The luxury and shining purity of white fur is an additional temptation when buying a fur garment. The whiteness of new things fascinates. Look at yourself in the mirror: in them you look younger and more attractive. But, alas! The charm of white fur with time disappears due to the appearance of an ugly yellowish hue. And before you the question arises, how to whiten the yellowed fur?
Solutions to the problem
You can turn to a dry cleaner. But not all enterprises of this profile take this job, they give a guarantee of quality, and% wear of the product is high. Yes, and the payment of such services requires money. And, with such technologies specialized dry cleaners work in megacities, and white fur products are not only there.
You can try to whiten your favorite thing from white fur. Beforehand, shake out the products to remove dust . When working indoors, spread a thing on a wet sheet with fur down and lightly beat. Dry it.
It is better to start whitening with a dough on a small, inconspicuous area, preferably on the wrong side.
Whitening fur with powdery and fine-grained materials
Materials (sorbents) are chalk, semolina, potato starch, bran, small wood sawdust. Do not use sawdust from coniferous wood because of the resin in their composition.
We scatter the selected material on the surface of the fur, carefully rub it into the villi, the substances absorb the dirt, then we shake off everything and comb the remains with a brush. You may need to repeat the operation more than once.
To enhance the effect, potato starch can be brought to the state of gruel with purified gasoline, it is better than aviation (it does not have its own yellowish shade). Wet the wet mixture in the fur, leave to dry and then brush out with a brush. If there is no gasoline, then you can use an aqueous solution of detergent for wool or shampoo for animals. In this case, spray the solution from the spray gun onto the sorbent scattered over the fur beforehand, carefully rub it, let dry and comb the fur.
If you chose wheat bran or a mixture of them with rye in a ratio of 1: 1, then they must be heated to a temperature of approximately 60 degrees C. This can be done in a pan, constantly mixing the bran. Hot bran to put on fur, rub, wait until it cools, then shake the product well. Bran can be purchased at a supermarket or at a pharmacy.
Whitening with hydrogen peroxide
To prepare the solution, take a glass of water at room temperature, add 1 teaspoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide and 5-6 drops of ammonia. Peroxide and alcohol can be purchased at the pharmacy. With this solution, using a wrung sponge, we moisten the villi, trying to protect the skin from getting wet. The product is dried, preferably in the sun (UV rays will serve as a catalyst for the process). Sometimes a solution with a higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide (1: 1) is used. Increase the concentration is better to use, if you have a problem, how to whiten the yellowed fox fur.
And how do the housewives of expensive things come from the white mink? Women like this fur. But two or three season socks ... and the product has a yellowish tinge, hard to remove. How to whiten the fur of a white mink? In this case, it is better to work with peroxide solutions.
How to whiten rabbit fur?
A solution prepared from 5-6 drops of ammonia and 1 tbsp. l. table salt on a glass of water can be cleaned by the hair covering of rabbit fur.
How to whiten artificial white fur?
For bleaching artificial fur, use the recommended recipes. And you can prepare a solution of glycerin and water in a ratio of 1: 1 and they clean the fur product. Things made of artificial fur on a synthetic basis will withstand hand washing. Then they must be carefully spread, dried and combed. The cotton base can shrink, and this will lead to deformation of the product.
Products made of natural fur are made from long-tailed or short-haired fur. Owners, perhaps, will have an additional question about the features in whitening different furs. To whiten and clean all these furs, you can use the recipes recommended in the article. But it must be remembered that when working with white long-bellied fur, the surface is treated on a pile, and on a fur product with a short pile - against a pile.