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How to make Clothes Last Longer

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

washingSome types of clothing or clothing from a particular material requires a way of washing and special treatments. Because if you’re wrong washing or ironing, clothes can be damaged.

1. Washing cashmere material
Washing cashmere material is not easy. Usually you will advised to wash this material in dry cleaning. Washing manually (by hand) to make this material even more soft and weak.

The proper way to wash cashmere is to use baby shampoo or gentle detergent. And how to dry it should not be squeezed or put in the dryer. You must be dried with put it on the towel to dry. Do not hang this material, because the neck will stretched and damage the fibers.

2. White laundry
Every once a year use laundry for white clothes. Since white clothes tend to be turned into a dull due to the use of body spray, baby oil, or spilled by liquids (beverages).

3. Do not get laundry too often for black clothes
Black clothes in laundry too often will reduce the color intensity. Sometimes, there will be glossy and smooth trail. We recommend that you wash your black clothes by hand, or with a washing machine in a short time. Use cold water and do not scrub too hard.

4. Avoid hot ironing
Excess heat during ironing will eliminate the flexibility of the fabric. Do not iron Materials that use synthetic rubber (spandex) or knitting more than 10 minutes. For clothing like jeans, may be ironed for 10 minutes to get a smooth result.

5. Adjust the heat or the temperature
Ironing clothes with a temperature that does not fit will not make slick clothes. Whereas if the temperature is too hot will result in a kind of white lines on the sewing garments. Use the appropriate temperature in accordance with the instructions listed on the iron tools and instructions on clothing labels.

6. Buttoned resluiting
Before washing clothes using a large resluiting (of metal or metal on jeans), closed or buttoned resluiting first. This is to avoid resluiting damaged or cannot be buttoned because stiff from washing.

7. Coating buttons
Buttons made of metal or material that easily torn and scratches when washing or ironing should be covered first.

8. Alternated
Do not directly use the new underwear just dried or ironed. Give a break one day to be used back to back its elasticity.

9. Separate bleeding
Some like colored clothes often fade. Separate up to 2-3 times to avoid laundering clothing wear off the others.