How To Care For Your Silk Fabrics

So you’ve bought some beautiful silk fabrics from us. Now what? The last thing you want to do is accidentally ruin the fabric. We've gathered some of the top tips for caring for your silk. Read on and learn how to make your clothes last and look beautiful.

General care: 

·         Always follow the instructions attached with silk items. 
·         Avoid direct contact with chemicals, e.g. perfumes, hair spray, etc.
·         If you spill something on your silk item, take it to the laundry, tell them what you spilled and they will solve the problem for you. Do not put water on the spotted area.

 

Tips for washing silk items:

Instructions for washing are often attached with silk items. Bring them to the dry cleaners if it is required. Otherwise, you can hand wash silk items in cold water with soft liquid soap and iron when they are still humid. Details are as follows:

·         Use a mild soap and cool or warm water. Shampoo is an alternative!
·         Several drops of lemon juice or vinegar in the rinse water can make your silk item shinier.
·         Wash separately silk items with different colors.
·         Handle gently silk items. Do not wring or twist. Roll silk items in a towel to remove moisture quickly.
·         Do not use pre-soak products or chlorine bleach.
·         Hang silk items away from strong sunlight until damp dry.

Iron silk items: 

·         Always iron silk items on the wrong side.
·         For both dry and steam iron, always iron at warm setting.
·         When iron on the right side for touch-up, use a press cloth.

Secrets of high quality silk: 

Every step in the production process has its own importance in leading to the final quality of silk garment.

·         Good silk items give a soft and smooth feeling.
·         Good silk items have a special shine and tend to change color tone when exposed to the light.
·         Good silk items are tightly woven texture. The surface resists the dirt.
·         Good silk items adapt well to various climate conditions.