The reason why woolen overcoats shrink after washing is mainly because of woolen fibers. Wool has a layer of scales on its surface, just like fish scales. Wool fibers will entangle with each other when rubbing or rubbing, and this entanglement will be aggravated by increasing the temperature or under alkaline conditions. This reaction is called wool fiber shrinkage.
Skills and methods of washable woolen overcoats 1. Before hand washing woolen coat, remember to soak it in cold water for about 5 minutes (cooling and setting).
2. Prepare a pot of warm water with a temperature of about 35 degrees, pour in a little neutral detergent (ordinary alkaline washing powder will destroy wool fibers, mainly laundry detergent here), or add a little vinegar (to make the wool fabric bright in color and soft and shiny in texture) and salt (to fix color and prevent shrinkage) for later use.
3. Soak the woolen coat soaked in cold water in warm detergent water for about 5 minutes.
4. After the soaking is finished, the next step is to clean the woolen coat. Take a small amount of detergent and gently rub it (or use soft cotton) in dirty places such as neckline and cuffs, and then gently clean the whole dress.
5. After washing the woolen coat, it is the rinsing work. When rinsing, rinse with clear water for three times until the detergent is rinsed clean (be careful not to wring it out hard,
You can pinch it gently)
6. Dry the rinsed wool coat. In order to prevent shrinkage, you can choose to dry it flat first, and then hang it for drying (be careful not to expose it to the sun).
How to remedy the shrinkage of woolen coat? What to do about the shrinkage and deformation of woolen coat: steam ironing method
The shrunk woolen coat should be heated with a steam iron first, and then the shrunk place should be gently pulled with both hands while it is hot until it is restored to its original state. In order to ensure the uniform stretching of woolen fibers, woolen coats can be stretched by local heating. Wool fiber can't be stretched much at a time, so it needs to be heated and stretched repeatedly. (It's best to heat and cool the camera after it's all finished. )
What to do about the shrinkage and deformation of woolen coat: plastic enlargement of cardboard
Cut the cardboard into the size and shape of tweed coat, and polish the incision with sandpaper. Put the woolen coat on the cardboard and fix the bottom with several hangers. Then use a steam iron to steam iron all parts of the sweater repeatedly, and then take it off after it is completely cooled.
What should I do if my woolen coat shrinks? Send it to the dry cleaner.
Take the woolen coat to the dry cleaner, dry clean it first, then find a special shelf of the same model as the clothes, hang the woolen coat, and after high temperature steam treatment, the clothes can be restored to their original appearance.
Washing skills of non-shrink sweaters 1. The water temperature is preferably around 35 degrees. When washing, gently squeeze it with your hands, and do not rub, knead or twist it with your hands. Never wash the washing machine.
2. Try to use neutral detergent. As usual, the ratio of water to detergent is 100: 3.
3. When rinsing, slowly add cold water to cool the water to room temperature, and then rinse clean.
4. After washing, squeeze out the water by hand, and then wrap it in a dry cloth and press it. You can also operate the centrifugal dehydrator. Pay attention to wrap the sweater with cloth before putting it into the dehydrator; You can't dehydrate for too long, you can only dehydrate for 2 minutes at most.