Cleaning B-18s?

[Leon]

Personally, I would just leave them the way they are. Either of the methods I described shouldn't harm them if done gently so you could try that, but otherwise, they look fine to me.

[timzcardz]

I clean/dust fabric lampshades in our house by vigorously brushing the. with a paint brush. Don' see why that wouldn't help here, or that it could hurt any either.

Just hold it against something stiff like a book or board and brush away.

As for dry cleaning, if you should try that route then try only one first, perhaps the worst, and see how it goes. You could also ask the dry cleaner to test one spot first to see what happens.

[ctownboy]

If it is just surface dust or dirt you are worried about, why not just put the B18's into an empty pillowcase, tie the open end closed, put it in the dryer and run on air dry? Seems to me the tumbling action would knock some of the surface stuff off and with no heat, there shouldn't be any worries about damage.

David