Fabric Cleaning Tips

• Blotting or soaking a spill from the fabric right away is a smart move you can make, when at home. Avoid rubbing the spill. Rubbing can cause harm to the material and remove the dye.
• Make sure you bring your pieces of clothing for professional cleaning immediately after they get stained. Any stain left for a more extended period can become permanent. It can even harm the fabric.
• Keep your garments safe from lotions, perfumes, hair products, and antiperspirants. That’s because several of these solutions consist of alcohol, and they will harm some dyes. After being exposed to the cleaning processes, these hidden stains usually appear. It’s good to dress after applying perfume, hairspray, and so on.
• Excessive body perspiration for garments made out of different materials, especially silks, is deemed harmful. So, you must keep such clothes protected. Body salts can not only deteriorate fibres but cause dyes to lose colour. It’s good to rely on underarm shields, where possible.
• When you leave your clothing items exposed to direct sunlight for an extended time, it weakens fibres. Also, being exposed to direct sunlight will make certain areas of your garments paler. Avoid pressing blemished or soiled clothes, as the heat can set stains.
• When bringing your garments for a thorough cleaning, have all the stains shown to the customer service staff, and discuss concerns with them.
• Ensure that you get matching coordinates cleaned together. That way, colours will remain the same.
• Make sure you always stick to the manufacturers’ care labels in the inseam of your clothing items. They help you not only clean but preserve your clothes. If a fabric or garment stain is still wet, avoid rubbing it. If the stain is rubbed, it will spread and set in the fabric. If there’s excessive moisture, soak it up by cautiously blotting the garment with a paper towel or cotton towel.
• If you’re looking to get rid of water spots on fabrics, including silk or taffeta, passing steam (from a boiling kettle of water) through the piece of clothing is effective. Now, gently iron the fabric not using a high setting and the garment should be wet. Avoid trying this unless you are entirely sure the spot is nothing but water.
• Do your fabrics have a deodorant stain? Or, have they been exposed to deodorant lately without being washed? Whatever the reason, make sure you don’t iron them. Because doing so can cause your clothing item to have a permanent stain. Know that heat will set several stains, so it’s advisable to avoid unwashed ironing items of clothing.
• Never try to get rid of cosmetic stains by yourself. That’s because the oils and colours in cosmetics can cut in through fabric, which widens the stain. Hiring a professional for proper stain treatment is what you should think of.
• Avoid using hot water to eliminate egg stains, because it will set the stain. Always rely on cold water to wash out stains on washable garments. Know that white vinegar is not only the safest but softest bleach used for whitening and brightening natural fibres. Also, it does not cause harm to the environment.
• It’s good to use phosphate-free detergents and air-drying items than considering tumble-drying when getting rid of stains at home. Always think, “Green.” If you want to increase the life of your clothes, switch to more lukewarm water and air-drying.
• Are you removing stains at home? If so, be careful of the use of acetone, as several fibres will dissolve or deteriorate when they’re exposed to acetone.
• Did gum stick to your piece of clothing? Don’t fret! Consider using ice to harden the gum, so it becomes flimsy. Then, you can chip the gum off the garment. Make sure you wash the gum meticulously to get rid of residue and sugars.
• Know that perspiration can cause severe damage to your clothing items not only by weakening, but yellowing the fibres. Ensure that you absorb perspiration stains on washable pieces of clothing swiftly. Use a solution of warm water blended with white vinegar.
• Place the stained area between two paper towels or pieces of brown paper. That way, you will be able to remove the candle wax. Make sure to press the garment with a warm iron, because doing so will soak up the wax into the paper towels or brown paper.
• Ink stains are very harmful on several fabrics. They can cause severe damage to them. Avoid using home cleaning methods, such as hairspray. It will not eliminate pen ink but will spread the ink and set into the fabric, due to the oils and lanolin several hairsprays include. It’s good to allow a professional to treat the stain, especially those items that should only be dry-cleaned.
• Even though using a home dry-cleaning kit is a convenient method, most of the cleaning products available on the market work to your advantage. They help you breathe life into your garments and remove odours. However, they don’t seem very useful when it comes to removing different stain types, especially the oil-based ones. There are times when these products may permanently set into the fabric. Also, several of these products cannot remove ground -in soils. That’s why you should seek professional assistance when cleaning such garments, as it’s probably more safe and effective as well.