How to maintain silk clothes? Correct maintenance and collection of silk clothing

 9:11am, 27 May 2025

Silk fabric is soft, delicate, and bright in color. It is called a girl's fabric, so it should be cherished and cared for. Carefully maintain and collect, and be careful to prevent pollution and damage.

Silk clothing should be thoroughly cleaned when collecting, and it is best to dry clean it once. This not only removes dirt but also protects the material and clothing shape, but also plays a role in insecticidal and sterilization.

The washed silk clothing should be ironed and shaped to make its surface smooth and smooth, and enhance its anti-pollution ability. Silk fabrics have poor color fastness and should not be directly exposed to sunlight to avoid fading and affecting the brightness of the color.

When collecting silk clothing, it is best to wrap white silk in blue paper to prevent yellowing. Silk clothes with bright colors should be wrapped in dark paper to keep the color from fading.

Silk clothing is thin, afraid of squeezing, and prone to wrinkles. It should be stored separately or placed on the upper layer of the wardrobe.

Velvet clothing such as gold velvet must be hung with a clothes rack to prevent the quilt from being overturned or deformed, which will not only damage the clothes but also affect the appearance.

Silk clothing should be isolated from fur and wool clothing to collect, and should also be stored separately to prevent color sequentiality.

Silk clothing can also become moldy due to moisture and is prone to insect damage, so it should not only be kept dry when collecting. You also need to use some moth-proof agents to prevent insect damage.

When silk clothing has mild mold spots due to moisture, it can be gently wiped off with velvet cloth or a new towel. The mold spots are relatively mild. In severe cases, ammonia can be sprayed on the surface of the silk fabric and then ironed with an iron to remove the mold spots. Slight mold spots on the white satin can be gently wiped off with alcohol.

Silk washing: Clothing is washed directly with neutral soap and other detergents. When washing, soak the silk garments in water for 2 to 3 minutes, then add detergent and rub it gently. Dark-colored silk, especially black and navy silk clothing, must not be applied with alkaline soap. Some people wash silk clothes for the first time, but they make the clothes look white because of the alkaline soap.

Silk drying: Do not tighten too tightly before drying. Do not use rough wooden clothes hangers when drying clothes hangers. It is advisable to use smooth clothes hangers, and it is best to dry them with plastic clothes hangers to prevent the small burrs on the clothes hangers from damaging the fibers and affecting the life of the clothing.

Silk finishing: After washing the silk clothing, it is best to iron it. You can also remove it and fold it flat when the silk clothing is dry and dry. Then take it out and dry it. The clothing will be flat and wrinkle-free.

Silk dress: When wearing silk clothes, be careful when standing, standing, or walking. You cannot sit around anywhere, and do not wear and sleep. Silk should be changed and washed frequently. Generally, it should be changed every two or three days. After wearing it for a long time, the acid and alkali in the sweat will damage the silk fibers, affect the fastness, and easily break.