Caring for a Metal Ornament Tree

General Care Information Metal Ornament Trees

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. 

A few simple steps before you put your metal ornament tree purchased at I Love Christmas! away after the holiday season can help to keep your tree looking beautiful for many years.

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. 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 a polishing cloth 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. 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 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
Almost all of our trees include assembly instructions. The few of which we are aware that do not, have instructions on this site. 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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