How to wash a shirt by hand?

The appearance of a modern business man largely depends on his appearance, which begins with a ironed and fresh shirt. To ensure that the shirt does not lose its appearance for a long time, it should be properly taken care of, or rather - it should be washed more often. In general, if you know how to wash a shirt by hand, it's not difficult. And the more simplified the task, if you have an automatic machine at your disposal. However, some elements - such as cuffs and collar - should be given special attention. In this article, you will learn the rules and recommendations for washing shirts.

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General rules

When deciding how to wash the shirts, care and patience should be shown. The general washing rules tell us about the following:

• When carrying out the washing of a new shirt, the first thing to do is to study the label on which the symbols for the correct washing and drying of this particular product are indicated. The main information on the label is the maximum possible temperature of the water for washing, exceeding which moulting and deformation of the fabric can occur.
• Washing of shirts should occur after preliminary sorting of products by colors. Colored shirts are necessarily erased apart from shirts of white color. Also, you should wash black shirts separately. All other colors can be divided into groups: dark and light.
• Before you wash your white shirt by hand or in the automatic machine, you need to remove the cuff links, fasten all the buttons and check the pockets for small items( coins, handkerchiefs, a pen, etc.).
• To wash the most contaminated areas and remove stains, they must be soaped or applied with detergent and wait for a while before washing.

Important! Do not rub the cuffs and collar of the shirt with brushes or hands. From the efforts you make, the fabric can be spoiled.

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White shirt wash

Fans of white things are simply obliged to know how to wash a white shirt in a washing machine and manually. And it is best to do this daily, so there should be a few such shirts. Whatever the housewives say, however, hand washing for white shirts is preferable to machine shirts. This washing will enable you to keep the good appearance of the product longer.

A simple way to remove stains

Begin washing white shirts should be looking for the most contaminated areas on it. They will need to be washed in the first place. Whiten problem areas with a solution, which you will need to prepare:

• 4 tablespoons of liquid soap.
• 50 ml of hydrogen peroxide.

These components should be mixed thoroughly and applied to the cuffs, collar and underarms. Then wait 40 minutes and wash the product in water using a detergent.

Important! Gel-like powders are more effective on the fabric.

Easy Soak

In order to wash the collar and cuffs of the white shirt, it is necessary to soak the product in water with the addition of powder for 2 hours. And in general, it is not recommended to leave the shirts dirty for a long time - it's better to soak them in warm water as soon as possible. So, the chances are that they will remain snow-white much more.

Cope with individual spots:

• Many people, especially those working in offices, are interested in the question of how to wash the ink. Such spots are problematic and difficult to deduce. To remove the stain from the white shirt, you should take an ordinary undiluted alcohol and use a cotton swab dipped in it to wipe the contaminated area until the stain is eliminated.
• Also often there can be a question, how to wash away stains of sweat. Here, too, nothing difficult - you can resort to the help of a quality stain remover, for example, Vanish. It should be applied for 40 minutes for certain areas, and then washed by hand.

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Automatic washing

The washing of men's shirts must necessarily be accompanied by a preliminary soaking - this procedure will enhance the effect of washing virtually any impurities. Before you send the product to the drum machine, you should make sure that it can be washed in this way. You can find out about this by looking at the label.

Next:

• Before the beginning of washing, all shirts should be sorted not only by color, but also by the type of fabric from which they are made. For example, silk and lavender products are generally not recommended for washing in typewriters. But the shirts from flax and cotton can be safely sent together to the stiralku.

Important! Denim shirts are erased separately from all the rest.

• At what temperature do you wash the shirts in the washing machine? The answer to this question is at a temperature of no higher than 30 degrees. The most suitable washing mode is delicate, because in this mode the rotation speed during washing and spinning are reduced.

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Removing complex spots

To qualitatively remove stains from the shirt, you can simply give it to dry cleaning. However, all the time to apply to this service will be somewhat expensive, and it is unreasonable, because you can remove the stain and at home with the help of improvised means.

With the task of removing stains of tea or coffee, the following tools will help to cope:

• Ammonium alcohol mixed with glycerin.
• Hydrogen peroxide with ammonia( the stain is moistened with ammonia, and the top is filled with salt until completely dry, then the salt is brushed off and the place is treated with peroxide).
• Household soap and stain removers.

Important! Removing stains from fats and oils from the shirt can be done with dishwashing detergents, because they splendidly break down fats. It is enough to soak a stained item for a couple of hours, and the stain must be removed.

With the task of how to wash the collar of a shirt from a foundation or lipstick, face the fair sex. Such tracks can appear on clothes from one awkward movement. Since these contaminants are of a greasy nature, they can be cope with:

• Lemon juice and baking soda.
• Dishwashing liquid.
• Ammonium alcohol.
• Toothpaste.
• Stain removers.

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Washing items from colored delicate fabrics

It can not be said that color shirts are not allowed to be washed in a washing machine, but in this case, the washing of men's shirts must begin with the distribution of the color palette. For example, in any case, you can not put a yellow shirt in a car with a bright red.

To prolong the shirt from the color delicate fabric of the original appearance and prevent wear, you should know the following rules:

• Choose liquid powders that are designed for washing colored things. The same applies to the choice of rinsers and stain removers.
• Before washing, the product must be turned inside out, fastening all the buttons.
• The washing temperature will depend on the color saturation of the product, but in any case it is undesirable to set the temperature above 30 degrees.
• The spin and drying modes for these things are undesirable.
• If there is a seriously stained stain on the shirt, it should be treated with a stain remover for delicate and colored fabrics before washing.

Important! For black shirts in hardware stores you can find special powders and rinses, for example Tide, Persil, Ariel, Losk, Perwoll.

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How to hang washed shirts?

There can be many disputes. In fact, everything will depend on the type of fabric from which the thing is made, and also on how much it crumples:

• If the thing is quality, you can hang it on the balcony on the rope by the collar.
• If the shirt is colored from a delicate fabric or white, after washing it is recommended to squeeze and hang dry on the hangers.

In this article we tried to consider all the questions about how to wash a shirt manually and in a typewriter. Every housewife should know these tips to please himself and his men with flawless shirts.