It's important to pay attention to the cleaning of silk clothes. Many people don't know the right cleaning method, which causes many silk clothes to turn yellow and pale after washing. Will you clean silk clothes correctly?
Can silk be washed with bath gel
Although shower gel is a neutral detergent, it can wash protein better. But silk contains protein. Wash clothes with bath gel.
It's very important to choose washing materials. When washing silk fabrics, it's better to choose neutral detergent instead of washing powder and alkaline detergent. Neutral detergent will not hurt silk fibers. When washing silk fabrics, the water temperature should not be too high. It's best to wash clothes with the same color below 30 ℃. If the color is different, you must wash them separately, because the silk fabrics are easy to fade, It's hard to get rid of if the color match. It is also very important to cool and dry the silk fabrics after washing. The washed silk fabrics should be dried in a cool and ventilated place. They should not be dried in the sun. After drying, they should be ironed with a steam iron. If there are many stains, it's better to go to a professional dry cleaner for silk clothes that are not easy to wash.
Will silk be washed with bath gel
Shower gel is not a detergent for clothes, and the color fastness of silk clothes is generally low, and the material is special, so special detergent is needed. It is not recommended to wash silk clothes with bath gel.
Proper cleaning method of silk
1. When washing silk clothing, it is not suitable to soak the silk clothing in cold water for a long time, 5 to 10 minutes. Neutral washing powder can be used for washing. Silk clothes can't be washed by hand. It's not allowed to rub by gravity to prevent fiber damage.
2. For washed silk clothes, it's better to dry them with water and in the shade, but they can't be exposed to the sun, so as to prevent affecting the strength and color fastness of the fiber.
3. When the silk clothes are in the air, they can be dried in reverse and avoid direct sunlight. When the clothes are 80% dry, they can be taken down, so that the hand feeling of the silk clothes after the air drying is soft and not easy to fade.
4. The characteristics of silk clothes are acid and alkali resistance, so in order to maintain the bright color, it is better to drop a few drops of acetic acid into the water before drying, and then soak the clothes in the water for about 10 minutes, and then take them up to dry, so as to maintain the color of the clothes.