Carefully we wash blankets from different materials

One of the important components of sleep hygiene is the cleanliness of the bed. This is easy to achieve with regular linen changes, sanitary treatment of the mattress, cleaning of pillows and blankets. This article focuses on the care of blankets, which sooner or later require such a radical measure to combat pollution, as washing. Due to the existing diversity of fillers from natural and synthetic materials, users have a lot of questions about the technology of washing bedding materials from various materials. Let's try to figure it out.

Dry cleaners are of the opinion that any substance that forms a stain or has changed the color of matter should be attributed to pollution.

Depending on the area of ​​distribution, they are:

• common when the entire surface of the material is dirty;
• local, when spots are formed on the fabric.
• Usually there is a combination of both types.

It makes no sense to list all the substances that pollute products from different fabrics, since the list would be almost endless. However, given that many properties are characterized by similar properties, depending on this, they can be:

• Soluble with solvents. These are various types of oils, fats and certain types of waxes. To get rid of them, the fabric must be degreased, because the water is powerless.

• Water soluble. These include two types of food contamination: dissolve without residue and those that dissolve, but not completely.

• Insoluble. They can not be dissolved with water, solvents, which degrease clothing and specialized liquids. The fight against dust, soot, sand, pigments, fibrils are methods of dry cleaning.

• Derived only with the use of special reagents. For cleaning blood stains, glue, ink, rust and oil paints, use a combination: treatment with stain remover + degreasing.

Each type of blanket is treated and washed with special detergents, which are designed specifically for cleaning natural materials or synthetics. Conventional powders for automatic machines are bad allies for maintaining the cleanliness of bedding because of their granular consistency, which is hardly washed out of the inner layers of the filler.

therefore the choice is made in favor of gentle liquid detergents, gels of delicate action and oxygen stain removers. The absence of aggressive substances in their composition is a prerequisite. Always current economy option - laundry soap in a grated form, from which the working solution is prepared.

Wash sleeping accessories at home in three ways: manual, machine and dry, respectively, also manually. Which one to choose, prompted by the information on the label. But before you wash the product, you need to prepare it.

What needs to be done:

• Vacuum or walk on both sides with a cracker.
• Perform a visual inspection for damage to the upholstery of the blanket. Direct breaks sew up, on the complex impose patches.
• Remove local surface contamination.

What means are well removed:

• Blood. Fresh blood stains - cold water + laundry soap, old ones - soaking in cold saline solution (20 g of salt per liter of water) or salting, and then brown (15 g per 200 ml of water).
• Yellowing from urine.Old yellowing is alternately treated with 9% acetic essence, soda and 3% peroxide.
• Coffee stains. Mixture: glycerin + ammonia + water in proportions of 1: 1: 1 is applied to problem areas and left for 4-5 hours.
• Smell of staleness. Soak in water with wine vinegar (15 ml).

In the presence of a steam generator, you can quickly remove complex dirt, odors and disinfect the blanket.

Procedure:

• Treat dirty areas with stain remover.
• Remove excess with a tissue.
• Spread out the product on a flat surface and walk on the surface with a steam generator, holding each spot with a spot for 4-5 seconds.
• Turn the blanket over to the other side and repeat everything in a similar pattern.
• Hang out to dry in the street.

Features washing accessories for sleep depend on the type of stuffing.

Wool blankets are self-cleaning, more precisely, this property is inherent in the wool itself, whereas from the fabric covering it is annually required to remove contamination by means of dry cleaning or hand washing. Sometimes manufacturers allow washing in a typewriter.

Ordinary powders are not only badly rinsed out of hollow wool fibers, but also can damage their structure. Therefore, the choice of detergent should be given special attention. In its composition should be lanolin - a natural enzyme that helps preserve the valuable properties of wool.

Suitable products:

• Sodasan (Germany). The liquid has an optimum pH of 7, prevents the formation of pellets, foams well and is suitable for dry cleaning.
• Bauer comfort (Israel). The extract from animal wax returns natural protection to camel, sheep and cashmere blankets.
• Lana care (Lithuania). The use of hypoallergenic lanolin soap prevents the leaching of natural lanolin from wool fibers.

How to dry clean:

• knock the product on both sides with a cracker on the street;
• pour warm water into a bowl, add a cap of detergent composition and beat it up to form a thick foam;
• process foam contaminated areas and allow to dry;
• remove the foam with a vacuum cleaner, using a slit nozzle;
• moisten the soft matter with clean water and walk through the treated areas;
• comb the hair in wet areas with a comb-brush;
• dry in expanded form.

Optimum machine wash conditions:

• use of the program "For delicate things" or mode for wool, t 30 ° C;
• spin speed is minimal.

To dry, put the product on several clothesline cords or a clean wooden base, which during the drying process will need to be turned over periodically.

With all the advantages of cotton blankets - naturalness and excellent thermal insulation properties, it is most difficult to handle them. They have a sensitive weight, actively absorb water, lump together and dry for a long time. Therefore, they always do without hand washing and soaking - it’s unreal to squeeze them by hand.

For cleaning children's blankets and half-tins suitable machine wash mode "Delicate" and with a minimum spin speed. A double blanket is freshened up by dry cleaning, similar to woolen products. The best way of drying is in the open sun, which increases the rate of evaporation of moisture. In the winter, they are frozen out on the balcony, and then heated by radiators.

Bamboo fiber is well tolerated in contact with water, does not stick together during the drying process and has excellent dimensional stability. Accordingly, a blanket with bamboo pad is available for both hand and machine wash. To create optimal washing conditions, the program “Delicate mode” is set up with a combination of temperatures from 30 to 40 ° C, double rinsing and soft spinning at 600 revolutions.

Drying rules:

• The washed product should be spread out on a horizontal lattice base.
• The grid with a blanket to place in a sunny place, excluding drafts. The optimum temperature is 40 ° C.
• Once at 4 o'clock turn it on the other side, shake and knead.

Blankets filled with natural down perfectly washable in a typewriter. But first you need to look at the product label: you will see the washing machine icon - wash it safely, and if you have to do it, you will have to wash it manually. Although most often the label indicates the ban on washing machine and the need for dry cleaning. Carefully select the detergent composition, as the use of aggressive drugs will adversely affect the condition of the fatty coating and air permeability of the packing.

A compact blanket can easily fit into a typewriter. In order to achieve the best cleaning effect, to preserve the softness of the filler and prevent the formation of lumps, PVC balls with rounded elastic spikes must be placed in the drum. A large product is washed in the bath by hand. Before that, soak for 15-20 minutes, adding 9% acetic acid to the water.

Sleeping accessories with synthetic gaskets are considered the most undemanding to maintain. They calmly react to water, so any method of washing is available.

Recommendations:

• When loading the machine along with a blanket, put the bubble balls.
• Selection of the washing program: “Synthetic” mode at t ° 30-40 ° C.
• Supplement the main wash with additional rinsing.
• Spin speed - 800-900 revolutions.

Unlike the natural counterpart, it is much easier to wash blankets filled with artificial swan down. Machine washable at t 40 ° C with drum spin. To dry, the product must be hung in the unfolded state. The use of a drying chamber and open sources of heat for drying is prohibited, although they are not particularly needed, since Swan's down is distinguished by a high rate of evaporation of moisture.

Costly blankets filled with silk fiber wash at home is dangerous. Such packing is subject to deformations: due to the disruption of the fiber structure, lumps are formed due to machine wash. Small surface spots can be removed with the help of a local treatment with a composition for delicate fabrics. To keep the cover clean helps washing or dry cleaning. Since such blankets are equipped with a zipper, then removing the stuffing and returning it back to the treated case is not difficult.

If compact bedding, rolled up like a roll, can easily fit in a drum, then in order to wash a large double blanket at home, you will need to use a bath. Upon completion of all procedures, excess water is allowed to drain, ideally by placing the product on a metal grid.

It is desirable to dry a dimensional blanket in a short time, so it is important to take care of good ventilation of the room. Drying in the open air is acceptable, only necessarily in a shade. Placing a blanket on a horizontal base is preferable to hanging on a rope. When drying on weight, there is a high risk of sagging of the ends and deformation of the fibers, which is unacceptable for wool products.

We advise you to adhere to the following rules:

• Regardless of the method of washing, the best time to conduct it is summer and spring, when you can safely bet on the beneficial effects of ultraviolet radiation.With the advent of autumn, the probability of activation of mold fungi increases, which hopelessly spoil the blankets.
• If necessary, the processing of products with cotton padding in the autumn or winter period, the best solution would be to contact dry cleaning. Benefits - a guarantee of quality washing blankets with one of the most difficult fillers in terms of care.
• To preserve the freshness of sleeping accessories, especially for woolen blankets, at least a couple of times a year they need to be aired in dry weather.

• Prevention of house dust mite reproduction is shown in blankets of any kind. Excellent helpers in this business are frosty air (do not neglect this possibility in winter) and domestic steam generators. Before steam processing, determine the allowable temperature for your blanket, which is indicated on the label.
• When choosing a filler, it is important to take into account the individual characteristics of the organism. Predisposition to allergies - a reason to abandon the down-feather blanket in favor of the product with synthetic padding.
• It is advisable to have several blankets for each season and temperature in the bedroom. Operation of products in the conditions for which they are intended, extends their service life.

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