Proper hand washing of clothes
Fine clothing requires special care. Many of the beautiful items of clothing cannot be washed in the washing machine. You need proper hand washing. Read here how to do it right.
Fine clothing needs to be cared for
If you are wondering how to do your fine clothing there is a very simple answer to that.
- You will find the textile care symbol in almost every item of clothing. It says how to care for this garment. Pay close attention to this textile care symbol, because it tells you whether this item of laundry is washable at all or whether you have to send it to a dry cleaner. If in doubt, read what each Textile care symbols mean.
- If there is a round, empty circle on the symbol, it means that you have to take these clothes for professional cleaning.
- If you can clean the garment yourself, fine clothing is often properly hand washed.
If you act contrary to the textile care symbol, it can happen that your good clothing suffers and becomes unsightly or unsightly over time. breaks down.
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The right hand wash for fine clothing
Garments made of wool and silk should definitely only be hand washed. There are also clothes for Hand wash in question, which are strongly rubbing off. Because you would have to be alone in this anyway Washing machine to wash.
- You should not use heavy-duty or colored detergents for correct hand washing. Use special wool and mild detergents.
- When hand washing, use rubber gloves to protect your hands from the detergent.
- Make sure that the water you wash with is only lukewarm. Water that is too hot damages the fibers.
- Soak the delicate items of clothing only briefly.
- Do not rub or wring the delicate wool and silk clothing, just gently squeeze it out.
- Rinse the clothes well several times.
- Then wrap them in towels and let them pre-dry there.
- Afterwards, these clothes should only be dried lying down.
