How to wash a quilt at home - machine or manual processing?

Numerous advantages of cotton blankets are indisputable: they do not cause allergies, they are easy and natural, they serve as a good source of heat. But all these positive moments fade when you have to think about how to wash a quilt.

Dry cleaning of these products is contraindicated, but in a washing machine they simply do not fit. Of course, it is possible to purchase a new blanket after every serious contamination or accumulation of dust in the filler, the price of the item allows this, but there are other options. If desired, the functional thing is quickly restored at home, but this will seriously work.

Features of using the washing machine for cleaning the product

Baby quilt is quite fit in the machine gun, so with this data, rapidly losing the purity and freshness of the product, there will be no special problems( at least until the drying procedure).True, you first need to make sure that after getting wet, the object will not weigh critically much and will not provoke a breakdown in household appliances.

It is necessary to wash the quilt at the following parameters:

1. The maximum water temperature is set at 40 ° C.
2. The washing mode should be gentle or manual. The number of revolutions can be set independently at the lowest level.

Tip: Along with the blanket, it is recommended to load several new tennis balls into the machine, then the material will not slide so much.

1. Traditional washing powder is better to replace it with a liquid analog, then with the procedure of washing out the composition of the fibers there will be no problems.
2. Spin on the washing machine will have to be turned off at all, otherwise the blanket will have to be thrown out. The bulk of the water must be removed manually, performing pressure, not twisting movements. In addition, you can use terry towels.

Immediately after removing from the washing machine the object must be dried, otherwise it will be practically impossible to break up the lumps. And this is not only not very attractive and not convenient, but also the risk of mold and yellow divorce.

Rules for manual cleaning of the quilt

The only option for restoring the freshness and cleanliness of the overall quilted blanket is its manual processing. The fact that it can be spent at home can take many hours, but the result will be optimal. For carrying out the manipulation it is necessary to prepare a basin with warm water, a washing gel or powder, a shaving of laundry soap, a stain remover, a spongy foam and a hard brush.

Features of cleaning and sequence of stages:

• Soaking will have to be abandoned in favor of surface treatment. Blanket can be soaked only in the presence of extensive pollution of organic nature. In this case, you have to use the bath and gel detergents( it is almost impossible to wash the powder out of a cotton wool).
• Before beginning wet processing, the object must be cleaned of dry impurities and dust. If you immediately wet the cloth, the innocuous dust particles will absorb into the filler, which will lead to its spoilage.
• We prepare the prepared blanket on a dense horizontal surface. We prepare the active solution, adding to the warm water the shavings of laundry soap, liquid or dry detergent powder. It is necessary to achieve complete dissolution of the product, otherwise the divorce and the specific odor from the product are guaranteed and these phenomena can only be eliminated as a result of repeated washing.
• Next begins the cleaning itself. The selected tool is dipped in the finished solution and processed with it at first obvious spots. Ideally, you need to walk through the detergent on the entire surface of the product on both sides. If necessary, we apply a stain remover to particularly resistant formations. The main thing is that the dress is not soaked through.
• After achieving the desired result, you can start rinsing. To do this, we collect cool clean water into the basin and already pass through the entire surface of the blanket with a clean sponge. Only after removing all signs of soap is it allowed to dry the object.

Even if puddles formed on the surface of the blanket during the cleaning process, it can not be squeezed. Only we blot the problem area with a dry cloth until the matter remains dry.

How to dry the household item after washing?

Cleaned thing should be placed horizontally, maximally straightening all the wrinkles and creases. The best option is calcining the blanket under direct sunlight. In this case, ultraviolet eliminates all pathogenic microorganisms, including dust mites. Hanging a blanket, you can provoke deformation of the filler and break up the formed clods will be difficult.

If in the process of processing the product appeared lumps, then they need to be systematically broken up as the object dries. To do this, use your hands or a suitable cane. When forming dense lumps due to a violation of all rules for the treatment of a quilted blanket, it is best to wash the product by kneading the problem formations with your hands. After this, you need to re-dry, but already with recommendations.

If the first time you failed to achieve the desired result, it is worthwhile to think about replacing the product. Another aggressive work it will not survive.

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