How do I remove sawdust from flowers

[esarratt]

I was doing some woodwork on the front porch today and I got sawdust on my fiance's flowers.  She noticed it immediately when she pulled up.

The flowers are really dark purple, almost black.

I have tried blowing air gently on them with my shop vac and spraying water mist on them.  When the water dries there is still sawdust.

I am afraid to spray water on them any harder because I don't want to really be in the dog house.

Any ideas?

[btulloh]

Sounds like a tough one and you've tried most of the things already. Not sure what to recommend beyond what you've tried. Too late now, but you could have walked on them and blamed it on the dog. When WAS the wedding supposed to take place. ;)  That may be an open day on your calendar now.  ;D

[doc henderson]

take her out to dinner.       smiley_gorgeous  This all part of the early stages of her training.  lets see how she does!  good luck to you!  flowers really do not last forever anyway.  can keep stepping up the air velocity until either the sawdust or the petals are gone.  we have all been there.  hope the project on the porch was for her.  If not and she forgives you, she is a keeper!  
p.s. this may not be the best forum for relationship advice, as you are finding out at this time! :D

[thecfarm]

I do hope you was making something for her.  

[esarratt]

I do hope you was making something for her.  

I am.  Our house.  Thanks for the replies.

[jeepcj779]

If you have a selectable sprayer, try the "shower" setting, but direct the spray up in the air so that is falls on the flowers like rain would. Maybe you will get lucky and get some rain tonight.

[Southside]

Break out the cash stash you had for man toys and buy new flowers. It's going to happen in the end anyway so no sense in delaying the inevitable.  :D

[Unclefish]

 

 

[Jeff]

This is a time for advice from our own @Raider Bill .

It would be better coming from him.

[WDH]

The new TV Show, Ask Raider Bill, is a bit hit, but only with the men :D. 

[sprucebunny]

I'd go with more air flow. Water tends to make stuff stick. Plants can put up with more wind than you imagine.

[doc henderson]

the flower is designed to capture and retain things like pollen, so the saw dust is prob. close enough.  maybe the F1 hybrid will be an oak tree with beautiful dark blue flowers.  

[Raider Bill]

Do you own a Harley? If not get one.
If so back it up to the flowers and give them some VTwin love that should either blow the dust off of them or fry em.
Either way afterwards take the little lady for a nice long ride.

Don't forget I'm always available to give relationship advice to my FF brothers and sisters.

 

[thecfarm]

Kinda like my SIL. They, well my Brother and me helping, was redoing an old house while they was living in it. Sheetrock and all. She expected us to not make a mess.  : Sanding hardwood floors too.
Did I mention horse hair plaster that we had to remove.  

[terrifictimbersllc]

Dark blue/black spray paint, first try it in a small area that won't be noticed.

Dont admit to anything from here on out.

[Corley5]

Rain will fix the issue.  Artificial rain just isn't the same.

[gspren]

The big pieces should blow off and the fine dust remaining is obviously from that sand cloud from the Sahara! You can't be blamed for sand/dust that traveled all the way from Africa.

[SawyerTed]

Tell her that the flowers look so good you want her to make another bed somewhere else.  Keep her attention on some other project but while she's on it run the sprinkler on the sawdust flowers. 

[mike_belben]

Say "im sorry" and move on.  Any further fits from her about it, just ignore.  No sense training her to think youre gonna be shamed forever over a small and honest mistake. 

Wait until you have kids and theyre wrecking drywall and spraypainting the dog. 

[YellowHammer]

Go buy a few rabbits for her a pets, and let them loose in the flowers.  Then cut the flowers off at the ground as if the rabbits did it, and blame it all on the cute rabbits.  Let them take the fall for it.  She will be so mad at the rabbits, she may forget about the sawdust.  Then get some new flowers, eat the rabbits for dinner (unless she wants to keep them as pets), and clean up the flower beds.  She'll thank you for it.  Maybe.....

Either that or just vaporize them all with a weed eater and say "What flowers?  I thought they were weeds."  That will definately make her forget about the sawdust.

Or since it's 4rth of July "accidentally" toss a few mortar rounds in the flower beds and watch them sparkle as they explode.  "Oops, sorry honey, it won't happen again...."

If you try it, let us know how it turns out.  What could possibly go wrong?  

[Southside]

I have come to the conclusion that the last line of reply #2 by @doc henderson is probably the wisest advice in this whole thread.   :D

[Jeff]

YouTube

[doc henderson]

@Jeff I see your pavilion in the background, but i did not know you played "goff".   :D :D :D ;)

[WDH]

See?  I told you :D.

[farmfromkansas]

Bet a leaf blower would be the answer for the original problem.