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Caring for Your Metal Ornament Tree
The Shipping Box / Storage Box
and Packing Peanuts
We've asked the warehouses shipping
our products to use shipping cartons that meet UPS shipping standards and are rated by
the manufacturer to be crush resistant up to 200 lbs of pressure. If you are planning to
store your tree off season, do not discard the shipping box or packing peanuts.
Caring for your ornament tree
Keep your ornament stand, ornament tree or ornament hangers, photo frames,
pedestals, rope lights and Ornamotions clean with a gentle wipe using a soft, dry,
lint-free cloth. If you received pink or opaque bubble wrap in the box with your tree, it
is intended to keep your tree tarnish-resistant and should be used when you repack the
tree for off-season storage.
Please handle your tree with care. Our products are not overly fragile. However, trees made from thinner wire (845- series) can lose an arm if dropped.
General Care
Information Metal Ornament Trees
Your ornament tree will be easier to
clean if you disassemble it first.
Brass-Plated Ornament Tree
Most of our brass plated trees or
ornament hooks items are lacquered to prevent tarnish. Occasionally, a brass-plated tree
may get dark spots or discolorations called "pitting" from exposure to
moisture and humidity. To prevent tarnish, do not display your tree in direct sunlight
or near a source of heat. To remove those stains, gently rub with the polishing cloth
included in our Ornament Collectors' Kit or use a soft cloth dampened with a small
quantity of a fine quality metal polish that is approved for use on brass plate. Follow
the manufacturers cleaning product instructions. If you do not display your tree year
round, put the cleaned tree back in the Indestructo shipping/storage box we provided. Do
not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree accessories.
Chrome Plated Ornament Tree
To remove pitting on the chrome ornament tree, gently rub with a soft cloth
dampened by a small quantity of a fine quality polish that is approved for use on chrome
or chrome plate. Follow the cleaning product instructions. Or, gently rub with the
polishing cloth included in an Ornament Collectors' Kit, You can also use a soft cloth
dampened with a small quantity of a fine quality metal polish that is approved for use
on chrome plate. If you do not display your tree year round, put the cleaned tree back
in the shipping box. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree
accessories.
Painted Gold or Silver
Ornament Tree
Gently wipe the stand with a soft cloth. If you do not display your tree year round, put
the cleaned tree back in the shipping box. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or
ornament tree accessories.
Gold or Silver Glittered
Ornament Tree
Gently dust with a s feather duster before storage. The glitter is attached on many of
these trees on a coating. This surface is best preserved by not storing the tree in
extremes of heat or cold. Never use water when cleaning glittered trees or ornament tree
accessories.
Silver-plated Ornament Tree
Our silver plated ornament stands and trees are lacquered and should not need
polishing. In addition, most of them include tarnish resistant tissue or tarnish
resistant bubble wrap for storage. Should your item develop dark spots called
"tarnish" or pitting from exposure to sulfur in the air it can be gently
cleaned. To remove those stains, gently rub with a polishing cloth or use a soft cloth
dampened with a tiny quantity of a fine quality silver polish that is approved for use
on silver or lacquered silver plate. Follow the instructions for your cleaning product.
If you do not display your tree year round, wrap the tree in tarnish resistant tissue
and put the cleaned tree back in the shipping box, an archival quality storage box or
the shipping box. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree accessories.
Green, Ivory/White, Copper,
Black Ornament Tree
An occasional wipe with a soft, cloth should keep your ornament tree free of
dust. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree accessories.
Fiber Optic Ornament Tree
An occasional wipe with a soft, cloth should keep your ornament tree free of
dust. Remove batteries before storage. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or
ornament tree accessories.
Artificial Christmas Tree with
leaves
An occasional wipe with a soft, cloth should keep your ornament tree free of
dust. For cleaning, use a safe, colorfast, spray silk flower cleaner or compressed air
in a can. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree accessories.
Rotating Ornament Tree
An occasional wipe with a soft, cloth should keep your ornament tree free of
dust. Remove batteries before storage. Store AC adapter in a plastic bag and keep it
with the ornament tree. Do not use water when cleaning your tree or ornament tree
accessories.
Acid free storage
Store your ornament stands, ornament trees and ornament hangers wrapped in acid
free, tarnish resistant tissue, in a cool, dry area out of direct heat or sunlight until
you are ready to display them again.
More
detailed Use and Care tips
Decorating ideas for our trees are available in our decorating
centre. Almost all of our trees include assembly instructions. The few of which we
are aware that do not, have instructions on this site. You’ll find assembly
instructions for those trees in the Decorating Centre. If you get a tree without
assembling instructions and there are none on our site, please notify us immediately.
We'll get them for you and add them to the site as soon as possible.
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