If buying a beautiful garment is always a pleasure, keeping it as it stands can be the obstacle course. We reveal some tips.
Gestures to avoid to detach a silk garment
Before trying to detach a silk garment, it is necessary at all costs to take precautions towards certain reflexes. Silk should never be rubbed or twisted after cleaning. Even if the garment is white, bleach is to be avoided, because it would make the fibers yellow, just like whitening products. It is possible to wash a silk garment in the washing machine, but cold and never above 30 ° C. We do not spend a silk garment in the dryer, and it should not be exposed to the sun either.
Detach a silk garment according to the type of stain
The most frequent spots come from the diet. Red wine is a scourge for clothing. The right way to detach red wine from a silk garment is to absorb the liquid immediately with absorbent paper, then moisten and dry in the open air. For white wine, the same operation is applied. If coffee has been overturned on a silk garment, a cotton is applied to the stain with 90 ° alcohol diluted in a little water. We rub very gently, then wash the garment. For tea, it’s the same, except that we add white wine vinegar to alcohol. Oil spots can be very resistant, especially for silk clothing. To remove a stain of oil, you put on the crushed bread crumbs that are left for a few minutes, then remove with a sweeper. For tomato stains, we pour milk, and let act before washing. If the stain is too impregnated, you rub with 90 ° alcohol mixed with acetic acid. You can overcome a blood stain with 28 %ammonia, and pen with alcohol at 90 °.
Clean the satin without going through the laundry box
The satin is washing quite easily. Ideal, if you don’t want to damage it, is to dip it in a bowl of water with a little white vinegar and sugar. The mixture will give your garment of the primer. But so that he keeps his brilliant, you must especially pay attention to “the after-theway”. You must always take care to iron the garment on the back after applying a sponge slightly imbued with vinegar water.
Keep white lace
For lace, the thing is simple: it is necessary to dip it in hot water mixed with a little laundry for delicate linen and add a spoon of turpentine. It’s a little thing to give it all its shine! But for those who want to change the color of their lace, you can wash it in the machine with jeans to give it bluish shades or with a tea sachet, to make it turn yellow. Wools, Mohairs and Kashmir are the essential winter materials.
Maintain wool
Contrary to what is believed, wool can machine wash in the condition of programming it on a very soft cycle and using a detergent specially provided for this use. Then we opt for flat drying. We also avoid twisting them because they quickly lose their shape and felt. To wring the water, it is better to mop them with a towel. As for Mohair, it tends to lose its hair. To reduce this loss, you can put the garment in the fridge or even in the freezer overnight.
