Borax soak or vinegar soak
Suitable for: wool, cashmere
Method.
1, pour warm water into the sink or basin, add 2 spoons of borax per liter of water, or 500ml of white vinegar per liter of water.
2, mixed well, soak wool clothing in water for at least 25 minutes. If the clothing shrinkage is serious, soak when you can gently pull the clothing.
3, 25 minutes after the clothing will be taken out and wrung out, and will be laid flat on the towel, rolled into a ball, and then wrung out. After that, let the clothes stay in the towel for about 10 minutes.
4, take out the clothes, lay flat to dry can be, do not like the smell of vinegar can be used to wash things by hand with cold water, and then hang to dry.
Baby shampoo or conditioner
Applicable: Knitted, cotton, wool, cashmere and almost all clothing materials
Principle: Baby shampoo and conditioner can loosen the fibers in shrunken clothing, making it easier to stretch the fibers, so they can be restored to their original state. However, when stretching clothes must be accurately measured, do not stretch too much to cause clothing deformation.
Method.
1, first pour 1 liter of warm water into the sink or basin, then pour 15 ml of baby shampoo into the water, you can add warm water and shampoo as appropriate in this ratio.
2, after mixing the warm water and shampoo, soak the shrunken clothes in the water to ensure complete immersion for about 30 minutes.
3, fish out the clothes, no need to rinse and wring directly, then lay the clothes flat on the towel and roll it up.
4, the towel with the clothes inside inside again wrung out, and keep it for ten minutes.
5, and finally go out of the clothes, torn flat, hanging to dry.
Cardboard fixed plus steam ironing
Applicable: Knitting, cotton
Method.
1, with thick cardboard (appliance packaging box cardboard) cut into the original sweater size and shape, the cutout is best sandpaper polished, so as not to hook bad sweater.
2, the sweater set on the cardboard, the foot with more than a few clothespins fixed.
3, and then use the iron in various parts of the sweater repeatedly steam ironing, to be completely cooled to take off.
Steamer steam plus cardboard fixed
Applicable: Knitting, cotton, wool
Method.
1、First, add shampoo shampoo to the sweater with water at about 30 degrees Celsius, wash it well, wrap it with cloth and dehydrate it.
2, in the steamer add an appropriate amount of water and boil, fold the clean sweater into the steamer, steam for about 10 minutes and then cease, take out the sweater;
3、Cut a piece of thick cardboard (including two sleeves) of the same size as the original sweater, and it is best to put adhesive strips on the cutouts to avoid scratching the clothes, then put the sweater on the thick cardboard, pull the corners, collar and cuffs into the size of thick cardboard, and fix it with a large head pin or clip, and stretch individual parts by hand.
4、Take off the cardboard after it is completely cooled, and spread the sweater flat to dry. Note that before stretching, you should have a good idea of the total length of the sweater and the ratio of the length of each part, so you can’t stretch too much at once. Use a ruler to measure the total length after all the stretches are finished, and repeat the process if the length is not enough.
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