Silk garments and accessories always have a luxury position in your wardrobe. By knowing the right way to clean, dry, press, and store silk, you can give your silk garments with a prolonged life. Here are general tips for silk care including cleaning, drying, pressing, and storing silk.

Silk Cleaning

Three ways you can try are hand wash, machine wash, and dry clean.

Hand wash is recommended for almost all silk products with current weaving technology. Hand wash is recommended with an important advantage: it will refresh and rejuvenate the silk fabric with warm water washing. The following rules you should remember during the hand wash: use warm water and mild, non-alkaline soap or good shampoo; completely rinse with clean water added a few tablespoon white vinegar or a few drops of hair conditioner for extra silky feel; Soaking time is never longer than a few minutes; No harsh detergents that contain bleaches or brighteners.

Machine wash is feasible with new model washing machines, such as LG, Bosch. You can use silk setting at a temperature of no more than 86°F (30°C) and selected detergents that contain no enzymes and brighteners. Using a mesh bag and separating colors are highly recommended.

Dry clean is the last resort if necessary. But you should let dry cleaner know that it is silk and make sure that they know how to clean silk.

Drying Tips

Even if you machine wash, never use a machine dryer to dry any silk. Water can be pressed out by rolling the silk item up in the towel. Never wring or twist silk. When most of the water is out, silk garments or accessories are best to hung to dry. Some silk, such as bourette, should be dried on a flat surface. Avoid strong and direct sunlight.

Pressing

Always high temperature can make damage to your silk. If necessary, Iron the silk while damp using Silk setting on the iron. Most wrinkles in silk can be removed by hanging in the bathroom during a shower.

Storage

For long term storage, keep the silk away from sunlight, dust without plastic package.