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How to remedy the shrinkage of woolen coat

How to remedy the shrinkage of woolen coat

4hw.com.cn: in the past two years, woolen coat has become a fashion favorite. People can see wearing woolen coat everywhere in the streets. However, although woolen coat is good, cleaning and care are also very important. Improper cleaning methods can easily lead to shrinking of clothes. How to remedy the shrinking of woolen coat? How to clean woolen coat correctly? Let's have a look.

How to remedy the shrinkage of woolen coat

1. Steam ironing

For the shrunk woolen overcoat, first heat it with a steam iron, and then gently pull the shrunk part with both hands while it is hot until it is restored to its original state. In order to ensure the uniform stretching of woolen fiber, the method of local heating stretching can be used for woolen coat. It's impossible to stretch wool fiber a lot at a time. It needs to be repeatedly heated and stretched. (after completion, it's better to conduct heating, shaping and cooling operation of portrait machine)

2. Shaping and enlarging of thick cardboard

Use thick cardboard (cardboard of household appliance packing box) to cut the size and shape of woolen coat. The cutting should be polished with sandpaper. Put the woolen coat on the cardboard, fix it with several clotheslookers at the lower foot, and then use the steam electric iron to repeatedly steam iron all parts of the sweater, and take it off after it is completely cooled.

3. Send to the dry cleaner

Take the woolen coat to the dry cleaning shop, dry clean it first, then find a special shelf of the same model as the clothes, hang the woolen coat, and after high temperature steam treatment, the clothes can be restored to their original appearance

After introducing so many practical ways to prevent overcoats from shrinking, let's try them! Don't forget to wash them as little as possible if you want to keep them from shrinking, and deal with them in time when there is dust!

The best way to wash woolen coat is hand washing and dry cleaning. Generally, professional dry cleaning tools are needed for dry cleaning. Here is the right way to wash woolen coat!

Correct hand washing procedure:

1. Before washing the woolen coat by hand, remember to soak it in cold water for about 5 minutes (to cool and shape it)

2. Prepare a basin of warm water with a temperature of about 35 degrees, pour in a little neutral detergent (ordinary alkaline washing powder will damage the wool fiber, here is mainly the washing liquid), or add a little vinegar (to make the wool fabric bright in color, soft in texture and shiny) and salt (to fix the color and prevent shrinkage), and wait for chemical preparation

3. Put the wool coat soaked in cold water into the warm water of detergent and soak for about 5 minutes

4. After the soaking work is completed, the next step is to clean the woolen coat. For the dirty parts such as the neckline and cuffs, take a small amount of detergent and gently rub (or use soft cotton), and then gently clean the whole coat.

5. After cleaning the woolen coat, rinse it with clear water for three times until the detergent is rinsed (pay attention not to wring it hard, but to pinch it gently)

6. Dry the rinsed woolen overcoat in the air. In order to prevent shrinkage, you can first choose to lay it flat and dry it. When it's half dry, you can choose to hang it for drying (pay attention not to expose it in the sun)

Why does woolen coat shrink?

The shrinkage of woolen coat after washing is mainly due to the woolen fiber. There is a layer of scales on the surface of wool, just like fish scales. When the wool fibers are rubbed or rubbed, they will intertwine with each other and become felt together. When the temperature is raised or in the alkaline condition, this phenomenon will be aggravated. This kind of reaction is called the fuzziness of wool fibers.