How to erase shedding things

Colored things - beautiful, elegant and bring bright colors to the usual gray everyday life, but they require an exceptionally careful attitude. Learn how to erase shedding things to keep their purity and initial look for a long time. In this article, our experts will give you reliable and effective advice.

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How to check the strength of the paint?

Did you get a new bright blouse and do not know if it's shedding or not? In order to avoid unpleasant surprises when washing new clothes, arrange for it a kind of quality testing in one of 3 possible ways.

Option 1

1. Wet a small piece of clothing.
2. Iron it with iron through paper.
3. If there are stains on the paper - it means that the fabric can be shed.
4. Output - erase it separately from other things.

Option 2

1. Cut a small cloth flap from the wrong side, near the seam - so that it is not noticeable. Soak it in ammonia.
2. Incubate for 10 minutes.
3. Rinse out.
4. Check if the color has changed.

Note! Do not try to immerse the whole thing in ammonia. When buying a thing, you can often see that a flap of the same color is sewn from the wrong side - take a piece from it. Even better, if the clothes are sewn in the atelier: you probably will have trimming cloth - on them and practice.

Option 3

1. Pour into a bowl of warm water.
2. Add a little powder. Soak clothes for 10-15 minutes.
3. Wrap in white cotton fabric.
4. Press and check for stains.
5. Look at the water in the container - it did not stain in the appropriate color.
6. If there are traces - in the future, erase a thing, not mixing with other products.

Note! If you do not have enough time for such a check - wet a small piece of clothing in very hot water and attach to a dry cloth of white color. The result will not take long to wait, but proceed with caution - the water of heat can ruin the thing.

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How to erase things that moult?

In order not to damage clothes and not to spoil an expensive or simply beautiful thing, observe the following recommendations:

• Before washing, be sure to sort your clothes. Things painted in warm colors( red, burgundy, yellow, orange) should never be mixed with those that have cold shades( green, blue, purple, blue).Wipe black goods separately.

• Use exclusively powders for colored fabrics or special gels such as "Perwoll".
• Wash stinking things at a temperature of no higher than 30-40 degrees. In the machine, select the mode, depending on the type of fabric.
• When hand washing, put the powder in water, stir and beat until foam forms. Only then put on clothes - it is necessary that the detergent completely dissolved, otherwise its grains will discolor the tissue sites.
• It is forbidden to apply soap and soda for washing - they can change the color of the product and break its structure.
• You can not use bleach for colored fabrics.
• Do not abuse stain removers. Try to remove the dirt with the help of improvised substances( vinegar, lemon, a weak solution of ammonia).
• After washing, rinse things in cool water with the addition of vinegar: it will fix and simultaneously refresh the color, and the fabric will become softer.

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How to erase shedding things?

Depending on the type of fabric, to fix or refresh the color, remove stains, wash, rinse and dry things, you will need:

• water;
• washing powder for colored things;
• gel for delicate fabrics( "Perwoll");
• table salt;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• turpentine;
• liquid ammonia;
• glycerol;
• mustard powder;
• lemon;
• bran;
• alum;
• tea leaves;
• paper;
• white cotton fabric( sheet, towel);
• bowl or pelvis;
• iron;
• washing machine.

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How to erase shedding things?

There are 3 main stages of care for such tissues:

• soaking in cold water for pre-fixing the color;
• wash separately from all other products;
• rinsing with fixing with special tools.

To ensure that washing does not harm things, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

Use the salt as a fabric color fixer:

1. Pour into a container of cold water.
2. Add the usual table salt in the proportion of 1 tbsp.for 1 liter of water.
3. Stir thoroughly.
4. Soak the colored thing.
5. Wait for 1 hour.
6. Wash with powder manually or in the machine.
7. Rinse well.
8. Dry.
9. Iron with the wrong side.

Note! The method is suitable for things red, green, blue and black - as a rule, they molt more often.

Method 2

Apply vinegar to preserve the brightness of things:

1. Collect 8-10 liters of cold water in a bowl.
2. Add 3 tablespoons9% vinegar solution.
3. Immerse clothing in solution.
4. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
5. Drain and wash as usual.
6. Rinse in a little warm, then a couple of times in cold water.
7. Easily wring out.
8. Dry things in the fresh air.

Note! Careful rinsing and airing is necessary in order to get rid of the specific sour smell of vinegar essence.

Method 3

Cotton items are not shed if so act:

1. Pour 2 liters of cold water.
2. Add 1 tbsp.turpentine. Soak the product for 10 minutes.
3. Drain the solution.
4. Wash clothing in cool water( 30 degrees) with powder, whipped to foam.
5. Rinse: 1st time - with the addition of 5-10 drops of vinegar, after - in clean water, at the rate of 1 tbsp.l.for 1 liter of water.
6. Dry thoroughly in fresh air.

Note! The method is especially effective for washing blue, pink and yellow things. Water can be taken more, most importantly - observe the proportion.

Method 4

Capricious mohair things will become soft if you apply a separate recipe:

1. Pour a little warm water into a bowl.
2. Stir in it a little gel for delicate fabrics. Soak things for 10-15 minutes.
3. Drain the solution, collect clean water.
4. Add 2-3 tablespoons to 1 liter.glycerin.
5. Pour in the correct amount of detergent.
6. Gently wash.
7. Rinse out.
8. Gently wring out, without twisting.
9. Dry things horizontally by laying on a clean

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Useful advices

• For clothes made of wool when washing, add mustard powder.
• Wash silk products in water, where bran was previously soaked.
• Clothing of beige, cream or brown colors after rinsing, soak a few minutes in a tea brew solution, depending on the intensity of the color, it should be more or less sturdy.
• If the pattern on the green or black fabric has faded, try refreshing the color by rinsing it in an alum solution.
• To remove white spots from the deodorant on dark clothing, gently moisten the soiled areas with vinegar applied to the cotton pad, then wash the thing.
• Press the fabrics without twisting, it is advisable to wrap them in at the same time in a white clean sheet.

• Dry things in a well-ventilated, shaded place. Remember that direct sunlight contributes to the burning out of bright colors.
• For the same reason, turn all things inside out.
• Delicate products and fabrics of combined colors, dry in a horizontal position, spread out on a towel.
• Smooth things that can be shed, just with an iron with a thermostat.

We hope that our simple tips on how to wash moulting things will help you to properly care for them and will extend the life of your favorite clothes.