That stuff is cheap. Buy new.

Just tried that hairspray thing on a plant I got at a swap meet. It worked great ! It was really dusty and now loos lie new.

Hi Saakina

In regards to using cheese cloth & paper towels on the hose of your vacuum, how about a nylon stocking? Wrap the closed end of your nylon (hope you’re not allergic) and bind it on your hose by tying TIGHT or with a rubber band.
Any leaves, flowers or plastic parts sucked off will be caught in the fine mesh and easily replaced.

CAUTION: Be SURE the nylon is on tight and there are no runs, rips, or tears close to the hose opening. Sad to say, you’ll be worrying about repair costs more than your flowers

I’ve tried many a technique and found the best method is the salt in a bag trick to be tried and true.

Tip # 1: do this ONLY by using LARGE grained salt! Morton’s is too tiny and can be “caught” in between the smaller spaces. Also, if there’s the slightest bit of a damp spot, those suckers can cling like crazy and drive you nuts trying to get them off.

Tip # 2: use a large garbage bag for long stems and shake in your garage or outdoors. It’s great to do this inside BUT trust me, you’ll need the space and really don’t want to end up with salt particles on your carpeting, kitchen floor or hardwood flooring either. Again, a pain to clean up and salt may or may not discolor certain types of floors.

Happy shaking!

That method could really damage the plants or flowers. It sucks up the leaves and flower stems and disfigures the ones that are left. Believe me I tried it. LOL

Trail and error girl here (I;m allergic to everything on gods green earth so I’ve been in possession of quite the collection of fake plants) So I tried vacuuming the silk ficus and well… let’s just say it ended up with some bald spots. I tried covering the end with a paper towel and some cheese cloth to help but it only decreased suction so it was hard to get at all of it to dust. Blowing the dust off with canned air really worked for me!