How to clean any coats at home

For detailed instructions on how to refresh and clean the coat of various types of wool, suede, leather, polyester and even neoprene. There is simply no chance of dirt!

Begin with a tour of the product. Define scope of work: you just have to dust and lint, or have a lot of laundry. Explore label, Find out what material is made coat. If the composition is mixed, based on the presence of natural fibers. Synthetic additives improve the fabric and make it easier to care for her, and the materials of vegetable and animal origin are more demanding cleaning.

Pay attention to the manufacturer's advice: what temperature the water should be, whether the use of a washing machine is possible as iron and drying the product. Do not neglect the information. Proper care will increase the life of your coat and retain its original appearance.

When is it better to go to the dry cleaners

• When the label clearly states this need.
• If you are lucky enough to own the white coat: any manipulation can only stain the product or make the color dim.
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• If the coat found a spot of engine oil or fuel oil: it is difficult to deduce, there is great risk to spoil clothes.
• If your leather coat have grease stains: solvents will damage the integrity of the skin color, and degreasers violate its protective film.
• If the stains do not get to bring your own.
• If you are not confident in their abilities, or you dearly product.

How to clean the coat made of natural fabrics

of thick cloth coat

Drape - a heavy thick woolen cloth that does not shed, not wrinkled, and not burn out. Because of the natural wool products are afraid of hot water (they can be reduced in size), we will clean the coat of thick cloth dry methods as much as possible.

• To remove dust, brush the rough walk in the direction of the nap.
• To cope with the dust and help rye bread: spread a coat on the floor and on top of crumb crumble. Then rolled crumbs across the surface of the fabric to form beads. Remains crumbs whisk brush (do not whisk, if you want to become a favorite of the local pigeons).
• Stains on the outer clothing, try to wash without washing. Dissolve in a little water, a mild detergent and soak this contaminated liquid in the drape. Wait 5-10 minutes and wipe with a wet coat of sponge to remove soap particles.
• In an extreme case, you can also try to wash coat, but preferably manually in lukewarm water (not more than 30 ° C).
• After all the procedures necessary bath drape properly dried. Hang it on a hanger in a well-ventilated area. Give a coat time to dry completely, so it does not lose its shape.

tweed coat

Tweed - a flexible wool fabric with a small pile. He does not get dirty, hardly wrinkled and worn long.

• To remove dust, vacuum clean the coat.
• If tweed dirty, dry spot, and then whisk the dirt with a brush. That may be enough.
• If the dirt is ingrained in the fabric, do the same as with drapes: moisten pollution, soapy water, and then comb through wet brush.
• Tweed coat is highly undesirable to erase. If necessary, do not use the washing machine and do not leave the fabric for a long time in the water. Wash and rinse manually in warm tweed (not more than 30 ° C) water.
• Correctly dry coat: on the horizontal surface between the two towels to avoid deformation.
• Iron tweed need from the wrong side, paving between the fabric and iron a damp cloth.

Cashmere coat

Cashmere - is an air undercoat, combed with barrels of fluffy mountain goats. It is very soft and delicate material that is sensitive to external influences. Because contact with him we are extremely courteous.

• To remove a coat of dust, wipe it with a damp cloth.
• Grease stains soak a small amount of refined gasoline, and on top sprinkle talcum powder. After drying, the remains whisk broom. repeat the process again if necessary.
• To remove perspiration stains, prepare the wool, soap and ammonia. First wipe contamination pad soaked with soapy water, then the swab with ammonia, and after a damp cloth.
• To remove the stain, the origin of which you can not identify, mix glycerin and ammonia in equal proportions and rub this mixture blurred spot several times. Then remove any liquid residues with a damp cloth.
• Carefully read the label: some kinds of cashmere can not be washed in the machine.
• If your coat can be washed (when necessary), select the delicate cycle without spinning, the water temperature no higher than 30 ° C and liquid detergents. Remember, cashmere can not be rubbed or twisted, or lose form.
• To properly dry cashmere, gently squeeze his hands after washing and lay spread out on a towel on a flat surface away from heat and direct sunlight. Do not dry the coat hanger so that it is not stretched.
• If you want to pat cashmere, do so only with the help of steam, without touching the surface iron tissue.

Coat of other types of wool

If you realize that your coat is made of fluff of some animals, but do not understand what it is, follow the general guidelines for the care of woolen products. Before using any purification method, test it on a small inconspicuous area of ​​clothing.

• Clean of dust and fine villus dry soft brush or roller with adhesive tape.
• To add luster to the product a dark color, wipe it with a cotton swab dipped in strong black tea.
• Zatortye places on the collar or sleeves may be treated with a mixture of ammonia and salts in a ratio of 1: 4. She rubbed the problem areas, and the remnants of scrub brush.
• Any scrub stains from the edges to the center: so the coat will not divorce.
• Remove grease stains on the inside of the product with a cotton swab moistened with purified gasoline. From the outside the place on the spot attach a piece of clean cloth. When the contamination disappears, wipe everything with a damp cloth.
• Stains from alcohol withdrawal vinegar and alcohol. Mix in equal proportions of liquid, soak a cotton swab with a solution and wipe the dirt.
• Other stains can be removed with soap solution with sal ammoniac. To 100 ml of warm water, add a tablespoon of liquid soap and ammonia. Soak a cotton swab with a solution and treat them dirt. After remove the soap residue with a damp cloth. For the prevention of conduct this procedure regularly.
• If the coat can be washed (the inscription on this have on the label), do it by hand in water not hot 30 ° C, so that the product is not a village. Preferably with special detergent for wool. Do not remove or rub the coat, so as not to appear wrinkles.
• Dry all items horizontally, paving the towels to absorb moisture. If a natural coat hanger to hang on, it may stretch due to its own weight, so it is better not to risk it.

Leather coat

Leather - durable and flexible material. It is versatile and durable. Leather coat is not just a little spoiled and comfortable to wear, but do not go out of fashion.

• To clean the skin from the dust, wipe it with a damp cloth.
• Light will remove the dirt and scurf solution of ammonia in soapy water (enough 1-2 table spoons of alcohol and soap glass of water). Wipe coat with a sponge soaked in the resulting liquid, and after - a clean, damp cloth to remove any soap residue. This is useful to clean regularly to enhance the appearance of the leather products.
• Greasy places on the collar sleeves and rubbed with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, then lemon juice, and after glycerol solution.
• salt stains on the coat, wipe vinegar: it wash away traces of salt and give the skin a glow.
• Leather coat can not be soaked in water for a long time, but often requires washing lining products. Remove the coat inside out, wet and lather lining in the appropriate places. Faded patches manually and rinse the fabric, using a minimal amount of water. You can simply remove the soap with a damp cloth.
• Upon completion wash hang a coat on a hanger and leave it to dry completely. Do not wear wet leather things: they can stretch.

suede coat

Suede - is soft and velvety tanned leather, durable and pleasant to the touch. Despite the apparent difficulty of care, suede can be cleaned and at home.

• Dust with a coat clean with a cotton swab with ammonia. Clean the product in the direction of the nap.
• To get rid of shiny and greasy stains places in 100 ml of milk tea dilute soda spoons. Apply the solution to coat a few minutes, and then treat the brush, it is desirable for special suede.
• Also from fatty spots will starch: sprinkle their problem areas, and in a couple of hours whisk broom.
• Stains on suede erase a crust of bread or a school eraser.
• Wrinkles can be removed by holding coat over the steam, and then straightened on a table or shoulders.
• Suede can be rinsed in 3o-degree soapy water, then rinsed in clean water. Do not soak the coat, do not rub and do not remove it for washing. To suede not callous, I rub it with a solution of glycerin (½ teaspoon per gallon of water).
• Properly dry the product on the coat lay on a flat surface, wipe dry with a towel and leave to dry completely.
• If rumpled coat, stroking it can only be on the wrong side at the minimum temperature.

Incidentally, faux suede is different from the kind that it can not be washed. To clean such coat, whisk water with any mild detergent to foam and apply it on the spot. Wait a couple of minutes, if necessary rub with a sponge, and then remove the soap residue with a tissue or cloth.

How to clean the coat of synthetic fabric

Coat of polyester

Polyester - a special kind of synthetic fabric that is produced from polyester fibers. He is a little wrinkled, retains its shape and is easily erased.

• Dust can be removed with a brush or simply by shaking thoroughly coat.
• To remove stains using remover (pre-check response to the small area of ​​tissue).
• Difficult stains treat table salt: sprinkle dirt, and after half an hour rinse with soapy water.
• The most stubborn stains, remove with a 10 percent borax solution: put it on the coat, then wipe the dirt with lemon juice, and then remove any excess with a damp cloth.
• Manually coat can be washed in hot water is not 30 ° C, without twisting or crushing the fabric.
• In the washing machine wash polyester mild detergent. Choose delicate mode or for synthetics.
• Polyester Do not wash in hot water and do not use bleach: it will damage the fabric.

Neoprene coat

Neoprene - an artificial foam rubber covered on both sides with a cloth. On the neoprene not stay no water, no stains, do not breed bacteria. He is not wrinkled and abraded.

• Do you get it dirty? Hesitate drop coat in a washing machine: delicate cycle, the temperature is not above 30 ° C, soft powder. Wash have twice: first outer surface, then the underside.
• Dry coat well on both sides, avoiding direct sunlight. Periodically unscrew it inside out and vice versa.
• All your coat neoprene ready. Remember: these nonbreathers products not recommended to wear longer than 2-3 hours a day.

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