How to prevent shedding in your flocked Christmas tree

Why do flocked trees shed?

By now, you must have gotten your tree-preservation move to a remarkable extent. Congrats!

But here are a few more steps you can adopt to take the process up a notch:

First, wrap the tree stand using a shower curtain or an old sheet and cover the tree skirt and floor to the extent possible.

Identify and remove the bottom piece of your flocked Christmas tree from the box. Do not unwrap or fluff if it is still in its wrapping.

Tips for reducing shedding during the holiday season

Install the tree’s bottom piece into the stand.

Don’t unwrap or fluff the tree. Just take out the middle piece! Add to the tree bottom in accordance with distractions and connect plugs together.

Attach the top piece of tree to the middle piece after taking it out of the box. Assemble all the tree plugs together.

To make sure your lights work on a brand-new tree from the store, plug it in while it is still wrapped.

If they don’t seem to work fine, take trees down and return them in their boxes. Yes – you might have to return brand new trees if lights don’t work!

The wrapping will still be on the tree, so you won’t have to do all that work to fluff and unwrap it just for nothing. The flocking will also not have to be cleaned up very much!

The science behind flocking and shedding trees

Unwrap treetop carefully if the light works.

Wrap bubble wrap around the box and label as “top” for after Christmas when you’re packing up. Then fluff the top piece.

Since the lower parts of your tree are still covered, less flocking will fall off since you won’t knock into it.

Make sure that all the lights on the top piece are working and replace blown bulbs if necessary. Vacuum up flocking that shed to the floor.

(As you set up your flocked Christmas tree, vacuum the flocking so it doesn’t spread as you walk).

Then, move on to the middle piece, and finally to the bottom, vacuuming up any flocking you find on the floor.