How to store fur products

How to store fur productshow to clean them and keep them in their best condition? Now there are many perfect dry cleaning technologies, there are various means for self-care for fur products, but sometimes old time-tested methods can come in handy, which will be discussed here.

Before you send your favorite fur coat or hat for storage, you need to clean it well. Do not use synthetic detergents with enzymes for cleaning fur, as well as woolen and silk products (they destroy these materials). Contaminated areas are wiped with a sponge moistened with cold water, to which a little washing powder (without enzymes) has been added. Then the fur is wiped with clean cold water and dried. Our grandmothers came up with a very good cleaning method. The fur was evenly sprinkled with wheat bran, slightly heated, and wiped with a clean white cotton cloth - in the direction of the pile and against it, until the fur was clean. Then the bran can be shaken off, and the fur can be knocked out, then combed. The bran can be replaced with coarse cornmeal.

Grease stains from collars, hats and other small fur products are removed with a soft clean cloth dipped in gasoline. The pile is wiped "along the fur" if the stain is fresh and the pile itself is long, and "against the grain" if the stain is old and the pile is short.
The fur coat should hang freely in the closet, otherwise the pile will stick.

So that natural fur on collars, hats and fur coats does not wrinkle due to improper storage, it must be regularly brushed with a brush. It is better not to brush products from expensive natural fur. They should be well shaken out and hair combed. infrequent crest, and then put into storage, carefully wrapped in a white cotton cloth. The material you use for storage must be clean, free of foreign odors, since the fur easily absorbs these odors.

The moth is the main enemy of both fur and wool. First of all, it attacks dirty areas, especially fat spots. Therefore, you need to keep things clean. It is good to ventilate them before storing them without the sun, somewhere in a draft, then knock them out and fold them.

Previously, it was stored by putting naphthalene in the pockets of fur items (you cannot sprinkle things with naphthalene). Sometimes camphor was also used. Now, besides the old "grandmother's" means, there are many others that reliably protect things from moths. Many of them are made with herbal remedies such as lavender. You can use just dried lavender flowers - and the smell is pleasant, and the fur is under reliable protection. Very well protects against moths walnut leaves, tobacco, leaves and flowers of St. John's wort, as well as flowers geraniums. If the first may not be for everyone, then geranium, everyone's favorite plant, is for many. A very good way of storing, especially caps, is with newspapers. In the printing ink, there are precisely those substances that repel these insects. The caps are filled with crumpled newspapers, this helps to keep the shape and protect it from moths.

During the entire storage period, it is necessary to look at things from time to time: shake the hat, blow on the fur, comb the hair, replace the old moth protection with new ones.

In times gone by, vinegar was used to kill moths. How did you do it before? That's how. Where the mole started up, they put a basin, heated the brick as much as possible, and lowered it into the basin. And then the brick was poured with a vinegar solution - vinegar vapors destroy insects and their larvae. But it is better not to use this method. I think that it is too cruel, of course not for moths, but for our own health, especially if your upper respiratory organs are weak in health.It is best to thoroughly ventilate and maintain the cleanliness of your apartment and your own belongings and, therefore, avoid insects. And for reliability, use the means that are most accessible to you and are harmless to your health.

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