Woolen clothes are one of the necessities in winter. They are not only very warm but also very beautiful. Woolen clothes need dry cleaning, but it’s not cost-effective to send them to dry cleaners. Can you wash them at home? How to buy woolen clothes?
What is a wool coat?
Wool clothing is a kind of high-grade fiber clothing with wool as the main material. Wool is an important raw material in textile industry. It has the advantages of good elasticity, strong moisture absorption and good warmth retention. However, due to the high price, it is not used much for the production of nonwovens. Nonwovens produced with good wool are limited to some high-grade industrial fabrics such as needle punched blankets and high-grade needle punched blankets. Generally, short wool and coarse wool in wool processing are used to produce cushion cloth of carpet, sandwich layer of needle punched carpet, thermal insulation materials and other products through acupuncture, sewing and other methods. This kind of wool has different lengths, high impurity content, poor spinnability and difficult processing. The products can be chemically treated to improve the quality. Wool textiles are famous for their luxurious, elegant and comfortable natural style, especially cashmere, which is known as “soft gold”.
Precautions when purchasing wool clothes:
1. See the composition of the fabric clearly;
2. Most clothes have ingredient labels. We try to choose clothes with high wool content, which has high warmth retention, is not easy to pilling, and has good gloss;
3. High quality wool products with high wool composition will feel soft, close to the skin, thick and clear lines;
4. Try rubbing down the fabric with your hand to see if there are small balls. Generally, the pilling fabric will not be good wool, so you must not buy this kind of fabric.
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Cleaning method of 100% wool clothes:
1. If you wash with water, be sure to use cold water instead of hot and warm water; If you use machine washing, but do not dry it. It is recommended to use neutral detergent to clean pure wool fabric.
2. After washing, wring the water by hand and put it on the dry cloth (dry sheets can also be used). Lay it well without folding. Keep it still on the dry cloth for 2 to 3 days.
3. Hang the 60% dry wool clothes on the clothes hanger and use two or three supports to cool it horizontally, so it is not easy to deform it.
Precautions when cleaning wool clothes:
1. It is not alkali resistant. If it is washed with water, it is better to use neutral detergent without enzyme, and it is best to use wool special detergent. If you use a washing machine to wash, you should use a drum washing machine and choose a soft program. Such as hand washing, it is best to gently rub and wash, and do not use a washboard to rub and wash;
2. Wool fabrics will shrink and deform in an aqueous solution above 30 degrees. Gu Yi should soak them in cold water for a short time, and the washing temperature should not exceed 40 degrees. Knead and wash them gently, and do not rub them vigorously. Be sure to use the laundry bag when washing the machine, and select the light gear. Dark colors are generally easy to fade.
3. Use extrusion washing, avoid twisting, squeeze to remove water, spread flat and dry in the shade or hang in half in the shade; Wet shaping or semi dry shaping can remove wrinkles and do not expose to the sun;
4. Use a softener to maintain a soft feel and antistatic.
5. Do not use chlorine containing bleaching solution, but use oxygen containing color bleaching.
Precautions for storing woolen clothes:
1. Avoid contact with sharp and rough objects and strongly alkaline objects;
2. Choose a cool and ventilated place to cool and dry before collection;
3. During the collection period, open the cabinet regularly, ventilate and keep dry;
4. In hot and humid seasons, it should be dried several times to prevent mildew.