How to clean a mink coat at home?

The dream of any woman is a smart fur coat with luxurious fur, and for many, this product is also an indicator of social status and prestige. There is no girl who does not want to get a new coat and give her image of femininity and charm. But like any wardrobe item, even with the most accurate toe, the fur article has a peculiarity of becoming dirty. You can certainly include a fur coat in dry cleaning, and you can also get acquainted with how to clean a mink fur coat at home and perform this procedure with your own hands.

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When to clean the fur coat?

As folk wisdom says: "Prepare a sleigh from the summer".Therefore, it is worthwhile to arrange an inspection of your winter fur items beforehand. Cleaning fur at home, with certain knowledge, will not be a complex and fairly accessible procedure.

Important! Cleaning the fur at home is a rather certain risk for the product, so it is better to consult in matters of furs care at the dry cleaning plant or in the furrier's workshops. Each fur needs its own approach, so when choosing the means and methods, start from the material of the fur coat, as well as the degree of its contamination.

It is extremely difficult to clean natural fur at home, especially large fur products such as coats, coats, mantle. If the product is contaminated throughout the area and has not been subjected to any cleaning procedures for 4-5 seasons, then it is better to entrust the complex work of cleaning up highly qualified professionals. But if you are sure that you are able to "reanimate" your favorite coat, then use one of two methods: dry or wet cleaning.

Dry cleaning

Dry cleaning is often the only correct way of cleaning the mink coat at home. It is safer, but can not remove strong stains or greasy stains.

Important! For such cleansing, use home remedies: starch, talc, flour. They absorb the dust, dirt, and return the coat to its original shine and color.

Cleaning process is not complicated:

1. Shake the coat from dust.
2. Clean the face carefully with a brush on the pile( use a brush with blunted teeth).
3. Place the product on a level surface.
4. Sprinkle with a layer of talcum powder( flour, starch).
5. Lightly rub the pile with a palm.
6. . Shake the product off the product.

Important! Another way of how to clean the natural fur at home - with hot, dry, clean sand. Basically, this method is applicable to the pile of aquatic animals:

• Place the product on the table.
• Sand it with sand.
• Rub with your palm.
• Residue the sand, shake( if necessary, you can put a new one).

Wet cleaning

This procedure allows you to clean the fur from dust, stains and other persistent dirt. Cleaning of fur products at home should occur when one obligatory rule is fulfilled: hang the product on a hanger.

There are several ways of wet processing, which are selected depending on the type of fur and the degree of contamination. The basic rules are as follows:

1. Long hair is to be wiped with the selected remedy in the direction of hair growth.
2. Short hair products against nap.
3. After fur treatment, be sure to gently comb the comb with rare teeth, and then dry it at room temperature.

Here are a few ways to clean the fur coat:

1. Wet cleaning with steam: keep the heated iron a short distance with the steam on( you can use a steam cleaner).After the steam bath, gently comb the fur coat with a brush.
2. For wet cleaning, you can purchase a special aerosol in a specialized store. Before applying the spray, be sure to shake the coat from dust. After applying the spray, brush the nap with a brush.

Important! Before using the product, read the instructions.

Estimate the result of

1. If you have chosen the right method of cleaning, then after the procedure, the fur coat will have a uniform gloss over the entire surface.
2. If after cleaning there are matte spots, then cleaning is poor and additional measures are required.

Important! If the fur cleansing is carried out successfully, but the fur product has lost its luster, use a 5% acetic acid solution: lightly wipe the fur coat with fur. Vinegar is able to give the fur shine and smoothness.

All of the above cleaning methods can be used for both natural and artificial fur. Let's consider in more detail how to clean products from mink, sheepskin, and also features of cleaning of white and artificial fur.

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How to clean a mink coat at home?

Any kind of fur coat absorbs dust, it can also form lumps, nodules, appear spots from the foundation and perfume, which means that during the wearing process the product will lose its original shine. The main task of caring for a mink fur coat is to always shine.

Loss of shine

The gloss is lost due to the fact that the fat composition is washed out. If you notice that the problem has become apparent, then we suggest treating the pile with the following solution: add 100 g of pork fat( or fish oil) and 10 g of soap to 1 liter of boiling water.

Stir well the ingredients and drip 10 drops of ammonia. Cool the solution to body temperature and treat the fur coat with a brush or brush. Such a simple recipe will help you to clean the mink coat at home in a quality manner.

Dust and foreign smells

To remove the mink from dust and odors:

1. Place the thing on the floor.
2. Sprinkle the fur coat with a manga.
3. Rub the pile as if you were washing it, but without any special effort.
4. Leave the fur for 20 minutes.
5. Remove the manga from the fur coat by shaking it out of the yard or from the balcony.

Non-greasy stains

Stains from juice, coffee, tea and other non-greasy products are cleaned with a soapy solution:

1. Dissolve the liquid detergent in warm water.
2. With a soft brush dipped in a solution, wipe the fur.
3. The treated area should be wiped with a brush dipped in clean warm water( do not strongly wet the fur coat, as fur does not like water).
4. Hang the product on the hanger to dry it.

Greasy stains

If a grease stain is left on the fur product, remove it with clean alcohol. Put a tool on the cotton pad and wipe the contaminated area.

Pollution of the hem

Unfortunately, winters are not only snowy, but also rainy. If you dirt the hem of the coat with dirt, wait until it completely dries, then carefully wipe the hem with a dry cloth over the fur growth. Continue cleaning with a soft brush until you remove the last dirt particles. If necessary, polish the hem with a mango, as described above.

Important! This method can be used to clean the mouton coat at home or a mink product.

Refreshing

To refresh the mink product completely, use sawdust and refined gasoline in this way:

1. Spread out the fur on the floor( or other flat surface).
2. Moisten the sawdust in refined gasoline.

Important! Take the sawdust only from deciduous trees. Needles for these purposes will not work, as it has a resinous base.

1. Carefully press the sawdust and sprinkle the fur coat on them.
2. After the sawdust has dried, remove them with a soft brush.
3. Hang the fur coat on the hangers and place it in a well-ventilated room.

Important! Use gasoline only in a well-ventilated area - open windows, balcony or windows. Eliminate any possibility of nearby fire. Do not carry out the cleaning procedure in the kitchen near the cooker.

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How to clean the mink cap?

To cope with the task, how to clean the mink cap, you have to start washing its lining. To do this:

1. Be careful with the blade.
2. Be sure to make a note on the fabric, how it was sewn to the skin.

Important! After a painstaking and time-consuming process, turn out the cap and inspect the structure of the skin for damage, tears. If the hat is old, then it will have small holes that need to be sewn. Then apply a large medical plaster on the patch. If you do this, it will be much easier for you to clean the mink cap at home and keep it intact.

To clean the fur, do this:

1. Pure petrol mixed with starch( about ¼ cup) until a consistency is formed.
2. Gently rubbing the fur in the tool, cover the entire cap.
3. Leave the product until the gasoline is completely eroded.
4. Knock out powder with light pats.
5. Wash the lining with a normal detergent and wait for it to dry.
6. Return the lining to its original position and remove the headpiece in a well-ventilated room.

Important! After such a cleaning, the cap will serve you more than 3 seasons.

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Cleaning the white fur at home

Often in the process of wearing fur loses its whiteness and begins to turn yellow. Cleaning white fur at home is a double work. But if you use the following recipes, you will not have any problems.

Return the whiteness of the light fur thus:

1. Hang the fur coat on the hangers and spray the pile with a solution of hydrogen peroxide in a 1: 1 ratio( the more yellowness, the more saturated solution of peroxide must be taken).Use for these purposes can be a spray. After the procedure, dry the fur coat at room temperature, hanging it on the shoulders.
2. In order not only to whiten the fur, but also to clean it, use potato starch. Spread the fur coat horizontally with fur up and sprinkle the pile with starch. Rub your hands on the fur coat, as if you are washing it. After the cleaning procedure, shake the starch and comb the pile.
3. If on the fur coat of white fur there are strong dirt, then prepare the gruel from refined gasoline and starch. Brush the prepared mixture with fur and leave to dry completely, after which the product should be shaken out and brush the remains of the detergent with a brush.

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Sheepskin cleaning at home

To clean the sheepskin at home, prepare the following items: flour, water, and laundry detergent. Proceed as follows:

1. Sprinkle the sheepskin with flour.
2. Spray the pile with water and detergent.
3. Wipe the pile with the resulting gruel.
4. Allow to dry completely.
5. Shake well and dry completely.
6. Comb the fur with a brush.

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Cleaning of artificial fur at home

Care of furs from artificial materials practically does not differ from care for natural ones. With them, even you can not do so carefully, as with products made of real fur.

Important! If you need to clean the product, pay attention to the label, since some artificial fur can even be washed at a low temperature in a delicate mode.

To prevent the appearance of contaminants on artificial products, we recommend that you apply antistatic to them from time to time, which will repel particles of dust and dirt, and you will less often have to clean the fur.

Important! To clean the artificial pile, you can use a solution of gasoline and starch. Proportions take equal, but before starting cleaning, be sure to check the effect of this remedy on an inconspicuous small area, since this remedy can change the color of the pile.

But the artificial fur can not be cleaned with acetone or vinegar.

We offer a simpler but no less effective method that can be used for processing artificial nap:

1. 1 tbsp.l.detergent in 1 liter of boiling water.
2. Solution cool.
3. Apply the product to the product.
4. Rinse with a sponge and warm water.
5. Hang the product on its hangers and dry it at room temperature.

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Useful advices:

• Never wash a fur coat in water.
• Do not use a vacuum cleaner to clean the fur, it is better to get a stiff brush for this purpose.
• Do not dry fur products near heaters or fire, or use a hairdryer for this purpose. The fur coat should dry independently on the shoulders. As the product dries, shake it and comb it with a brush with sparse denticles.
• It is absolutely forbidden to iron any fur coat with an iron.
• Without special need, do not comb the fur.
• Use if necessary instead of detergent, which contains enzymes, liquid powder.
• Fur cleaning is carried out at the end of the season, before you hide it in the closet, once a month always take out the fur coat for airing.
• You can not store the product in a plastic bag or in a folded form.
• Store the fur coat in cotton cases with special means from moths based on lavender.
• Fur coat from natural fur can be stored in a room where the air temperature is about 7C, and humidity - less than 50%, sunlight and temperature more than 25C are harmful for fur products.

We hope that our recommendations for the care and cleaning of fur will give a second life to your favorite fur coat, and it will again play with the original shine, gloss and colors, and you will feel like a queen in the new winter season.