How to properly wash the tulle

Housewives do not often think about how to wash curtains because their fabric is quite dense, although there are many tricks that will extend their presentation. Here. tulle - the question is more complicated, because fragile fabric during intensive washing can be damaged. Tulle tissue requires careful care. Especially if it's expensive and you don't plan on changing the curtains next year.



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Thin tulle Heavy satin curtains require different, but always careful care. Editorial "Site" It will tell you how to keep tulles and curtains clean and beautiful with minimal time and nerves.

How to Wash Tulle Curtains
  1. Soak the tulle in warm water at a temperature of 35-40 degrees, adding about half a kilogram of salt to the water. It will soften the water and eat all the yellowness and dirt. You will be surprised how dark the water will become. Leave the tulle soak for 1-1.5 hours.



  2. Rinse the tulle in slightly warm water. Remember: for thin white fabrics can not use hot water, because it leads to yellowness.
  3. Pour again into a bowl of warm water and add whitening powder. Wash the tulle, rinse, but don't wring. Again pour clean warm water and add vinegar, at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. per liter of water. This is necessary in order for the tulle to be radiant and shimmer from the light.



  4. Then pour new water of the same temperature, add blues to the water so that the water is light blue. Tulle will become super snow-white from this procedure!



This wash is perfect for an old tulle, which has already managed to turn yellow and gray from the sun or previous washing. But if it is relatively new, then after the first item you can send it to the washing machine. Just be sure to place it in a special wash bag or white pillowcase so as not to damage.

Set the mode of delicate washing without pressing at a temperature of no more than 30 degrees. After washing, the tulle must be shaken (do not press!) and hung on the eave to dry. So it won't have any creases on it.



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Synthetic and cotton curtains Such curtains can be easily washed in a washing machine. Just follow the temperature indications on the label and do not turn on the spin mode. It is better to iron the curtains wet, and dry them when you have already hung them. You need to hang them without folding, away from direct sunlight.





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Porters of velvet and tapestries Such curtains are better to hand over to dry cleaning. At home, velvet can be cleaned with a soft wet cloth. Portraits made of tapestry can be vacuumed and wiped with a wet cloth of soft fabric.



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It is easiest to hand over tulles and curtains to dry cleaning, but it is quite expensive. Therefore, follow the above instructions that will give cleanliness and freshness to curtains at home. Curtains on the windows make the interior of the room lighter, airy and cozy, so do not neglect their cleanliness.

We also told you how to hang the tulle beautifully.

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