Do your wicker chairs need a good cleaning?
You're right, it's important to take care of it so that your chairs last as long as possible.
Wicker is delicate to maintain in depth because of all the small interstices in which the dust hides.
Fortunately, there is a simple trick to maintaining your rattan furniture.
The trick is to run a little warm, soapy water on the wicker to clean it. Watch:
1. With your vacuum cleaner , vacuum the dust nests.
2. In a basin, put a few liters of warm water.
3. Add a teaspoon of liquid soap .
4. Take a clean sponge.
5. Soak it in soapy water.
6. Pass it over your wicker seats, wringing it well before so as not to soak the wicker.
7. Rinse with lukewarm water.
8. Wipe carefully with a cloth.
And There you go ! Your wicker chairs have regained their original color :-)
Simple, practical and effective!
They are cleaned and washed thoroughly and ready to use.
It's still cheaper than buying new ones, isn't it?
Wring out your sponge well so as not to deposit too much water on the wicker.
It swells on contact with water and sometimes shrinks too much when drying.
For small inaccessible places, do not hesitate to use a toothbrush instead of sponge.
This method is very economical.
And you are sure to have a cleaning product without too many chemicals. Especially if you make the liquid soap yourself!
If the wicker has become too dark over time, rinse with this mixture.
Pour 4 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide at 15 volumes in 1 liter of water. Then rinse and dry.
If your wicker seats squeak as soon as you sit on them, grease the joints with paraffin oil .
