If you know a little or do not know how to keep a mink coat in the summer, then this article is for you. And when you bought a new mink coat, you immediately get the idea how to store a mink fur coat?
Happiness from buying overwhelms you, but you should know that if stored incorrectly, it will not be possible to wear it in a year. First, inspect the fur coat, pay attention to the remains of dust, dirt, the presence of small holes, various damages on the fur coat. Along the street in winter you can grab a lot of dust and dirt, and as you know, a dirty coat is a tasty morsel.
- Before you hang it in the place where the fur coat will be stored, it needs to be shaken out well, and in the pockets it is mandatory to put a few bags with antimole. Drugs against moths need to be changed every 4 months.
- If you notice that the fur on the fur coat is a little flattened, gently comb it with a frequent comb, starting from the ends of the nap.
- It is necessary to pay attention to places that are subject to severe wear, such as: a collar, the tips of the sleeves, the edges of the fur coat. Before you hang it in the closet, you need to fasten all the buttons on it, pockets, clasps.
- To hang a mink fur coat it is necessary on wide shoulders, which should be under the size of a fur coat. And this can be explained by the fact that if the shoulders are wider than the shoulders of the fur coat, then the sleeves will be deformed after a long storage. If the shoulders are already the size of shoulders fur coats, there will be the same effect, but in the opposite direction, the shoulders will sag and this will lead to damage to the fur coat.
How to store mink coat in summer?
- If the fur coat is exposed to rain or snow, shake it well and hang it on the wide shoulders. Do not dry it by the battery and do not use a hairdryer, it should dry itself. A wet coat should not be combed.
- Try not to let the coat come into contact with other clothes. The fur needs to "breathe freely". In addition, it can become colored if nearby there are things that are shedding.
- Never wash or wet the mink coat. If it needs cleaning, take it to a professional dry cleaning.
- The fur coat needs to be ventilated. It can be hung out on a balcony in winter. Look, so that there are no birds, they poke it. After airing, the mink fur coat can be dried at room temperature and then removed back to the cabinet.
- To avoid deformation, do not wear badges and brooches, do not wear a scarf or shawl over the collar, or wear heavy bags on your shoulder. Because of these reasons, the pile falls out, and at this point the bald spots are formed.
- Such a fur coat should hang in a special case with impregnation of antimoly, and not in a plastic bag, it does not let in air, which harms the fur and skin.
- You can not spray the fur coat against moles. It is better to protect it with geranium, lavender, pepper, tobacco, orange peel. Moth does not like these smells.
- If the fur lining is crumpled, do not try to iron it with an iron, you can spoil both fur and skin.
- You can not dry a fur coat in the open sun, especially light colors, under the influence of the sun the fur assumes a yellow tinge.
- Do not apply perfume to the nap: cologne, perfume, toilet water. Take care not to get hair spray on the fur, use hair spray first, then wear a fur coat.
- Keep the fur coat in a special case, its color should be dark, and for light coats the case should be blue. If there is no special storage case, wrap the coat in a piece of dark-colored cloth. The mink fur likes cold temperature, the storage space for the fur coat should be cool.
- The fur coat should be hung in the closet so that sunlight does not penetrate it.
- It should be hung on wooden, not metal hangers.
- If the fur coat is wet, it can not be dried near a battery or stove. It must dry itself.
- The main enemy is a mole, and if you have it, carefully put a dry coat in a cellophane bag and leave it for a day in the freezer, the larvae of moths will perish.
How much will you wear a fur coat, depends largely on the conditions of its storage.