Caring for a product made of any material, whether it is silk, leather or linen, requires a careful attitude to the thing, as well as a quick response to changing the original appearance of your favorite clothing or accessory. Today we learn how to properly take care of wardrobe items, accessories (bags, belts), gold jewelry.
Leather Care Guidelines
There are several ways to process animal skins. Hence a large number of types of skin. For example, nubuck, suede, velor, patent leather or bags, gloves, belts, fur sheepskin coats - these are all leather products. Leather care is a must. There are general rules that you must adhere to if you want the purchased product to serve more than one year:
- Dust gets on any thing, therefore it is very important to clean the product from it. Leather accessories such as belts, bags can be wiped with a damp cloth. Leather outerwear can be knocked out or vacuumed.
- It is impossible to store such things in plastic bags, because then it will be unpleasant to smell from a jacket or coat. You can cover the leather with linen cloth or a bag.
- Particularly zealous for cleaning such products is also not necessary. After all, all leather things have a thin protective layer, which with frequent processing can be erased. If you go out for the first time in a new thing, it is advisable to treat the jacket, coat, shoes or other leather thing with special impregnation. This will protect the product from dirt and moisture.
- Do not use acetone, gasoline, or other solvents to clean leather items.
- It is advisable not to wear leather products during a shower. But if the rain started suddenly, then, having come home, you need to wipe wet clothes with a dry and soft piece of cloth . You cannot dry leather items on a battery.
- It is sometimes very useful to wipe such products with glycerin. This is especially true for collars and cuffs on jackets, jackets. This will give outerwear shine.
How to get rid of stains?
Caring for leather goods implies respect for things, their proper storage and cleaning. If traces, marks appeared on clothes or accessories from such natural material, then you can get rid of them in the following ways:
- Stains from grease, oil, etc. can be removed with chalk powder. It is necessary to fill them with a dirty place, leave the product for a day. Then shake off the chalk, and clean the thing with a brush.
- Ballpoint pens can be removed with tape. You just need to stick it on the stain, press it down firmly and pull it sharply. To clean the remains with an eraser.
- Raindrops on leather things are removed simply: combed with a brush in different directions.
- If the product is heavily soiled, it is better to hand it in for dry cleaning.
Artificial Leather Care: Rules
Taking care of things made of artificial leather is much easier than real ones. In fact, all you need to do regularly is to simply wipe the surface of the products with a soft foam sponge dipped in warm soapy water. Then wipe dry with a soft cloth and allow to dry in limbo at normal room temperature. The wrong side of artificial leather products cannot be wetted, as this will lead to deformation. Also, do not place such things under the battery. To tear off or scratch imitation leather products is also prohibited.
Creams for things from this material are not needed - they will not bring results. To give the products shine, it is enough to wipe them with sponges. Caring for a leatherette product does not involve the use of chemicals.
Environmentally friendly stuff
Sweatshirts, t-shirts, pants made of natural linen, have many fans. And this is not surprising, because products from this material have many advantages. It:
- Practicality.
- Antistatic.
- Hypoallergenicity.
- Unpretentiousness in leaving.
- Durability.
- Modernity, relevance.
Wearing linen clothes, a person feels comfort, his skin "breathes". Things from this material do not stretch, do not fade in the sun, do not fade, do not deform, are perfectly erased, are less polluted. They perfectly absorb moisture, perfectly pass air, do not stick to the body.
How to wash and iron things from environmentally friendly material?
Minimal linen care is required, unlike leather items. The main thing is to know how to wash and iron such things.
- It is necessary to wash linen products manually or in a washing machine on a delicate mode. To clean things, you need to use soap or laundry detergent, which does not contain bleaching agents. If the housewife erases it by hand, then it is enough to squeeze the jacket or pants several times to make the glass water.
- You need to iron linen only from the wrong side. Moreover, this must be done immediately after washing. If you let things dry out, then you won’t be able to iron them out perfectly. By the way, the temperature of the iron should not be higher than 200 degrees.
Cotton Yarn
We are talking about cotton - a material of plant origin. Comparing products from this fabric with linen, it can be noted that the warming effect of cotton is much higher. It is also stronger than wool, but less durable than silk. Other benefits of cotton products are:
- Hygiene
- Great bandwidth.
- Resistance to alkali.
- Moisture absorption rate.
Also, such things are comfortable and pleasant to wear, they are soft and tear resistant. Caring for cotton products is effortless. However, this material has its drawbacks. So, in direct sunlight, cotton becomes less durable. And also things from this material strongly "sit down" and dry for a long time.
How to care for cotton products?
- You can wash things from this material manually in warm water at a temperature of 30-40 degrees. Gentle machine wash is also allowed .
- Caring for a cotton product does not involve the use of bleaching agents. For example, bleach is contraindicated for such a material.
- If the cotton product is very shedding, it must be washed in cold water and dried in a straightened form immediately after rinsing. For washing, add salt to the water (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water).
- If the cotton item is dyed, then hot water (70 degrees) with soda (1 tablespoon per 5 l of water) will help return it to its previous color. Leave overnight, then wash by hand and rinse.
- It is undesirable to dry things made of cotton in the sun - they can burn out.
- To iron products from this material you need from the front side, while the T-shirt, skirt or pants should be wet. If there is embroidery or any other patch on the fabric, then it needs to be ironed from the wrong side. By the way, the temperature of the iron may be the highest.
Recommendations for people who like to wear suede
- Grease stains put on things made of this material must be blotted with a napkin, and do it quickly. Such spots cannot be washed over.
- Divorce from ice cream, eggs, blood on such things must be washed quickly with water. No chemicals are needed.
- Do not use salt in order to reanimate a suede product. It will only discolor the material and completely ruin your favorite bag, outerwear or other thing.
Caring for products made of suede involves the prompt response of a person to any stain left on the material. If a person ignores this rule and does not try to quickly deduce any scam, then it will be very difficult for him to return to his beloved suede bag (or other thing) its original appearance.
Woolen things
Caring for a product made of such material requires compliance with the following rules:
- You can remove the spools and puffs with a special machine or a regular razor. Do not brush or squeeze such things in a centrifuge.
- It is necessary to iron the woolen goods from the wrong side through gauze.
- Wash things from such a material separately from other fabrics.
- It is forbidden to twist woolen products, as they quickly lose their shape and stretch.
- Dry wool courts, jackets need on a horizontal surface on a terry towel. It is forbidden to hang such things with clothespins, because they will stretch or ugly traces will appear, which then will be difficult to remove.
Care for gold rings, earrings, pendants
Every woman loves to wear jewelry. Most of the fair sex prefer gold. However, over time, your favorite chain or ring darkens, fades. For a gold product to always be beautiful and bright, it needs special care. And also you must follow the rules for the operation of jewelry and their storage.
Caring for gold items involves certain activities. These include:
- Cleaning up. In a glass of warm water, add 10 drops of ammonia and a few drops of shampoo (any). In the finished solution, put a gold jewelry for 3 hours. After that, gently rub with a soft toothbrush to remove dirt. And then rinse under water and dry.
- Darkened gold items can be freshened with onion juice. You need to rub them with jewelry and leave for 2 hours. Then just rinse under running water, dry.
- Stains on gold jewelry (for example, from iodine) can be removed by lowering a ring, chain or earrings for 20 minutes in a hyposulfite solution.
Silkworm caterpillar fiber
It is a material like silk. Advantages of a product made of this natural material:
- Superior breathability. In silk products, a person will feel lightly, as if without clothes.
- Wear resistance - if the right care for silk products is carried out, then the thing will not lose its attractiveness for many years.
- Fast sweat absorption.
- Instant evaporation of moisture.
- Hygiene - silk products protect against attacks of lice, ticks and other parasites.
- Excellent thermoregulation. Things quickly acquire a person’s body temperature and do not cause discomfort.
Proper silk care
- Machine washable only in gentle operation.
- It is allowed to clean clothes by hand, while strongly rubbing them is prohibited.
- The optimum temperature for washing is 30 degrees, for rinsing - up to 25 degrees.
- Squeeze silk products carefully, carefully.
- Hanging clothes for drying should not be in direct sunlight, always in the shade. Wet silk items cannot be placed on the battery. If you dry them in the apartment, then you can put the clothes on the dryer in limbo.
- You need to iron with a slightly heated iron.
Care for silk garments is necessary, because if you treat things made of this material carelessly, then they will look cheap, messy and untidy.
Tooltip for users
To make it easier for people to figure out how to properly keep track of things from various materials, manufacturers are developing a special tip. The basic rules for caring for products are indicated on the tag, label of any clothing, accessory. Everyone can see such a hint by looking at the wrong side of their favorite sweatshirts, jeans, and bags. Manufacturers mark the rules with special characters - markings. These marks are currently set by the international standard ISO. These symbols are presented in the form of drawings and may mean the following:
- drying;
- washing;
- Ironing
- whitening;
- professional cleaning;
- prohibition of the operation;
- delicate mode.
See the decoding of these signs in the figure below.
Conclusion
This article will be useful for many people, as it introduces them to the basic rules for the care of things. The main thing is to carefully treat any wardrobe item, as well as carefully read the information indicated on the tag. Care of the product will be correctly observed only if the person does not ignore the markings that are on the wrong side of each item, whether it be a dress, sweater, bag or towel.