put to covers of cloth or newspaper beneath the chandelier.


In cleaning the crystal, you can use spray or you may prefer glass cleaner. You don't need to have a lot of effort to scrub the crystal pieces by pieces or disassemble its parts. You just need to spray the glass cleaner and wait for it to dry.


If you want to thoroughly clean the crystal, you need to remove the light bulbs. Lay down a folded cloth cover over the bottom of a dishpan filled with lukewarm water. Place it on an adequate amount of cleaning powder and swish up to form bubbles. Next is, fill up a pan with hot water for rinsing, make sure that you have a cloth at the bottom of the dishpan to avoid breakage of the crystal. Add pure drops of ammonia for additional twinkle on the crystal.


Remove the crystal drop and soak it to the bubble water that you prepared earlier. Rinse it and dry them up. Place the crystal back to the chandelier and clean the remaining part of the chandelier with bubble water. Use a cloth to wipe each part of the chandelier to dry it up.