For many years people have been happy to use backpacks as a replacement for not so convenient bags and not so practical portfolios. True, sooner or later, the owners of products are faced with the question of how to wash a backpack, and here the problems begin. Contrary to popular belief, even traditional cloth fixtures are not as resistant to external influences as it seems.
If you incorrectly set the mode on the washing machine, you can irretrievably ruin your favorite thing. And some materials in general can not be washed, even hand-made. But here, if you want, you can find an approach that will allow you to clean the accessory.
How to properly wash a backpack in a washing machine?
This exposure option can be subjected to a student or school satchel made of the most common material without impregnations, giving the products special properties. In this case, the main thing is to correctly set the parameters on the washing machine and pick up a quality product.
- At first, obvious stains can be treated with a stain remover, only products without chlorine are allowed.
- After this, soak the product in a weak vinegar solution with the addition of a small amount of baking soda and stand for at least one and a half hours. This will eliminate the unpleasant odors emanating from matter.
- In this way, the school satchel is placed in a laundry bag or an old pillow case. This will preserve the integrity of the fasteners, straps and laces.
- Then load the product into the drum, set the washing machine to a delicate mode, set the minimum temperature.
Tip: Even if the density of the tissue is such that it will easily carry out and boil, it is not necessary to go to extremes. Cold temperature will prevent fiber wear and washing out of color, which often suffers brightly colored products.
- It is recommended to use gel types of powders as a detergent. They work fine at low temperatures and do not leave a deposit, completely washed out of the texture of the material. If you do not have such a tool, you can apply a dry substance, but take it in a minimal amount, while running additional rinse.
- After the end of the program, you must immediately remove the product from the drum, remove the pillowcase, turn out all the pockets, stretch the laces and straps. In this form, the accessory is dried in fresh air until the signs of moisture disappear completely. If you do not dry the product, then it will come from an unpleasant smell of dampness and eventually get mold.
If you can not clean the school backpack qualitatively from the first approach, you can try to repeat the manipulation, this time before dousing the object in a suitable stain remover for at least a couple of hours. To use solvents in this case is extremely inappropriate, they do not always give a positive result, but necessarily reduce the strength of textile fibers, reducing the quality of the thing.
How do I clean a backpack that can not be machine-washed and manually?
Backpacks designed for tourists can only be cleaned by hand. They are made of high-tech and very whimsical to the processing of fabric, which, if not properly treated, quickly loses its positive properties. Machine wash is strictly prohibited for the following reasons:
- Chemical constituents of powders and gels( even mild plant enzymes) rapidly destroy membrane tissues, change the composition of materials treated with special impregnations.
- Machine wash is so aggressive that after the first time neutralizes the moisture-repellent properties of the products, after which the fabric begins to flow moisture.
- Dense fabrics used for the production of tourist bags can not be thoroughly rinsed even after several cycles in the washing machine. Detergents, deposited in the structure of the tissue, begin to react with sweat on the surface of the skin, provoking the development of the rash.
- Mechanical loads that have to be carried in a dense fabric in a washing machine lead to stretching of the joints. Over time, gaps form in the products, which are very difficult to neutralize on their own.
- Modern tourist backpacks can find many additional options: orthopedic backrest, compacted bottom, wire frame. Because of all these inserts, the accessory turns out to be cumbersome, it is difficult to place it in the drum without damaging important elements. Even if it succeeds, it is impossible to clean this structure qualitatively anyway.
For this reason, it is recommended simply to regularly perform intensive surface cleaning of the object, using the most common laundry soap. First remove all the detachable elements from the device, they need to be processed separately. Pour a little warm water in a deep basin or a bath and add soap shavings.
We dip the backpack into the solution and immediately proceed to the treatment. To clean especially polluted areas, you can use a brush with a short soft pile or a dense sponge. It is recommended to act actively, so that the product stay in water does not exceed 15-20 minutes. Next, drain the water, rinsing the object in cool water, until it remains clean and dry the material in a shady place with good ventilation.
It's hard to say how often it is necessary to erase a functional device, experts recommend doing this as it becomes dirty or in case of formation of appreciable stains. If processing is too rare, the product will be covered with a layer of dirt and washing will cause a lot of trouble. If you part with the processing, the material quickly wears out, losing its attractive appearance and practicality.
