How to starch the fabric?

If you want to give your clothes a certain shape or decorate the interior with textiles, you probably have a question: how to starch the fabric? To properly cope with this task, find out what are the ways and how to correctly use different means for this purpose.

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Why to starch things?

Previously, almost every housewife starched the cotton products, which gave them not only a more well-groomed appearance, but also contributed to the fact that things worn out less, were dirty and better washed.

With the help of starch on things a thin film forms on which dust and dirt settle and thanks to it any product is easier to wash out, because the dirt goes away with the starch.

There are three ways to starch the fabric: soft, semi-rigid and hard. Let's take a closer look at each of them.

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Soft

Method Before starching a dress or any other thing from thin fabrics( cambric, chiffon, muslin), prepare the solution from the starch, as follows:

1. Take 1 tsp.starch.
2. Dissolve it in a small amount of water.
3. Thoroughly mix the resulting solution until all the lumps dissolve.
4. Pour 1 liter of water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil.
5. Pour the previously prepared solution into the boiling water while stirring all the time.

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Semi-rigid method

This method is used for starching men's shirts, napkins and tablecloths. Prepare in the same way as for a soft starch, only the difference is that one should take 1 tablespoon of starch.

Important! With this proportion, the clothing or interior will acquire a fairly stable form and will hold it for a long time.

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Hard method

If you want to create an ideal hard form for cuffs and collars, when deciding how to starch the fabric, give preference to this method.

For the preparation of paste, dissolve in a small amount of water 2 tbsp.starch and pour the resulting solution into a boiling liter of hot water. But, before starching the fabric in this way, prepare an additional solution of borax.

To do this:

1. Take 1 tsp.boron sodium salt.
2. Dissolve it in a small amount of warm water.
3. Stir thoroughly.

Important! Prepare the prepared borax solution into the prepared paste. After that, proceed to soak things.

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How to starch the shirt?

Shirts are starched paste prepared soft way. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Take the prepared paste.
2. Dip into it completely the shirt.
3. Wait 15 minutes.
4. Remove it and squeeze it lightly.
5. The story is dried on the shoulders.

Important! In order for the shirt to be easier to iron - do not overdry it, but if it does happen, sprinkle the cloth with water from the spray gun.

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How to starch a collar of a shirt?

To starch the shirt collar, you will need a paste prepared with a hard or semi-rigid method. Apply it like this:

1. Take the cooked paste.
2. Lower the collar into it.
3. A little stretch.
4. Leave in solution for 15 minutes.
5. Remove and leave to dry.
6. Smooth it slightly damp.

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How to starch linen?

It is possible to starch the laundry without much effort, if you follow this sequence:

1. Pour 1 liter of water.
2. Dissolve in it 1 tbsp.starch.
3. Boil the required amount of water and pour in the gradually prepared solution.
4. Lower all the laundry into it.
5. Leave it for 15 minutes.
6. Remove and hang to dry.

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How to starch the dress?

In order to dress the dress with starch, follow the following step-by-step instructions:

1. Take a deep container, best enameled.
2. Put the right amount of starch on the bottom.
3. Fill it with a small amount of water.
4. Stir well until smooth.
5. Gradually pour boiling water into the mixture, do not forget to stir it.
6. Ensure that there are no lumps in the solution.
7. Wait for the solution to cool to a temperature of 30-35 degrees.
8. Immerse the dress in it.
9. Stir it thoroughly in a solution.
10. Remove and gently squeeze.
11. Straighten every crease of the dress.
12. Hang it to dry on the hanger at room temperature.

Important! In the same way, you decide the question of how to starch a baby dress.

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How to starch the skirt?

To starch the skirt of tulle, you need to do the following:

1. Wash and dry the product.
2. Take 5g of starch and dissolve it in 0.5 tbsp.water.
3. Stir well to ensure that no lumps are present.
4. Pour a liter of water into the pan and bring it to a boil.
5. Pour in the previously prepared solution.
6. Boil for 5 minutes while stirring constantly.
7. Allow the mixture to cool.
8. If necessary, strain it through gauze, if it still formed lumps.
9. Apply the mixture on each layer of the skirt with a sponge.
10. Dry it on a flat surface or neatly hang it on a hanger.
11. Stroke it with the steam function.

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How to starch a colored fabric?

For colored fabric, it is best to use gelatin, since starch will leave whitish traces on it. To do this:

1. Take 2 tsp.food gelatin.
2. Dissolve it in 0.5 tbsp.water.
3. Wait for 15-30 minutes.
4. Add 1 tbsp.water and mix thoroughly.
5. Preheat the solution in a water bath, constantly mixing it.
6. Continue these steps until gelatin is completely dissolved, but do not allow boiling
7. Remove it from heat.
8. Wait until it cools down a little.
9. Dip the fabric into the resulting solution.
10. Make sure that it is completely impregnated with gelatin.
11. Get it out of solution.
12. Do not squeeze - spread and hang dry on the hangers.

Important! For a very thin fabric, use gelatin in a larger proportion.

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How to starch fabric in a washing machine?

You can also starch the laundry and washing machine, for this:

1. Prepare a starch solution.
2. Fill in the air conditioner compartment.
3. Turn on the washing machine for 2-3 minutes.
4. Remove the laundry and hang it.
5. Wash the drum of the washing machine by turning it on not loaded in rinse mode.

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Useful advices:

• A pinch of salt added to the starch will give a special shine to the white fabric.
• A few drops of turpentine added to the paste will not allow the iron to adhere to the fabric.
• To ensure that the knitted things do not lose their shape( napkins, lace), dry them on a flat surface, pre-stretched and prikolov needles.
• Do not dry things processed with starch in the cold.
• From corn starch on dark things, light stripes and streaks may appear, so use only potato.
• It is not recommended to stain the embroidery from the floss, this procedure glues together and lose their original color.
• Be sure to strain the paste if there are lumps in it.
• Do not starch those things that fit tightly to the body, especially underwear, since they will not let in air.
• Starch only clean things and not much wrinkled.

We hope that our article has been useful to you and you now know how to starch things correctly.