Useful Tips: How to Properly Clean Velvet Clothes

Squeezing and twisting velvet is highly discouraged. Rubbing against each other or just a rough washcloth is also impossible.

Use only a mild detergent that should have a gel-like consistency. That is, no powder materials.

Velvet washing

These items should only be washed by hand. Machine wash, even the most delicate, is not recommended for velvet products.

Choose a cool water temperature for washing, no more than thirty degrees. It is better to take a liquid detergent for delicate items, you can also use baby shampoo.

Washable velvet is washed in soapy water.

It cannot be rubbed or twisted. The product is wrapped in a dry cloth and slightly twisted, thereby removing excess moisture. Then spread on the surface face up and dry at room temperature.

How to remove scuff marks on velvet

To do this, just hold your velvet garment pile down on a bowl of hot water. The steam will easily straighten all the scuffs and deformed places, as well as refresh the color of the fabric. You can also iron velvet products with a feather pillow.

How to get rid of creases in velvet

To smooth out and completely remove wrinkled folds on velvet, it is necessary to use the compress technique.

To do this, a blanket is laid out on a large area (usually on a table) to keep the heat in several layers.

Then a cotton sheet is soaked in clean hot water and spread over the blanket.

How to iron velvet

Velvet is ironed only from the wrong side.

For better protection from the effects of temperature and to obtain a result, the velvet is ironed through a damp cloth.

One end of the product is fixed with a heavy object, and the other is held by hand to smooth out all the wrinkles.
 

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• 6 September 2023

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