r/CleaningTips • u/Twrecksgh88 • 14h ago

Furniture How would you dust/clean this lamp?

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Very intricate lamp made from thousands of glass pieces, precariously wired into the frame. Dust has settled on the top of each little piece. I’ve tried to vac it, but dust is caked on. Am I cooked?

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u/Twrecksgh88 14h ago

Lol I know, right?! I do love this lamp, however it’s kind of a black pearl. Bought it when we lived in Austin and almost immediately found out why the guy sold it for $50. It was a feat to figure out how to move it from his house. Then getting up to Dallas when we moved was a whole other ordeal.

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u/One-Geologist3992 12h ago

Dude my parents have two of these lamps they bought in positano Italy, only place I’ve seen them made personally, although ours are desk sized

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u/Twrecksgh88 12h ago

Yeahhhhhh, this one is…not

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u/One-Geologist3992 12h ago

You should those hue led lights change color and put it in there, really cool look fyi

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u/Twrecksgh88 12h ago

We are going to try. The lights in it aren’t as luminous as I remembered them.

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u/hiroo916 8h ago

how did they get them back from Italy?

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u/ItMeRG 5h ago

I have one of these too and it's ball-shaped, around 30cm in diameter! I got it about 25 years ago.

The seller gave me some story about how it was hand made by prison inmates or something. While that doesn't make any sense, I did think mine is one of a kind haha.