Care of clothes and shoes: how to extend the life of your favorite things?

Proper care for clothes and shoes is necessary to maintain their hygiene and extend their life. It involves the washing or cleaning of products, the storage of articles of the wardrobe in accordance with the materials from which they are made, for carrying in what period are intended.

Care of clothes: basic rules

The technology of washing and ironing things depends largely on what fabric they are sewn. Therefore, every time before sending them to the wash, it is worth to look at the label to make sure that the temperature regime and detergents are selected correctly and do not damage the fabric.

In addition, it should be borne in mind that the modern chemical industry has stepped far ahead: on the shelves of shops you can find funds designed for washing certain types of fabrics( synthetics, wool, silk), colored, black and white things, down jackets, sportswear. Choosing the right detergent or gel, as well as the conditioner, will help not only to remove impurities, but also to preserve the freshness of the color, the softness of the fabric, and prevent the formation of "spools."

Many items of wardrobe, which previously could be refreshed only by dry cleaning, today can be put in order at home. Modern washing machines have washing regimes designed for delicate fabrics, cotton, synthetics, cashmere. The correct choice of the washing mode, detergent and water temperature will not spoil your favorite things.

Some rules for washing and cleaning things have remained unchanged for many decades.

1. Underwear and hosiery are washed after a single use.
2. Every time you wear socks, you need to wash your shirts and blouses: even if you do not see any traces of sweat and stains on them, they can not be considered fresh, so you can not wear them for the second time in a row without cleaning, unhygienic and impractical, because in this case things are fasterwear out.
3. Before washing things are sorted not only by the type of fabric, but also by color, so that they do not paint each other.

advice Immediately after washing, you must sort things out so that you can easily find them later by separately placing the clothes of different members of the family, collecting socks and stockings in pairs, laying out clothes and outer clothing in different piles.

Storage

Proper care of clothing implies its proper storage. Children's things are stored separately from adults. Linen is not stacked in one drawer with outer clothing. Knitted things do not hang on hangers, since they can stretch out because of this. Store them in folded form. Coats, raincoats, dresses, suits, blouses, on the contrary, are hung on hangers. Their width must necessarily match the size of the clothes. A long dress is advisable to throw over the crossbar on a hanger, designed for skirts and trousers. The suit is hidden in a special cover. Similar cases will be needed for coats and raincoats.

Advice

Do not hang wet things in the closet - if it has been exposed to rain or recently washed clothes, allow it to dry first, otherwise an unfavorable microclimate will be created in the closet, clothes will be wrinkled and possibly even painted.

To special things - a special approach to

Some things require special care. We are talking about products made of leather and fur, silk and wool. Technology care for them has its own specifics.

• Apparel from leather and suede

Immediately after purchasing a product from suede, you need to treat it with a vacuum cleaner, as this material accumulates industrial dust. In the future, the suede is cleaned with a special brush or a piece of rubberized cloth without using any cleaning agent. Exception - fresh greasy stains, which can be worked out with tooth powder.

Leather products are wiped with a cloth soaked in soapy water with ammonia, and then with castor oil or petroleum jelly. Another option of cleaning leather clothes and giving it a shine is wiping with a mixture of milk and turpentine( in a ratio of one to one).It is not forbidden to use purchased means.

Suede and leather clothes should not be stored in polyethylene cases, preferably fabric or sewn for it fabric( ideally - from linen or cotton).

You do not need to fold, throw over the crossbar, things from the leather and suede are not necessary, otherwise there are bends that will be difficult to smooth out.

Leather things are not iron, suede iron is most often possible, but only from the inside out through a layer of thin cotton fabric.

Dry leather and suede clothing should not be near heaters, in the sun. Dry them only at room temperature.

• Sheepskin and fur products

Fur products are recommended to be combed regularly using a hair comb with rare teeth, and this should be done carefully. You can store the furs in folded form, wrapped in a light, best all-white, fabric of natural materials. In this case, it should be borne in mind that fur easily absorbs any foreign smells.

Cleaning of fur coats or sheepskin coats is best entrusted to professionals, but you can try to do this at home, using folk remedies.

Sheepskin coat is cleaned in two stages. The first involves treating the product with a soap solution with the addition of ammonia. The second stage is treatment with a mixture of glycerin( tablespoon), ammonia( tablespoon) and borax( teaspoon) dissolved in water( two glasses).

Spots on the fur collar can be processed with boiled potatoes, wait for it to dry, carefully comb it out. This method is suitable for short pile products. Long fur is cleaned with talc, which is sometimes mixed with gasoline. To clean things from light sheepskin, you can use milk, dissolving in it ammonia( 5 ml per glass of milk).Light fur, if it is artificial, can be treated with water, acidified with lemon juice.

• Silk and wool

Silk and woolen clothes require delicate handling. Silk can be washed by hand or in a machine in a special mode. The temperature can not be set above 40 degrees. It is obligatory in this case to use a special means intended for washing delicate fabrics and an air conditioner. The drying mode can not be used - silk clothes are dried on the shoulders at room temperature. Shoulders need rubberized or with a special coating, preventing slipping, otherwise things will slip from them. In the absence of such it is possible to improve the usual, pasting on them small pieces of rubber.

The rules for washing woolen clothes are similar. To dry it it is necessary, having turned inside out, having spread out on a horizontal surface and well having spread. It is necessary that woolen things stay in shape.

How to care for shoes?

In order to wear shoes for a long time, you should wash and wipe it regularly, immediately after drying, at least once a week, cleaned with a special tool( they are different for suede, leather, varnished).Brushes for leather and suede shoes or boots are also needed different. Varnished with the same brush is not cleaned, they wipe with a soft rag, napkin. The skin is lubricated with a cream of the right color, and the suede is treated with a special spray before going out onto the street.

Advice

Regularly inspect the shoes for damage in order to have time to give it to repair, the heel should be changed before they completely lost, otherwise there is a risk that the heel will begin to wear off.

In order not to damage shoes during socks, you need to shoe it with a special horn, remove carefully, pulling your hands together. It often happens that the boots are removed so as not to bend over, pushing the toe on the heel and freeing the leg. This can not be done, since there is a high risk of damage to the shoes. Even if the heel remains in place, the back of the knapsack will fade and quickly lose its beautiful appearance, the shoes will become uncomfortable, its service life will be shortened.

Seasonal things care

Most of the shoes and clothes are designed to be worn in any particular season. Winter clothes and shoes are stored for storage during the summer period, in the cold season, summer clothes and shoes are sent for storage.

When preparing for summer storage of summer clothes, it must be washed, dried, sorted into categories and expanded into separate packages, shelves, boxes. Dresses and costumes are best left to hang in the closet, hanging them deeper and hiding in the covers. Shoes, too, need to be washed, dried, greased with cream and neatly arranged in boxes.

With winter clothes tinker, removing it for storage, will have longer. The outer clothing should be cleaned, dried, ventilated. Clean sweaters and other knitwear, so that they take up less space, can be removed into vacuum bags( compressed).Be sure to take measures to protect clothing from moths. Modern products are available in the form of sprays, comfortable plates, tablets, non-toxic to humans and animals, but suicidal for moths. In this case they have a rather pleasant smell. You can use proven folk methods: sachets with lavender, orange peel, naphthalene. You can also put in bags with fur, wool clothes empty bottles of perfume, toilet soap. Winter shoes, removing it for the winter, it is required not only to wash, dry, lubricate with cream, but also to stuff inside the newspaper to keep it in shape.