Winter is coming soon, which means it's time to prepare your fur items for the new season. Some girls immediately after the end of winter clean their fur products, and only after that they are sent to the closet. Some leave this case before the start of the season. In any case, so that the fur is well preserved and long served, you need to take care of it properly.
The conditions of our winter - fur, it is more a necessity than luxury. Natural fur is very whimsical, so fur coats and hats still better cleaned in the swoosh. But if, for some reason, you do not want to hand over the thing to the swindlers, you need to clean it yourself.
Before proceeding to cleaning, you need to find out if your fur coat needs it. This can be done with a hair dryer. Just point the cold air at the fur and see:
- if the villi easily and freely scatter, forming a dimple, which disappears after the supply of air, then the fur is clean;
- if the fur is stuck together, dull and when blowing the blower does not swell, then we have accumulated a lot of dust and dirt and it just needs cleaning.
Very recently, wood chips or powdered small bran were used for cleaning fur products. This method is still relevant today for home cleaning fur. In addition, it is completely safe and environmentally friendly. In order to clear the fur product, it must be spread on a flat surface, and then evenly sprinkle bran or sawdust and grind them well with a brush. After that, the sawdust or bran is brushed off with a brush. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated.
How to clear a light fur
White and light fur with time turns yellow and loses its attractiveness. Therefore, it is necessary to clean it much more often. Light mink fur coat or other white fur can be cleaned in several ways. However, it is best to clean it with the help of a mango cereal, potato starch or wheat flour. By the way, this is one of the best ways to clean a light fur at home.
To clean with these tools was more effective, the means must be pre-heated in a pan to 80 degrees. The most important thing is that the dish, starch or flour is not burned, otherwise there will be marks on the fur. If mehnachal yellow, then from yellowness can get rid of using hydrogen peroxide. For this it is necessary to wipe the fur with a 5% solution of hydrogen peroxide. The procedure must be repeated several times.
There is another way with which you can easily clean white fur. You need to take potato or cornstarch and mix it with gasoline. You should get a uniform consistency. This tool is recommended for use in small, heavily contaminated areas. It is very important that the gasoline is cleaned. Such a tool will easily clean the stain from the fat, greasy collar, a stain from the juice and the like. Apply the resulting cucumbers to a dirty place, gently rub it, and then use a brush to remove the gruel from the fur.
Gasoline is a specific smell, so a fur coat after cleaning should be hung on the barrel so that it is ventilated. It should be noted that gasoline not only thoroughly cleans fur products, but also extends their service life.
How to clean other fur products
Old Mechs can be cleaned with potato skins. Beforehand, they need to be thoroughly rinsed under water, and then passed through a meat grinder. In the resulting gruel it is necessary to add a little ammonia. Blend the mixture on a dirty place and rub it well with a brush, then rinse thoroughly and wipe the fur. After cleaning, the fur coat needs to be dried at room temperature on the hangers of the hanger.
To clean fur with a long pile, for example, a fur coat from a fox or Arctic Fox, it is necessary to use salt. Take the fine salt and sprinkle it with fur. Then walk on the fur coat with a brush. If the fur is very dirty, then prepare for cleaning such a solution - take three teaspoons of salt, dissolve them in a liter of water and add a teaspoon of ammonia. In the resulting solution, moisten the brush for cleaning clothes and gently walk along the fur coat. Allow the solution to dry.
To remove a greasy stain from a fur product, prepare such a solution of an alcoholic alcohol and salt: in half a liter dissolve one and a half tablespoons of salt and a teaspoon of ammonia. Moisten the sponge in the resulting solution and gently remove the stain from the coat.
If the noise is artificial, then it is easier to clean it. For this, it is necessary to prepare the gruel from the detergent powder. By the way, artificial fur does not suffer a simple washing. But before washing such a coat, it is necessary to turn the lining off.
How to make the fur not yellow and shiny?
The hooded product does not need to be cleaned. However, it loses its luster and becomes yellow. To restore the gloss to the fur product, it is necessary to comb it with a metal comb with frequent denticles. If there is no such a comb, then you can use another method. Prepare a solution of table vinegar and medical alcohol. Apply the solution with a sponge to the fur product.
To turn a fur coat shine, it should be carefully beat out. After that, on the surface of the bag, you need to walk with a brush for clothes soaked in gasoline (refined). To the white fur is not yellowed, it must be wiped immediately after the purchase of a solution of hydrogen peroxide. To prepare such a solution, add a table leg of hydrogen peroxide to a liter of water. Yellowed fur is cleaned with the same solution, only more concentrated. In order not to damage the fur, fur must be wiped only on top.
Toshuba had a beautiful and persistent luster, it is necessary to wipe the fur with a sponge or a tissue cloth moistened in acetic essence. The essence is very caustic, so you need to work only with rubber gloves. Also, you can return a glittering product with a walnut. To do this, take the kernels of walnuts and chop them, then wrap them in gauze and wipe them with fur on the nap. Orehovomaslo absorbed in the fur, and the fur will be shiny. The fur coat will look like a new long time. After that, the fur needs to be combed with a bristle for clothing with a bristle brush.
How to properly care for fur products
Not only dirty fur, but also improper care can spoil the look of your fur coat or other fur article. For example, a dried up leather base. To restore it, take the egg yolk, glycerin or petroleum jelly. Yolk mix with one tablespoon of Vaseline or glycerin and add there half a liter of warm water. With the resulting mixture, wipe the back of the fur base, then dry the product well.
If a coarse fur coarse fur coats, then this can also be easily corrected. Take two tablespoons of vinegar and dissolve them in a liter of water. Then moisten the medicated solution and gently stir it, stretch the fur in different directions. The procedure should be repeated several times every two to three hours. Then dry the coat and lubricate it with such an emulsion: take 100 g of castor oil, add to them 15 drops of ammonia and dilute all with a liter of warm water. Shubu fold with masdra to the skin, and hold it until it dries up (over a three- four hours). After this, hang a fur coat and dry it well.