"Darling, do you have a new jacket?" What fluffy, where bought it?
- Yes, no, the same, I just erase it "Laskoy"!
We hear such advertisements from TV screens many times a day. And she was already full of grain. But, in fact, how to properly wash, bleach, dry and generally care for woolen things, how to achieve this advertising effect in real life? Let's understand.
General rules
To woolen clothes to please their owners a great appearance for many years and warmed in the winter cold, they need to be able to take care of. The rules of care for woolen things are very simple and simple. First, they must be stored correctly. For this, the wool products are folded neatly and stacked on shelves in small piles. At the bottom place heavier and voluminous things, and on top - lighter and smaller. In the cabinets, where they place woolen clothes, they spread the funds from moths. It is absolutely impossible to hang such items on hangers, they will stretch out and lose shape. Secondly, several times a year, woolen clothes must be shaken and taken out to dryness to fresh air, in order to remove from it possible dampness and foreign smells. Third, and most important, woolen things must be able to properly wash, dry and iron.
How correctly to wash woolen things?
Washing woolen things - a process, in general, uncomplicated. Its main motto is "not for long and carefully". You can add to this, and not often. The period from one scheduled wash to another can be 6-12 months. Of course, the best option for wool products is hand washing. However, modern machines that have the function of delicate washing, also successfully cope with this task. But in that, and in another case it is very important to follow the same rules.
- Temperature regime. Water when washing clothes made of wool should not exceed body temperature. The ideal temperature regime is equal to 25-30 degrees. And it is very important that it is observed for both washing and rinsing. Otherwise, the product will give a strong shrinkage or shedding.
- The more tender, the better. This means that when hand washing, the product can not be strongly rubbed, kneaded and twisted. And from the moment of soaking to the moment of sending the blouse to the drying should pass no more than 40-45 minutes. If the washing of woolen things is done in a typewriter, then it is necessary to select a mode for delicate materials and turn off the centrifuge. It will be much better and safer to squeeze the product by hand and without much effort.
- Use only special powder. Since woolen clothes must be washed with caution, then special requirements are imposed on the powders for this kind of clothing. They should work effectively in cold water and not contain in their composition aggressive substances for natural protein. This information can be read on the packaging. The most popular for today powders for woolen things are "Laska", "Aistenok", "Vorsinka", "Lip", as well as the Australian concentrate "Reflect Pure XL". For lack of any of the mentioned brands on the farm, you can with no less success use any hair shampoo.
- Rinse with softeners. To woolen things do not prick and do not fall, during rinsing in water you need to add emollients. For example, everyone knows the "Lenore". If white-colored clothes have acquired a yellowish tinge from time to time, then they can return their former appearance also during the rinse. To do this, 6 g of water dissolve 20 g of baking soda and several times immerse the yellowed thing there. Then soak it for 30 minutes in a solution of 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide and ammonia from the calculation of 3 grams of the first and 1 grams of the second per liter of water. Then rinse the thing thoroughly in cold running water. The second known way to whiten a wool thing is to use chalk. The weight of the product 500 g is taken 1 kg of crushed chalk and diluted in 3 liters of cold water. In this mixture, the thing is immersed for 15-20 minutes, periodically mixing the water.
Then the product is rinsed well and laid out for drying. But even in these cases, clothes will not turn into snow-white, because in nature there is no pure white wool.
Final touches
It remains only to talk about the rules of drying and ironing. Dry the wool clothes, spread it on the table or floor on a terry towel. That the product is not deformed, it is straightened and pins pinned to the matter on which it is dried. If the clothes are smooth, then after drying it can be lightly ironed through gauze in the "wool" mode. Relief things can not be ironed. Here such simple rules on leaving, washing and operation of woolen things. Observe them, and your clothes will please you for many years.