How to wash tulle: useful tips

If curtains are an interior registration of a window, first of all. And in the second, it already aims to protect against the penetration of sunlight. That tulle is often a substitute for or an additional interior element. Initially, a translucent fabric was used precisely to be able to hide behind it. Many believe that without it, you can do. But if you use it, you need to monitor its purity. Therefore, the question of how to wash tulle - is important for hostesses!

The fabrics used for its production are very delicate in use. They are less strong than curtains. A tulle fabric, often separated from the weave of cotton and silk threads, interspersed with various additions to create a pattern. The corporal, and more often the pure white color of the canvas, is subject to ingress of dust, splashes and other variants of its pollution. But the complexity of washing delicate fabric is the need for careful treatment of washing technique, as well as its temperature.

How to wash the tulle: options

Options, as usual, two.

Using a washing machine

The possibility of delicate washing today is present in all types of washing machines. The main is the selection of temperature. It depends on the tulle fabric.

• Cotton fabric is quite washable at a temperature of from 40 to 60 degrees.
• Silk, satin, nylon fabric or veil, organza - no more than 30 degrees.
• The number of revolutions for delicate fabrics is set to no more than 400 revolutions per minute.

Before laying in the machine, it is necessary to remove all solid dirt and dust.

Important! If you are afraid for the safety of the type of tulle - use a special device - a bag for washing delicate items.

Important! For these types of fabrics use gel types of detergents, and not powder, which can damage it.

Hand wash tulle

Hand washing is quite time consuming and laborious, but many hostesses resort to it. It will be right and how to wash the tulle by hand, decides each housewife individually, based on the material, the available means and possibilities.

The process consists of the following steps:

1. Similar to washing the tulle in a washing machine, the tulle removed from the eaves must be gently shaken off the dust that has accumulated on it and other solid dirt.
2. It is necessary to pre-soak the tulle in water corresponding to the type of fabric for 30 to 60 minutes. This will allow to partially get rid of dirty places and, at a minimum, dilute them.

   Many stains can be with the help of ordinary soap

3. Directly washing is done with gentle movements in order not to damage the canvas.
4. Spin produced easy.It is better to straighten the canvas, in a hanging position, on the bar of the dryer and let the water flow. You can use for this eaves, on which she hung. This will allow the fabric not to iron - which is not recommended!

Important! Do not wash the tulle cloths more often four times a year! For cleaning, you can use a conventional vacuum cleaner.

Additional Information. If after washing the fabric has shrunk, it has turned out folds, it is recommended to rinse it in a solution of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide. Ingredients: per ten liters of water is added to the composition (in st. Spoons): 2/1 peroxide and ammonia. Soaked for 20 minutes, then hung without spin on the cornice or drying bar.

How to wash the old tulle, worn or long lay

In addition to the main problem - refreshing tulle at home, sometimes it is necessary to restore the whiteness of the old canvas, or too dirty. The main advice on how to wash the tulle is to appeal to folk remedies, as more benign and proven by generations.

• Using ammonia and peroxide in a thicker version for pre-soaking. The composition (in milliliters) of 40/20 (peroxide / ammonia) to 6 liters of warm (no more than 40 degrees) water. Soak for 20-40 minutes, depending on the contamination.

  Pay attention to the expiration date - expired funds will not give the desired effect. Use rubber gloves to protect your hands.

Additional Information. For local spots, one hydrogen peroxide is used, in which it is worth soaking the stain for 10 minutes.

• Use of a chlorinated bleach, such as "Whiteness". On a bucket of warm (30-degree) water use 3 caps of bleach. The soaking period is 60 minutes. After that, you need to shake the fabric and put in a washing machine or wash by hand.

  Whiteness is not suitable for washing delicate fabrics.

• For rinsing, you can use the composition of sea salt (2 tablespoons) and green stuff (13 drops), previously dissolved in 0.5 liters of warm water. It is necessary to ensure that the sediment (undissolved parts of the mixture) does not remain at the bottom. Before using, during the last rinsing, it is necessary to filter the mixture from the sediment, otherwise green spots may appear on the canvas.

  Zelenka must first be thoroughly mixed in a little water until completely dissolved.

Important! It is necessary to impregnate the fabric with this composition.

• For soaking tulle, a mixture of baking soda and laundry detergent is used (50 gr. / 100 gr.). It is necessary to achieve its complete dissolution in a basin of warm water. The time of pre-soaking is about 30 minutes.

  The main active ingredient in this method is soda, so the powder can be taken inexpensive, without any “super additives”

• The usual food salt used at soaking before washing allows to remove yellowness (grayness) from tulle. Composition: 9 liters of water - 5 tbsp. spoons of salt.

  Coarse salt best suited, not iodized

• Tar soap or laundry soap is a good stain remover for delicate fabrics. Ten liters of hot water uses half a bar of soap. After cooling the water to the desired (30 degrees) temperature in the pelvis, the tulle is soaked for 60 minutes. You can also boil the tulle in this solution.

  Laundry soap needs to be grated

Important! Boiling, “boiling” tissue is not a safe bleaching agent. The structure of the tissue may be damaged, which will reduce its useful life.

• Use stain remover for yellowed curtains. On the market there are many types of chemical stain removers, different in their composition and price.The main thing is a careful reading of the manufacturer's recommendations on the consistency of using products for different fabrics. Stain remover is used both for local cleansing from stains, and for general pre-soaking. The limitation is to avoid direct sunlight on the wet cloth during drying.

• For washing rust stains, 9% vinegar (2 tablespoons per cup of water), which must be heated to 90 degrees, is an effective remedy. The stain is lowered into the resulting liquid, then rinsed in warm water with ammonia (1 tbsp to 2 liters of water).

  Vinegar copes well with old stains

• From rust stains helps soaking in acids (oxalic, citric, formic). Composition 20 gr. acid to a glass of hot water.

  All three acids are about the same, but only citric can be bought at any grocery store.

Important! Wear rubber gloves when using vinegar or acid to prevent burns.

All of the above folk methods used in washing tulle curtains, in the experience of our grandmothers, show how to wash white tulle or another color.

The recommendations on how to properly wash curtains or tulle are based on the recommendations of the older generation. Not every remedy, for example, formic, oxalic acid, can be found in stores, but each hostess has the majority of these remedies. Washing the tulle does not take much time, but gives freshness to the interior of the window and the atmosphere of the room.

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