Tulle - mesh fabric used for sewing hats, wedding accessories, clothing, etc. But its main purpose - the manufacture of curtains on the windows. It protects the room from direct sunlight and prevents view from the street. In addition, tulle adorns the room, complements the interior, gives home comfort. To make the curtains more pleasing to the eye and not to lose an attractive appearance after washing, you need to know how to iron them properly.
Tulle curtains will give the interior lightness, calm and comfort.
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It is a light, thin, translucent fabric used in the clothing industry. There are several varieties.
Modern hostesses prefer patterned tulle.
Organza is a very beautiful fabric from which many garments are made, as well as excellent curtains.
No matter how clean the house is, sooner or later, the tulle will still get dirty or dusty, it will have to be washed. This can be done manually or in a washing machine. After this, the product is almost impossible to smooth out.
The most important thing is not to put household appliances on a large number of revolutions (maximum 500) and temperatures over 40 °.
Every good housewife should know how to iron the tulle properly. If you do not follow certain rules, the product can be spoiled. Return material primordial form is unlikely to succeed and will have to be thrown away.
Tulle curtains are able to maximally change the decoration of your apartment: visually add space to it, hide external defects.
On products there is a tag on which the rules for washing and ironing are indicated. When the label is missing, the recommendations below will help. For each type of material they are different.
The recommended ironing temperature and other fabric care features can be found on the product label.
Regardless of what fabric is made of tulle, you must adhere to the rules:
All of the above must be observed when ironing curtains of any material. The following are recommendations for each type of fabric.
When using this or that method, it is necessary to pay attention to the composition of the fabric from which the product is made.
With the help of a steam jet, standing out from the sole of the iron, the curtains are stripped.
Rules for stroking natural fabric tulle:
If the wet curtains failed to stroke, they can be slightly wet through a spray bottle.
The maximum ironing temperature is set according to the type of fabric (mode 1-2 is recommended).
How to stroke synthetic tulle after washing:
If it is silk, satin and other delicate matter, then the temperature during ironing should not exceed 100 degrees.
Pat nylon, polyester and other synthetic curtains is easy if you follow all the recommendations.
Subtle matter under the influence of steam is smoothed out literally in seconds, a denser fabric needs to be ironed for much longer.
If the tulle is very long, ironing may be difficult. While you will straighten the second part, the ironed area will again be dented. To avoid this, it is necessary to act as follows.
Due to this, the tulle will be easier to straighten, the sections will not be missed, in the process it will not wrinkle again.
To make the curtains look neat and adorn the window, they should be washed and ironed at least once a month.
It is not necessary to have an ironing board on hand. There is another way. You will need:
Wrap the tulle around the board and start ironing. The ironed parts must be gently wound on a stick so that they do not crease.
Drying and stroking matter can only be straightened.
There may be situations when the iron is not at hand, and the curtain needs to be straightened. For example, the appliance broke down or turned off the electricity. In this case, will help simple ways to smooth the tulle without iron.
Wash curtains hang on the eaves and allow 1-2 hours to finish.
For better results, you can slightly dampen the curtains with a clean damp cloth, they will be smoothed much better and faster.
Note! Kapron, polyester and other synthetic fabrics can not be aligned in this way. Smooth them under the force only the iron or vertical steamer.
This is a thin, tough, transparent fabric made of silk, polyester, viscose by twisting two fibers. Due to this, the organza is dense and keeps its shape well.
This is a very moody material and after washing requires careful and delicate ironing.
There are several ways to smooth this type of tulle.
If an organ is stroked incorrectly, then it will no longer look beautiful, there may be creases or it will completely break.
Organza is a fabric that straightens out for a long time. To remove the folds of the iron, you need to spend a lot of time and effort. So that the efforts are not wasted, the following recommendations should be followed:
On a note! To make the material easier to smooth, it can be rinsed in salt water (50 g per 10 l). The iron after that will glide well over the surface, will not stick to the thin fabric and will not burn it.
The sole of the iron should be clean, smooth, even, without chipping and other damage.
Instead of gauze, you can use a special nozzle on the sole of the iron.
Organza can not be outweighed in half on a rope or stick. Otherwise, it will become uneven. Still wet it should be hung from the cornice. At the same time it should not be any creases. Straightening will take about 2 days.
If the product has dried before it was hanged, it can be sprayed with plenty of water.
Tulle, which should not be ironed after washing:
Such products have the ability to be smoothed independently in limbo.
There are several types of tulle that do not require ironing at all, or very rarely.
It may happen that after washing the curtain, you immediately hung it back, hoping that it would smooth out by itself. But as a result of this for some reason did not happen, and then you do not want to remove the tulle and hang it again. In this case, help vertical steamer or steam generator.
Many housewives have long abandoned the iron, replacing it with a modern household appliance - steamer.
They will not only smooth out the folds, but will also remove dust and uncomplicated dirt. These devices are not in every home, because they are expensive. Curtains in the apartment are washed quite rarely, usually 1-2 times a month, so you can not spend money on expensive equipment, and rent it.
For ironing curtains on weight, the steamer comes in handy.
Attention! The steam generator can be used if it is not prohibited by the tag on the product.
This is the easiest and fastest way to put the material in order without any special effort.
Steamers are suitable even for cotton and synthetic fabrics, after ironing the curtains will be perfectly straight.
As the tulle on the windows, you can determine whether a good hostess lives in an apartment. Therefore, the curtains should always be in tidy condition. The recommendations written above will help to keep the product pristine appearance, to create coziness and comfort in the house for many years.
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