Sanitizing Your Flowers

With the recent COVID-19 pandemic we have taken extra steps to ensure the quality of forever flowers, and we want to share with you those measures. Every flower is now coated with a mildew and mold resistant dye mixture. (Any flower we created prior to May 2019 does not have this coating.) While our normal suggested method of cleaning (found here) is still our first recommendation for caring for your flowers. However, we also understand there are times when you may need a deeper clean. We have tried several different methods of sanitizing our flowers to demonstrate how they hold up to deeper cleaning. Below you will find our steps and photos for sanitizing your forever flowers. We used Clorox wipes, Lysol liquid spray, and Lysol aerosol spray in our demonstrations.

 

Before sanitation

Blue flowers before sanitation

Clorox Wipes

        Blue flower before sanitation with Clorox wipe    
 
Gently wipe the petals with the wipe,
being careful not to rip the petals off and not to over saturate the flower.
Blue flower being sanitized with Clorox wipe
Allow the flower to dry
(we suggest a sunny window for 15-20 minutes)
Blue flower after being sanitized with Clorox wipe

Lysol liquid all purpose spray

 Blue flower with liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner
             
Spray the Lysol onto a lint free cloth or paper towel,
and then Gently wipe the petals with the wipe,
being careful not to rip the petals off and not to over saturate the flower.
Cleaning blue flower with liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner
Allow the flower to dry
(we suggest a sunny window for 15-20 minutes)
 Blue flower after being cleaned with liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner

Lysol aerosol spray

 Blue flower before being sanitized with professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner
           
  Spray the Lysol onto a lint free cloth or paper towel,
and gently wipe the petals with the wipe,
being careful not to rip the petals off and not to over saturate the flower.
 Blue flower being sanitized with professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner
Allow the flower to dry
(we suggest a sunny window for 15-20 minutes)
Blue flower after being sanitized with professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner
              
Back of flower after sanitation with both types of Lysol
Back of blue flower after being sanitized with both liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner and professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner 

After sanitation and drying

 Blue flowers after being sanitized with Clorox wipes, liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner, and professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner

Comparisons

Before & After sanitation 
 Before and after sanitation comparison of blue flowers
Comparing the types of Lysol 
 Comparison of liquid Lysol all-purpose cleaner and professional grade aerosol Lysol cleaner after sanitizing a blue flower