How to iron your coat?

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Contents:
  • How do I wash my coat?
  • How to pat your coat?
  • Useful advices:

Coats are the most popular kind of outerwear, regardless of which style is preferred. Modern products can emphasize your solidity, femininity, style. But that such a subject of the wardrobe has served as long as possible and remained in its original state, you need to know how to iron your coat, how to wash it, how to remove complex stains from the fabric. Most often for the manufacture of this outerwear use natural wool or cashmere, which are delicate materials. Therefore, the product necessarily needs proper care. About all the rules of this you will learn from this article.

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How to wash your coat?

Before you iron your coat, it must be washed properly. To do this, follow these rules:

  1. Unfasten or unfasten the fur on the collar and cuffs.
  2. Dissolve gentle washing for 40 degrees in water. Dip a thing in there, leave it for 15 minutes.
  3. Remember carefully.
  4. Rinse well.
  5. Do not wring out, do not squeeze, but let the main water drain yourself - for this leave the coat for a while in the bathroom.

Important! If washing is allowed in the machine, put the clothes in a special bag, and in the compartment for the conditioner, add a suitable type of fluid or conditioner for hair care. All large parts in this case must be removed from the material.

Before you iron the cashmere coat, dry it on a horizontal surface. Before proceeding to leveling a woolen coat, dry it on a hanger, away from direct sunlight.

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How to pat your coat?

To quickly and easily iron a woolen coat, prepare a wide ironing board or choose a flat surface, for example, on a table, before covering it with a blanket. Take only a clean and good iron, otherwise you can spoil the material.

To understand how to iron a woolen coat correctly, read the following recommendations:

  1. Start the process from the wrong side.
  2. Align the base fabric and lining.
  3. Check pockets, iron them well.
  4. Return to the starting position.
  5. Next, iron the sleeves, also from the wrong side.
  6. Special attention should be paid to the ulnar joints. To gently and qualitatively align all the creases, folds, place a small firm pillow or pull the sleeve on a special part on the ironing board.
  7. Smooth out the bottom by turning on the steaming function.
  8. Align the collar and lapels.
  9. Turn over the coat to the front and prepare wet gauze - this part of the material can be ironed only through the lining.
  10. Work in this order:
    • sleeves - if the fabric is pile, move along its direction, if lint-free - from the cuffs to the armhole.;
    • back;
    • lapels - pre-spread them with creases and edges;
    • front shelves;
    • collar - iron the same as the lapels;
    • shoulders - also use a pillow or stand, as for sleeves.
    • seams - iron with a sharp end of the appliance, slightly pushing them out so as not to pull the cloth of the coat itself.
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Useful advices:

  1. An important point in deciding how to iron a woolen coat is the temperature. Even if the fabric of your product is very dense, do not use too hot an iron. You can burn up natural fibers and create gloss and tan marks, from which it will be almost impossible to get rid of. Choose the correct mode, focusing on the indicators on your device - wool or up to 100C.
  2. Do not overdress your coat, otherwise it will be difficult to perfectly straighten all wrinkles and small parts.
  3. Do not hurry to hang your coat at once on a hanger or to put on - let it cool down for a while.
  4. If you notice only a few spots of incomprehensible origin, but the coat as a whole looks good, do not erase it, so as not to subject the material to processing once more. Try to solve the problem locally.

Take good care of your clothes and then you will always look neat and beautiful!