How to Properly Care for your Cremation Urn
Properly caring for your cremation urn is an incredibly important step ensuring that your loved one is properly honoured for years to come. Luckily, properly caring for your cremation urn is not too difficult and may only take a couple of minutes. This article will discuss the best ways to properly care for your urn, As well as some tips and tricks for what you can do to store your loved ones cremation urn and ensure that it will last you a long time.
Why Should you Care for your Cremation Urn
Caring for your cremation urn is important As it shows respect and endearment to the loved one that resides inside. Obviously, you love the person that resides inside the urn and so it only makes sense to make their forever home is clean and cared for as much as possible. To do this isn't even as difficult as one might imagine, so let's jump into how you can care for your loved ones cremation urn.
Cleaning your Cremation Urn
Cleaning your cremation urn can be broken down into a couple of simple steps.
1. Gather your Supplies
Firstly we want to gather our cleaning supplies that we're going to use on our cremation urn. The supplies we need will be a clean cloth, a bowl of warm water, a mild soap, a dry towel and some gloves.
2. Find a Place to Work
Next you're going to want to find a place where you can clean the cremation urn without any distractions or interference. Since we're only going to be cleaning the outside of the urn, we're not going to need to unscrew the lid. It's important to find a place where you can clean the cremation urn in peace as you're working with such a delicate item, distractions can be quite dangerous.
3. Wipe Down the Cremation Urn
Once you have found a distraction free area to work in, you're then going to want to get your clean cloth and gently soak it in the bowl of warm water. Make sure you remove any excess water from the cloth and then start gently wiping down the surface of your cremation urn. We don't want to put any excess, unnecessary moisture on the urn as at this stage we are simply just trying to remove the built up dust. Once you finish wiping down your cremation urn, it should be completely spotless and clean. If you still find that there is other residue or grime found on your cremation urn, then you'll need to proceed with step 4.
4. Use a Mild Soap (optional)
If you're still finding that there is some sort of grime or other build up on your cremation urn that's not coming off, then it might be time to use a mild soap to take care of it. In the same bowl of warm water, put a bit of soap in and stir until it is completely dissolved and one with the water. Then using a clean cloth, you'll want to also dip it in this soap and then start using a circle motion on the parts of your cremation urn that contain the build up. Be careful not to scrub too hard as you don't want to damage the paint or other finishes of your urn. Once all of the grime has been removed, you then want to remove any remaining moisture and suds. This is because leaving these on may damage your urn overtime due to the chemicals involved.
Once you’re finished wiping down your urn, regardless of whether you used a mild soap or not, you then want to completely dry your urn. You can do this by using the dry towel that you've prepared and going over the entirety of the urn, making sure there is no loose moisture apparent anywhere on your urn. This last step is vital as leaving water and moisture on your cremation urn can lead to erosion and degradation of the urn overtime.
Tips and Tricks for Maintaining your Cremation Urn
Maintaining your cremation urn is also equally important as cleaning it. It is always a good idea to leave your cremation urn in a space in which it cannot be damaged. This means leaving it in an area which is away from any foot traffic or pets, as well as away from direct sunlight as this may damage the urns finish overtime. It's also important to make sure that the urn is away from any water as moisture rich areas such as the kitchen or bathroom can over time lead to erosion of your cremation urn. We also recommend giving your urn a clean once every six months to a year to ensure optimal longevity using the steps outlined above.
Properly caring for a cremation urn is a simple process but can go an extremely long way in making sure that your cremation urn lasts you a lifetime. Affordable Urns provides Australians with cost effective urns while maintaining the best quality to ensure anyone can have access to a proper way to honour their loved ones memory. If you are looking for a new cremation urn, take a look at our site to find your next perfect urn.