Fashionable at all times accessory, which not only emphasizes the femininity of its owner, but also warms the heat in any bad weather - feather stole. With him, there can be only one problem - how to wash the downy kerchief properly, in case it gets dirty or faded. But this is not a problem if you know how to take care of it. Consider the steps of the process of washing it at home and dispel the myths associated with how to wipe down shawl.
Step-by-step instruction
- The key word describing how to wash a down shawl is "tenderness".Only gently and very gently should be treated with knitted products from down. They can not be pulled, rubbed or twisted. Hand wash is as follows.
- Prepare the shawl for washing. To do this, spread the fluff by shaking the product well. If there are matted lumps, comb the nap with a massage brush with smooth wooden teeth. You can not touch the loops, otherwise you can damage them.
- Wash the handkerchief at a temperature between 20 and 35 ° C.To do this, the water is collected in the pelvis, detergent is added to it, thoroughly dissolved, and then the down product is already immersed. In no case can you do the opposite, that is, immerse the stole or shawl in the water, and then pour in the powder!
Tip: for the detergent to dissolve better, you can first collect hot water into the pelvis, add the powder or gel, and then let the soap solution cool down. And only after cooling the water soak in it down shawl.
- The wool thing is left soaked for half an hour so that the dust and dirt are gone.
- Wash the handkerchief carefully. Movement in this case should not be fading, but resembling the modeling of snow. That is, the shawl is gently gathered into a ball, kneaded and again spread out over the water.
- The rinsing step follows. It should be neat and careful, changing 5-6 waters. All particles of the detergent must be washed out of the fibers. Here it is worth paying attention to that the product is best rinsed out in the form of a gel rather than a detergent powder.
Advice: that the woolen downy thing is not deformed, the water temperature during washing and rinsing should be the same.
- To wash a downy thing and get a knotted piece, and an accessory that looks like it just bought, it's useful to use an air conditioner. It is added to the water during rinsing.
- Take out the feather stole from the water should not be the ends, but gathering in a ball. Otherwise, the thing can be stretched. To water the glass, you should put it in the mesh and hang over the sink. When the bulk of the water left the feather shawl, it must be soaked with a hygroscopic terry towel.
- Direct final drying is carried out either on special hoops, or on a horizontal surface, covered with a pique blanket( or white sheet).In the first case, the shawl does not even have to be ironed. In the second - to give smoothness, you have to use the iron through the fabric in a gentle mode. However, it is worth remembering that ironing down products is not recommended, so it is better to dry them properly.
- In the end, you can again comb the pile of shawls.
Myths or the truth?
Anyone, even the most uninitiated, knows that a downy shawl is not an ordinary thing and it should be washed in a special way. At the same time, before washing the shawl, the woman encounters some statements concerning the care of knitted down products at home. Let's see if they are so categorical.
- Felt items can only be washed by hand - machine wash is counter-indicative to .Manufacturers of washing machines are convinced that their "baby" when using delicate modes can wash even the finest cashmere. At the same time, many people have spoiled their favorite knitted things, having washed them in a typewriter, even under the "wool" regime. Of course, for the most delicate downy shawls, hand washing is preferable. However, in extreme cases they can be trusted and a washing machine, choosing a delicate washing mode, but at the same time correcting the water temperature to a cold one. That is, the temperature during washing should be the same as it is without heating. As it was said above, the water temperature during washing and rinsing should be the same, otherwise the product will sit down. If the temperature program is not corrected, the washing will be carried out at t = 30 ° C, and rinsing - at the one that comes from the tap.
- Wash things from fluff followed by special means for wool or silk. It is worthwhile to clarify: it is forbidden to use powders with bleaching particles, but special means can be replaced with usual shampoo for washing hair. This is because wool is as natural as hair. Shampoo is designed to make them silky, soft, does not get tangled. So the down shawl can easily be washed with hair shampoo, and then, instead of the laundry conditioner, apply a balm for hair and wash it off.
- The down products are dried directly on special hoops. This method of drying - the most convenient, allowing you to not iron shawls and stoles after washing. There are also alternative methods, for example, horizontal drying. The method of drying a downy shawl or stole on special hoops can be replaced by stretching on a carpet. For this, the products with teeth should be pinned with studs or pins made of stainless steel( or copper) to the carpet. In this position, the feather is left to dry completely and for another 12-18 hours.
Also interesting is the way of freezing( in the freezer) a wet downy shawl. When the frost is applied, droplets of water turn into ice crystals, and then they are shaken off the kerchief. Snow and frost in general have a positive effect on down products. So, in order to refresh the shawl, it can be rolled in the snow in frosty weather, and then gently shaken.
Care of down products is not as complicated as it might seem. A single wash done according to all the rules will not spoil the thing. But the third-fifth will still make themselves felt. Therefore, treat handkerchiefs and shawls carefully. The less they are washed, the better they will look.
