How to wash woolen overcoat? Can it be washed? How to wash woolen overcoat? Let's have a look.
How to wash woolen coat
What should I do if I wash my woolen coat? Can the woolen coat be washed? About the cleaning and maintenance methods of winter woolen overcoat, I believe you have a lot of questions. Let's take a look~
Can woolen overcoats be washed
For some woolen overcoats with wool content more than 50%, it's better not to wash them with water, because they may shrink and become smaller after washing, and may even lose their hair. Moreover, these overcoats can not be washed frequently, and the best way is to send them to dry cleaners and iron them.
The best way to wash woolen overcoat is hand washing and dry cleaning, and machine washing can be regarded as taboo.
Six points to pay attention to when hand washing
1. Before hand washing the woolen coat, soak it in cold water for about 5 minutes
2. The woolen overcoat soaked in cold water can be soaked for about 5 minutes in warm water with neutral detergent (woolen overcoat is not alkali resistant, such as washing powder), a little vinegar (to make the woolen fabric bright in color, soft in texture, and glossy) and salt (the role of fixing color and anti shrinking water), so as to ensure that the washing of woolen overcoat is cleaner.
3. When cleaning the woolen coat, take a small amount of detergent to gently rub the dirty parts such as the collar and cuff (or use soft cotton), and then gently clean the whole coat (pay attention not to rub vigorously).
4. When rinsing the woolen overcoat, do not wring it out. Pinch it gently until the washing solution is clean.
5. When drying, in order to prevent shrinkage, you can choose to lay flat to dry. After half dry, you can choose to hang to dry (pay attention not to be exposed to the sun). In this way, the washing work of the whole woolen coat is completed.
6. Of course, you can also directly send the woolen coat to the dry cleaner to clean it without wetting the woolen coat to minimize the damage.
Five tips for dry cleaning of woolen overcoat
1. Woolen overcoat is not alkali resistant. If it is washed with neutral detergent without enzyme, it is better to use special detergent. If you use a washing machine to wash, you should use a drum washing machine and choose a gentle program. If you wash by hand, you'd better rub it gently. Do not rub it with a washboard.
2. It is not allowed to use chlorine containing bleaching solution for woolen overcoat, but oxygen-containing color bleaching can be used; it is required to use squeeze washing, avoid twisting, squeeze to remove water, spread flat to dry in the shade or fold half to hang in the shade; it can remove wrinkles when it is wet or half dry, and do not expose to the sun; it is necessary to use softener to maintain soft handle and antistatic. Dark color is easy to fade and should be washed separately.
3. Dry cleaning skills: lay the woolen coat flat on the table, soak a thick towel in warm water (don't screw it too dry) and put it on the woolen coat, and use a thin stick for elastic beating. The dirt of the woolen coat will stick to the hot towel, and then wash the towel, which can be repeated several times.
4, it should not be exposed to the sun, and the washed wool coat can not gel. It can only be squeezed and water removed. The best is to run evenly in the shade or half dry. It must be careful not to let the hair burn under the scorching sun.
How to deal with the shrinkage and deformation of woolen coat after washing
How to deal with the shrinkage of woolen coat: steam ironing
For the shrunken woolen overcoat, first heat it with a steam iron, and then gently pull the shrunken part with both hands while it is hot until it returns to its original state. In order to ensure the uniform drawing of wool fiber, the method of local heating drawing can be used for wool coat. Wool fiber can not be stretched a lot at a time, it needs to be heated and stretched repeatedly. (it's better to go through the heating shaping and cooling shaping operation of the portrait machine after all of them are completed)
How to deal with the shrinkage of woolen coat: paperboard shaping and enlarging
Cut the thick cardboard into the size and shape of the overcoat, and the cutting edge should be polished with sandpaper. Put the woolen jacket on the cardboard, fix it with several clotheslocks at the lower foot, and then use the steam iron to repeatedly steam iron all parts of the sweater, and take it off after it is completely cooled.
How to deal with the shrinkage of woolen coat: send it to the dry cleaner
Take the woolen coat to the dry cleaner, dry clean it first, then find a special shelf of the same type as the clothes, hang the woolen coat, and after high temperature steam treatment, the clothes can be restored to their original appearance.