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Cleaning
our Acrylic Creatures
(These instructions will work for our wool and alpaca
creatures too.) |
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| Any bear or
rabbit is bound to get a little messy with time, and many
of our customers have asked about cleaning them up. Don't
be afraid! Even though our toys are handmade, they're
also meant to last a lifetime or two, so follow these
guidelines with confidence, |
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| Use a plastic
dog-grooming brush to start, but if that doesn't do the
trick, try surface washing with lukewarm water and a mild
detergent like Dawn or Delicare, using a cloth or soft
bristle brush, and rinse with lukewarm water. If your
creature has had a run-in with any kind of grease, try
sprinkling some cornmeal into the fibers to absorb the
grease and then vacuum or brush it out with a plastic
dog-grooming brush. |
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| Heat of any
kind will make acrylic fur frizzy, at best. Extreme heat
will actually begin to melt and mat it, so you should
let your creature air dry naturally and brush its fur
with a plastic dog-grooming brush. |
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| Cowhide leather
can be cleaned with a cloth and lukewarm water. Pigskin,
on the other hand, which can be recognized by its tiny
holes (hair follicles) in groups of three, will darken
with water and may dry very stiff, so Charleen suggests
just leaving pigskin ears or paws as they are. Think of
it as added character! |
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| CLEANING
THE NIGHT CREATURES |
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| All of our night
creatures, except Sly and Sly II, are made of upholstery
fabric and sport acrylic hair. Any leather is textured
cowhide with a washable finish, and may be surface washed
(not soaked), with lukewarm water and mild detergent,
or spot cleaned with baby wipes! |
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| Sly's body is
made of Woolrich wool, leather with acrylic tufts. His
head and limbs are of cotton velveteen. Sly II's body,
inside and out, is 100% cotton. His head and limbs are
made of upholstery fabric, his tassles of acrylic yarn,
and his feet and horn of textured cowhide. |
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| Our leather
creatures, including, Gnome Tom Griswold (deerskin), Sweetcakes
and the trolls, and all toads and frog (pigskin), should
not be cleaned. The best treatment for their "skin" is
to be handled a lot, as you would a wallet! If they dry
out with age, a product we believe is called Apple Polishes
will help refurbish them. |
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| All of Sweetcakes'
clothing, Little Red Hen's Apron, Nanny's apron, Baby
Bear's bonnet, and Louie's scarf are 100% cotton. Please
wash them gently by hand. None of our fabrics have been
pre-washed. Coyote's neck napkin is linen, so please wash
it in cool water. |
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| The puppets
of the Bedtime Quartet are cotton velveteens, acrylic
"hair", and cotton. We suggest you avoid cleaning them
all over, but baby wipes will help remove, or at least
diminish, spots. |
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| If you have
a damaged piece, ie: your dog ate a nose, or paw pad,
or chewed out an eye or ate 3 fingers off your Swooning
Ginny Opossum, we can only suggest that you be creative.
We can't help you, because, as Time would have it, "we"
is now just Charleen..no staff, no materials, no old patterns,
no old fabrics or even scraps. |
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Sorrowfully,
that's that. |
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Copyright
2001 Charleen Kinser Designs
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