How to clean a draped coat at home without washing?

Almost every girl has a favorite coat that she wears for more than one season. It perfectly warms, gives a feminine and elegant look to the whole image, practical and comfortable to wear, but in any case gets dirty, although not so often. That is why it is worth paying special attention to cleaning it - preferably immediately after the end of the cold season, but if not, at least once in a couple of years. About how to clean a draped coat at home without washing, our article will tell.

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Can I clean my coat at home?

It should be noted that the coat, whatever it is made of, needs regular maintenance.

Important! An excellent way to care for such clothes is daily cleaning with a roller with adhesive tape, which removes the smallest dirt.

Of course, for a long time the original appearance of outerwear will not be saved by anyone. Over time, the coat will begin to appear small spots, it will become slightly darker and absorb an unpleasant smell, while at the same time, the material itself may form spools or scrapes.

The simplest option is to give your favorite thing to a dry cleaner, paying the sounded cost. However, many of its owners do not think that aggressive chemical exposure can worsen the situation several times. It is for this reason that girls prefer dry cleaning their coats at home using their own hands. This procedure is best done at the beginning or end of the season, in which the thing was worn.

Important! To understand whether a coat is needed for deep cleaning, sleeves, a collar and an area above the pockets will help. If the procedure was performed recently, and such spots were newly formed, you can repeat the procedure, while processing only certain areas. Remember that stains of any kind should be removed immediately after their appearance.

In order not to make mistakes, the first thing is to determine the type of material from which the thing is made. The most famous materials are:

• Drape.
• Wool.
• Suede.
• Cashmere.
• Leather.

Important! On the label, which is usually located near the collar or on the side seam, often written many useful recommendations for cleaning a particular product. They better not be neglected.

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Proceed to procedure

You can dry clean your coat at home, and any material from which it is made can always be cleaned. In total, there are two ways to implement this procedure:

1. Dry.
2. Wet.

The first method involves treating the garment with a brush and a dry cleaning agent and then cleaning it.

Important! Before carrying out this method, it is recommended to check its effectiveness on an inconspicuous patch of clothing or on a piece of cloth that usually comes with this product.

The second method is the most complicated and can include the following:

• Processing of clothing by steam.
• Wipe clean with a damp cloth or cloth.
• Wash.

Cleaning the drape coat

Cleaning the draping coat at home without washing is a very difficult task, which is not always possible even for experienced housewives. This material is a two-layer wool fabric. Wash it in a mechanical typewriter is strictly prohibited. There is only one way left - to perform cleaning in a dry way.

Important! For the subsequent convenience in the processing of the coat is recommended to spread and hang on the hanger.

So, to begin with, the coat of drape should be treated with a roller with adhesive tape to collect all the excess dirt. Next, the garment is processed by the selected method:

• The first of them is designed for small and unattractive pollution. For its implementation use only a brush. At first, the bristles do not dampen in the direction of the nap of the drape, then the brush is wetted and the same movements are performed until the speck disappears. After this procedure, the coat is dried in a well-ventilated room or on a balcony.
• For more noticeable impurities, a carpet cleaner is used as a cleaning agent for the coat( it can be replaced with soda).In this case, the order of actions will be more difficult: first, the product needs to be diluted with water and stirred until the foam forms, then it is applied to the surface to be cleaned, while avoiding liquid penetration. In the end, it remains only to wait for the drying of the foam and clean it using a brush.
• Very original and effective is the method using bread crumb. Here it is best to eat rye bread. The method of cleaning is very simple: the bread is crumbled on the contaminated area and rolled it manually until the appearance of bread balls, and then brush them off.
• If the product is heavily soiled, you can resort to using a balm rinse aid for laundry. In order to clean the drape coat at home without washing it is sufficient to moisten the microfiber cloth in this balm and carry it around a little, following the direction of the villi. Next, the napkin is rinsed and gently traverses the treated area again.

Important! If the label says that machine washing is still acceptable, you can use manual or delicate mode. An important factor is the temperature: it should not be more than 40 degrees. To accelerate the drying use a steamer or iron with this function.

Cleaning a cashmere coat

To clean a cashmere coat at home, you need to be as careful as in the previous method.

Before proceeding directly to cleaning, all the stains on it must be removed from the material:

• A greasy spot on cashmere can be removed using refined gasoline. It is carefully applied to the material and sprinkled with talc. After complete drying, talc is removed using a conventional brush.
• To remove stains from sweat, use a soap solution, which in turn is applied to the contamination with a cosmetic cotton swab. Next, the stain is treated using ammonia and wet wipes.

Important! Washing the cashmere coat is allowed. However:

• For this, only special liquid-based products should be used.
• It is necessary to carry out manual washing after a short soak. During the procedure, remember that you can not rub it, you can only crush it lightly and squeeze it in a roll.
• Do not give up on mechanical washing. Wiping such a coat in a typewriter, it should be remembered that you only need to use a delicate mode at a temperature of 30 degrees. Rinse this thing twice.

Cleaning a coat of wool

Cleaning a wool coat at home without washing is similar to cleaning other woolen products. The main thing is to be able to properly take care of them, observing our advice:

• If the appearance of your thing is already stale, the situation can be corrected with a cotton disc, previously moistened in the brewed in green tea.
• You can clean this coat from hair and small dirt using a sticky clothes roller.
• If the label says that machine wash is allowed, then the wool product can be processed in the same way as cashmere.
• Individual stains are removed with a soap solution.

Important! Using salt and ammonia in the proportion of 4: 1, you can from time to time handle the area around the pockets, on the sleeves and collar. For this, the mixture is rubbed with contaminated areas, and after drying, they are cleaned with a dry brush.

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Clean the light coat

Lastly, I want to give an important recommendation on how to clean a light coat at home without washing. White color and all its shades are the most capricious, so care for such a thing needs a special one.

In order for such a light piece of clothing to acquire a virgin clean appearance, as when buying it, you need to follow the following algorithm:

1. Soak a thing in a large container with water mixed with a special tool.
2. Rinse using a laundry rinse aid.
3. Rinse in cool water to avoid yellowing.
4. Allow the liquid to drain.
5. Screw the workpiece into a soft towel so that it absorbs excess moisture.
6. Allow things to dry themselves, by hanging it on a hanger.

Important! To clean a black coat, it is not necessary to carry out such a complicated procedure. It is simple to clean as described above.

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Universal tips

For the quality care of your favorite thing, you should follow these tips:

• Before processing the product, you need to familiarize yourself with the labels on the label.
• Prior to the control use of a product, it is necessary to test it on the wrong side of the garment to be processed.
• When removing stains, clean from the edges to the center. This is necessary so that no visible traces remain.
• It is recommended to place a dense fabric under the cleared area.
• Greasy stains are removed from the wrong side.
• Beer stains can be removed with hydrogen peroxide.

Following the advice given in this article, any landlady can easily take care of her favorite thing and dry clean her coat at home without fear of spoiling the material.