How to clean a drape coat at home without washing?

Draped coat is a beautiful and warm demi-season clothing that requires careful socks and regular care. Drap is a heavy two-layer fabric that is not recommended to be washed in a washing machine. In order for the product to last for a long time and not lose its original appearance, you need to use chemical treatment or independent delicate cleaning at home.

Types of self-treatment There are two ways to clean a draped coat - dry and wet. How exactly to clean depends on the degree of contamination of the product, the time available for the procedure, and the availability of the necessary funds.

It involves quick cleaning of the product without moisture and the need to use additional time to dry things. For this procedure, you will need a coat hanger, a brush, rye bread, a clothes roll, rubber gloves, Vanish handwash and soda. Before you start cleaning, you need to place a coat on the shoulders and inspect the product to determine the most contaminated areas.

For moderate soiling, cleaning can be done as follows:

1. It is required to take dry laundry detergent for woolen products, for example, “Weasel”, and evenly sprinkle a coat previously laid out on a table on it.
2. Then you need to put on gloves and gently rub the product on the surface of the product.
3. Leave the coat in this form for one hour, then remove the powder with an elastic brush or slightly moistened sponge.

When cleaning light, including white models, it is better to use as a powder Vanish, it delicately cleans the surface and leaves no residue. Instead of powder, soda is allowed, which can only be removed with a dry brush.

The dry type of cleaning can also include foam treatment. For its implementation it is necessary:

1. Take any carpet cleaner, dilute it in water and foam well.
2. Apply foam to the coat, preventing moisture from the material, and leave to dry completely.
3. Then use a brush to remove any residues.

Dry cleaning of the drape can be carried out at home using bread crumb or sawdust. For processing, it is better to use varieties of rye bread: it rolls well into balls and adsorbs dirt. You need to crumble the bread crumb on the coat, and then start rolling it. When using sawdust, it is necessary to evenly sprinkle them on the decomposed product, cover with gauze and through it begin to roll out the sawdust with a clothes roller.

It is more labor intensive and requires more time:

1. For processing, solutions of detergents for washing wool, laundry soap, funds for suede and balsam-rinse aid are used.
2. They must be dissolved in warm water and applied to a contaminated surface with a rag.
3. With light movements, you need to rub the solution into the material, and then leave for half an hour.
4. Then rinse the cloth with warm water and pat dry with a dry cloth.

In order to prepare a liquid product from household soap, you need to grind it on a coarse grater and grind it with a blender with a small amount of hot water. After obtaining a homogeneous composition and cooling the liquid to 30 degrees, you can start cleaning.

Dark and black items can be cleaned with black tea. To do this, you need to brew leaf tea, moisten a sponge in it and treat the contaminated areas. After 40 minutes, you need to rinse the tea leaves with running water and pat dry with a dry cloth.

Severe dirt can also be removed at home. If the collar, pockets and cuffs are very greasy, it is necessary to prepare a mixture of salt and ammonia in a ratio of 1: 4. Then you need to moisten the sponge in this solution and wipe the shiny areas. Instead of salt, you can use vinegar taken in equal parts with alcohol.

Stains can be removed with a rinse conditioner:

1. In this case, dilution with water is not required - a concentrated solution is used.
2. Using microfiber soaked in balsam, you need to wipe the stain, and then remove the solution with a wet towel.
3. When stains are removed, cleaning should be done from the edge of the dirt to its center, placing a dense fabric under the stain from the inside of the product.

When removing greasy stains, the treatment is performed from the wrong side of the product:

1. To do this, you can use talcum powder or starch, abundantly pouring a stain on them and leaving for several hours.
2. Hydrogen peroxide and refined gasoline also do great work on fat.To remove stains with their help, you need to put a cloth dipped in gasoline or peroxide under the dirt, and a clean and dry cloth on top of the stain.
3. A freshly planted grease stain will easily disappear if you put a paper towel on top and iron it with an iron.

Old dirt is removed according to the following algorithm:

1. If the pollution is old and dried, then before proceeding with its removal, you need to hold it over the steam.
2. To remove stubborn stains, you need to mix half a glass of water, 4 tablespoons of dishwashing detergent and a teaspoon of ammonia. The mixture is applied to the stain and left for half an hour, after which it is thoroughly washed off with water and wiped dry with a cloth.
3. After treatment with cleaning compounds, immediately rinse the fabric with running water and pat it dry with a cloth.

It is recommended to dry the draped coats in a straightened and unbuttoned form, using the shoulders. The room must be dry and ventilated. To reduce drying time, wipe the fabric thoroughly with dry cloths or a towel.

You need to iron the drape coat iron with vertical steam function. You can use the ironing board only if the product is ironed from the wrong side. Facing surface smoothing can be carried out in extreme cases and only using wet gauze.

Cleaning a drape coat at home is straightforward and helps to maintain a decent appearance for a long time. Wet processing must be carried out every time at the end of the season, and the dry method can be used several times a month if necessary. The advantage of home cleaning is a more gentle effect on the material compared to the treatment with strong chemicals. This preserves the structure of the fibers of the fabric and helps to increase the life of the product.

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