How To Clean A Longaberger Basket
| StephDRebel Posts: 6,374 Jul 5, 2014 1:53:49 GMT | Post by StephDRebel on November 27, 2016 eighteen:17:xx GMTI take a friend who gave me a ton of baskets today considering 'her daughter's won't appreciate them like you will' Anyone collect? |
| lostinspace Posts: 6,118 Jun 29, 2014 16:thirteen:28 GMT | Post by lostinspace on Nov 27, 2016 eighteen:21:00 GMTI would first gently wipe off whatever clay. Then using a soft textile and soapy water, gently wipe and get into the smaller places. With a checkerboard print as a liner, these baskets would be really cute! |
| grammanisi Posts: iii,658 Jun 26, 2014 1:37:37 GMT | Mail service by grammanisi on Nov 27, 2016 18:26:35 GMTI don't know if this is the "right way" to clean them, just I have put mine in a sink of warm soapy water using a soft fabric to wipe them down. Then rinsed and laid on a towel to air dry. I have never had a problem with them after doing this. You lot take some nice vintage ones! |
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Mail past austnscrapaddict on Nov 27, 2016 18:27:17 GMTY'all can wash them in balmy dishwater and let air dry. Don't soak them, just wet them to get the dust and dirt off, use a brush if yous need to. | |
| Basket1lady Posts: thirteen,535 Jun 26, 2014 thirteen:43:40 GMT | Post by Basket1lady on Nov 27, 2016 eighteen:28:xix GMTLucky you! You got some great baskets that are really usable! I sold from 1995-2011. It paid for DH's first master's and fertility treatments that eventually led to the states having DS. I literally accept hundreds of baskets! As for cleaning, Murphy's oil soap will work, but if there are just grimy from use, I'd probably dilute it in a tub of warm water, dunk the baskets and scrub them with a soft brush. You need to practise this earlier the wood softens up! So set them out to dry, making sure they maintain their original shape. This will also tighten upwardly a basket where the weave has loosened up. The splints will get very bendy if you leave them soaking for long, so I'd probably soak for a minute, scrub, and then rinse. Don't go respond the phone or bake a cake and leave them to soak--I recollect the baskets would lose some of their shape if they were left in the h2o as well long. If there is some cleaved splints, sometimes you can simply cutting the broken slice out, if there is however 2 splints backside the damaged part. As for the handle, information technology looks like a light sanding will have intendance of the worn area. Y'all can wipe a stain over it to match, or it will probably wear merely fine with time, as it looks similar the old stain, which was pretty low-cal. The large photos seem to be a cake basket and a picnic basket. Yous also have a corn handbasket (big circular one), several Christmas baskets, what looks like a pocket-sized gathering (double swing handles) and a market (stationary handle.) I want to say the big square 1 was a Broker's Waste product, but I don't recollect that is right. Peradventure a smaller version of the tall laundry? I'm digging back in my memory! The Homestead also repairs baskets on site. Some they can do while you visit, others may need to be left. The repair costs used to be pretty reasonable, but I haven't had it done in years and years. Bask! |
| Michelle |
| Basket1lady Posts: 13,535 Jun 26, 2014 13:43:40 GMT | Post past Basket1lady on Nov 27, 2016 18:31:50 GMTYou added a ton more! If you would like, I can dig out my erstwhile guide and find out the names for you. I'thousand pretty sure the old basket with the signatures and dark stain is an original JW basket--the stain was a lot lighter when they were sold at home parties. If non, it's one of the very offset from home parties. I don't see a date on the lesser? I doubtable this one is adequately valuable. |
| Michelle |
| Basket1lady Posts: 13,535 Jun 26, 2014 thirteen:43:xl GMT | Mail by Basket1lady on Nov 27, 2016 18:36:44 GMTThe one with the chapeau with the doily--I think it'south a market place basket with a stationary handle. I don't think the lid was a Longaberger lid--there are/were several local companies who fabricated accessories for the baskets. I likewise don't think the Thyme basket is a Thyme basket. I call back they Thyme was much smaller. Simply once more, I'yard going off of memory. Lesser one was a Generations basket. They came in sizes--8", 10", etc. That i looks to exist a bigger size. And yeah, I'd say that one basket has water damage. You may become it to lighten a flake if information technology's dirty or stained with something too water. Hard to say. Adept for your friend--she really used her baskets. So many just put them on a shelf and but look at them. They actually are gorgeous baskets. |
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| StephDRebel Posts: 6,374 Jul v, 2014 ane:53:49 GMT | Postal service by StephDRebel on Nov 27, 2016 18:36:58 GMT I would outset gently wipe off whatsoever dirt. Then using a soft cloth and soapy water, gently wipe and get into the smaller places. With a checkerboard print as a liner, these baskets would be really cute! I'1000 vacuuming them with a brush attachment now. I'll wipe them next. Most aren't likewise awful. Tin can you buy liners for them? I don't know how to even get nigh finding a handbasket liner. Some of them accept holiday liners but after that I'm non sure what to practise with them |
| Basket1lady Posts: 13,535 Jun 26, 2014 thirteen:43:xl GMT | Post by Basket1lady on November 27, 2016 18:38:42 GMT I would first gently wipe off whatever dirt. Then using a soft material and soapy water, gently wipe and get into the smaller places. With a checkerboard print as a liner, these baskets would be really cute! I'm vacuuming them with a brush attachment now. I'll wipe them adjacent. Well-nigh aren't too awful. Tin you buy liners for them? I don't know how to even go about finding a basket liner. Some of them have vacation liners merely after that I'm not sure what to practice with them Yep, you can buy liners from most of them. Permit me know what yous are looking for--I have TONS that I'd be happy to ship off to a expert home! |
| Michelle |
| lostinspace Posts: half dozen,118 Jun 29, 2014 16:xiii:28 GMT | Post by lostinspace on Nov 27, 2016 xviii:38:57 GMT I would showtime gently wipe off whatever dirt. So using a soft cloth and soapy water, gently wipe and get into the smaller places. With a checkerboard print as a liner, these baskets would be really cute! I'm vacuuming them with a brush attachment at present. I'll wipe them side by side. Most aren't too awful. Can you purchase liners for them? I don't know how to fifty-fifty become virtually finding a handbasket liner. Some of them have holiday liners simply after that I'grand non certain what to do with them I sew, and then I would sew various basket liners from whatever textile I could find. |
| StephDRebel Posts: half dozen,374 Jul v, 2014 one:53:49 GMT | Mail past StephDRebel on Nov 27, 2016 18:xl:06 GMT Lucky you! You got some great baskets that are really usable! I sold from 1995-2011. It paid for DH'southward first chief'due south and fertility treatments that eventually led to us having DS. I literally have hundreds of baskets! As for cleaning, Murphy's oil soap will piece of work, just if there are just grimy from use, I'd probably dilute it in a tub of warm water, dunk the baskets and scrub them with a soft castor. You demand to do this before the wood softens upward! Then set them out to dry, making sure they maintain their original shape. This will also tighten up a basket where the weave has loosened up. The splints will get very bendy if yous leave them soaking for long, so I'd probably soak for a minute, scrub, then rinse. Don't get respond the phone or bake a cake and leave them to soak--I think the baskets would lose some of their shape if they were left in the water as well long. If in that location is some broken splints, sometimes yous tin can just cut the cleaved piece out, if there is still 2 splints behind the damaged part. As for the handle, it looks similar a light sanding volition take care of the worn area. You can wipe a stain over it to lucifer, or it will probably habiliment merely fine with time, as it looks like the old stain, which was pretty light. The big photos seem to be a cake basket and a picnic basket. Yous besides have a corn basket (big round one), several Christmas baskets, what looks like a small gathering (double swing handles) and a market place (stationary handle.) I desire to say the big square one was a Banker's Waste, but I don't think that is right. Maybe a smaller version of the alpine laundry? I'm earthworks back in my retention! The Homestead too repairs baskets on site. Some they can practice while you visit, others may need to exist left. The repair costs used to be pretty reasonable, merely I haven't had it washed in years and years. Enjoy! Thank you! There are more, I simply hitting tired of posting pics. A couple of them said corn basket on them...are they really for hauling corn? They have a bunk inn the center. Possibly we'll go visit the big handbasket and see about having them cleaned up and repaired, my cousin lives only a mile from there! |
| StephDRebel Posts: six,374 Jul five, 2014 i:53:49 GMT | Post by StephDRebel on Nov 27, 2016 18:41:55 GMT You added a ton more than! If you would like, I can dig out my onetime guide and find out the names for you. I'yard pretty sure the old basket with the signatures and night stain is an original JW basket--the stain was a lot lighter when they were sold at habitation parties. If non, information technology's one of the very first from habitation parties. I don't see a date on the lesser? I suspect this one is fairly valuable. I would love to know more about this one, the signatures are different. Information technology virtually seems like it's non stained, it'southward definitely dissimilar feeling than the rest |
| StephDRebel Posts: 6,374 Jul 5, 2014 1:53:49 GMT | Post by StephDRebel on Nov 27, 2016 18:43:03 GMT The one with the lid with the doily--I think it'due south a market basket with a stationary handle. I don't retrieve the chapeau was a Longaberger chapeau--there are/were several local companies who made accessories for the baskets. I also don't think the Thyme basket is a Thyme handbasket. I think they Thyme was much smaller. But again, I'g going off of retention. Lesser i was a Generations basket. They came in sizes--eight", 10", etc. That ane looks to be a bigger size. And yes, I'd say that one basket has water damage. Yous may get it to lighten a fleck if it's dirty or stained with something also water. Hard to say. Good for your friend--she really used her baskets. Then many merely put them on a shelf and just look at them. They really are gorgeous baskets. Sadly, they were sitting in her shed wasting away Id like to recall at one time they were used and loved. They're about to be anyway! |
| peasapie What I found does the about good is just to get into a taxi and become to Tiffany'south. Posts: xiii,223 Jun 26, 2014 21:52:17 GMT | Post by peasapie on Nov 27, 2016 18:43:27 GMTWow those are beautiful baskets, and they look like they are and then well made. I only have ane Longenburger basket, but I have treasured information technology over the years and it'due south as beautiful today as it was in the '80s. |
| Basket1lady Posts: thirteen,535 Jun 26, 2014 13:43:xl GMT | Postal service by Basket1lady on November 27, 2016 18:55:29 GMT Lucky you! You got some swell baskets that are actually usable! I sold from 1995-2011. It paid for DH'south first master's and fertility treatments that eventually led to us having DS. I literally have hundreds of baskets! Equally for cleaning, Murphy's oil soap will work, but if in that location are just grimy from use, I'd probably dilute it in a tub of warm water, dunk the baskets and scrub them with a soft brush. You need to do this before the woods softens upwards! So prepare them out to dry, making sure they maintain their original shape. This will too tighten up a basket where the weave has loosened up. The splints will get very bendy if you lot leave them soaking for long, then I'd probably soak for a minute, scrub, and so rinse. Don't get reply the phone or bake a cake and go out them to soak--I retrieve the baskets would lose some of their shape if they were left in the h2o too long. If there is some broken splints, sometimes yous tin merely cutting the broken piece out, if there is still 2 splints behind the damaged part. As for the handle, it looks like a lite sanding volition accept care of the worn area. Yous can wipe a stain over it to match, or it will probably wear only fine with time, every bit it looks like the quondam stain, which was pretty light. The big photos seem to be a cake basket and a picnic handbasket. Y'all as well accept a corn handbasket (big circular one), several Christmas baskets, what looks like a small-scale gathering (double swing handles) and a market (stationary handle.) I want to say the big foursquare one was a Banker'due south Waste, but I don't remember that is right. Maybe a smaller version of the tall laundry? I'chiliad digging dorsum in my memory! The Homestead also repairs baskets on site. Some they tin do while y'all visit, others may demand to exist left. The repair costs used to exist pretty reasonable, merely I haven't had information technology done in years and years. Relish! Give thanks you! At that place are more, I just hitting tired of posting pics. A couple of them said corn basket on them...are they really for hauling corn? They take a bunk inn the centre. Maybe we'll go visit the big basket and see nigh having them cleaned upwardly and repaired, my cousin lives just a mile from at that place! Yes, they really were used for corn picking. The punt in the middle was to aid air circulate. Aforementioned thing this the apple tree basket. The gathering basket was made to exist the width between rows in a garden--y'all could kick the basket forth as yous were picking beans/carrots/tomatoes... |
| Michelle |
| Basket1lady Posts: thirteen,535 Jun 26, 2014 thirteen:43:40 GMT | Mail service past Basket1lady on Nov 27, 2016 xix:03:57 GMT Yous added a ton more than! If y'all would like, I can dig out my sometime guide and observe out the names for you. I'm pretty sure the old handbasket with the signatures and dark stain is an original JW basket--the stain was a lot lighter when they were sold at dwelling parties. If non, information technology's 1 of the very beginning from home parties. I don't meet a date on the bottom? I doubtable this one is fairly valuable. I would love to know more about this one, the signatures are dissimilar. It almost seems like it'south not stained, information technology's definitely different feeling than the rest The signatures probably came later--I'm guessing in the 90s or then. At that place was (is?) ordinarily a family fellow member present at an event to sign the baskets. The number refers to the birth order of the siblings of the founder-Dave Longaberger. He started the home party business organization in the early on 70s, simply his male parent (JW) fabricated baskets long before that, especially for the pottery businesses in key Ohio. Because the basket isn't dated, information technology could exist a JW, which are pretty rare because they were used and really beat up. I believe they do cosign JW baskets at the Homestead--a quick call at that place can answer that. I'm not sure what they are worth these days, but dorsum in my selling heyday they could go for a thousand or more. I know there was a marketplace basket that went for over $2,000 in the tardily 90s. |
| Michelle |
| Deleted Posts: 0 January 9, 2023 13:fifteen:31 GMT | Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 xix:13:31 GMTInteresting thread! Congratulations on your handbasket haul. A few years agone I sold several on eBay for a friend. They sold pretty well if I remember correctly. |
| StephDRebel Posts: 6,374 Jul 5, 2014 ane:53:49 GMT | Post by StephDRebel on Nov 27, 2016 19:sixteen:25 GMT I would honey to know more about this one, the signatures are different. It almost seems like it's non stained, it'southward definitely dissimilar feeling than the residual The signatures probably came later--I'm guessing in the 90s or so. There was (is?) usually a family member present at an outcome to sign the baskets. The number refers to the birth order of the siblings of the founder-Dave Longaberger. He started the home political party business organization in the early 70s, but his father (JW) fabricated baskets long before that, especially for the pottery businesses in central Ohio. Because the basket isn't dated, it could exist a JW, which are pretty rare because they were used and actually beat up. I believe they do authenticate JW baskets at the Homestead--a quick call in that location can answer that. I'm non sure what they are worth these days, merely back in my selling heyday they could get for a thousand or more. I know there was a market handbasket that went for over $ii,000 in the belatedly 90s. You are a wealth of knowledge! I'm reading upwardly at present, information technology's got a stationary handle but I can't find a Dresden or longaberger stamp anywhere. It's got two nails property the handle, not 3. |
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