Vacuum assisted containment cleaning

An apparatus for cleaning a chandelier, comprising:

• a cleaning head adapted to be held by a single hand;
• said cleaning head having a bifurcated construction that includes a first section and a second section;
• said first and second sections being joined to one another at a common base and being transversely spaced apart from one another along respective lengths thereof;
• said transverse spacing defining a cleaning chamber between said first and second sections;
• said cleaning chamber having an open top, an open bottom, and an open end so that at least one chandelier crystal may be positioned within said cleaning chamber;
• at least one water-spraying nozzle formed in said cleaning head;
• said at least one water-spraying nozzle being in fluid communication with a remote source of hot water under pressure;
• said cleaning chamber being in fluid communication with a remote source of negative pressure so that a vacuum is created in said cleaning chamber;
• said at least one crystal disposed within said cleaning chamber being impacted by hot water under pressure emitted from said at least one water-spaying nozzle;
• said vacuum pulling ambient air, hot water, dust and dirt removed from said at least one crystal to said source of negative pressure;
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• said ambient air providing a drying effect to said at least one crystal.