How to iron the tulle after washing?

How to iron tulle organza?

Organza is a very beautiful fabric from which many garments are made, as well as excellent curtains. But organza is very capricious, so it has its own ironing conditions. If the organza is stroked incorrectly, then it will cease to look beautiful, creases may appear or it will break altogether.

Lightweight and transparent organza holds its shape well, but requires special care

How to iron an organza garment after washing? It is extremely difficult to iron this type of matter, because organza is a very whimsical material. There are several rules for ironing organza correctly:

• the sole of the iron should be smooth, even, without chips or other damage;

• you can iron the product only when the material is thoroughly and completely dry, otherwise it will lose its external qualities;

• it is necessary to iron the organza at the smallest mode;

• so that the matter does not go in "waves", it can be ironed only through silk cloth or paper, not turning on the "steaming" mode.

When ironing, do not rush or, on the contrary, hold the iron in one place. You need to choose your pace and stick to it

Whitening products

Many women have long appreciated the benefits of using home bleach. Indeed, their obvious plus is that they do not cause allergic reactions. They are found in almost every home, but are mainly used for other needs. Also important are the affordable price of home bleach and ease of use.

The list of the most effective home bleaches consists of:

• salt;
• brilliant green;
• blueing;
• ammonia and hydrogen peroxide;
• starch;
• laundry soap.

The tulle is soaked in a solution of washing powder with table salt (preferably at night). The soaking solution is prepared as follows: take half a glass of powder (which you usually use) on a bucket of water and add salt (without iodine) - no more than 3 tbsp is enough. spoons. If there is a shortage of time, soaking can be limited to 3 hours. At the end of the soaking phase, the fabric should be washed and then rinsed several times.

The curtains are bleached from yellowness with brilliant green. For this purpose, pharmacy brilliant green (10 drops) is diluted in 200 g of water, to which you can add salt (2 full tablespoons). If a sediment is found in the solution, it must be thoroughly mixed so that later greenish stains do not appear during the bleaching process.

The solution prepared in this way with brilliant green should be poured into rinsing water and the curtains should be rinsed. For better washing out of the solution, you can hold the fabric in water for several minutes, remembering to turn it over. It is not necessary to squeeze the tulle: it is hung without preliminary squeezing to allow the water to drain gradually and evenly.

For tulle bleaching, a good result can be obtained using bluing. By dissolving 1 cap of blue in 10 liters of water, you will get the desired concentration. The tulle is rinsed first with blue, then in plain water.

Hydrogen peroxide with ammonia bleaches well delicate curtains made of nylon and organza. The express method is popular: 30-40 ml of hydrogen peroxide and 15-20 ml of ammonia are injected into warm water (over 50?). The soaked fabric should be turned over from time to time, then rinsed thoroughly, straightened without squeezing and hung out to dry.

A little starch (200-300 g) is added to water (10 l) for rinsing, in which the curtains should lie for at least 5 hours. After this time, they are dried without squeezing

Compared to other bleaches, starch has an important advantage: it gives the curtains a texture.

You can also bleach tulle with laundry soap. The soap solution is brought to a boil, after cooling, cool water is added to it. In such a solution, the fabric should be kept for 7-8 hours, then washed and rinsed again.

It is quite difficult to restore the curtains if various kinds of stains have appeared on them, for example, from soot or from soot, from grease. Greasy stains can be removed with a detergent solution on a sponge. After rinsing off the cleaning solution, the wet area of ​​the fabric is dried with a hairdryer. If there are signs of deformation of the fabric, this area should be steam ironed.

To remove yellowish and gray spots, you can use salt or soda ash: a tablespoon of any of these products is added to the water in which the fabric is soaked. If the tulle has old dirt, this solution must be renewed several times. After washing, the curtains must be rinsed in the same solution. At the final stage, rinsing is carried out in cold water.

It is not difficult to prepare the desired solution with aspirin: it is diluted in heated water (4 aspirin tablets are required for 5 liters of water). The fabric is soaked for 3 hours and then washed and dried according to standard rules.

To remove rust stains, it is recommended to try using one or another organic acid. Acids such as citric, oxalic, tartaric can help remove rust.

The concentration of the acid solution depends on the degree of contamination of the fabric. In a heated acid solution, the tissue site is lowered for several minutes and then washed in water, to which baking soda or ammonia is added in advance.

Whitening from yellowness or grayness

Unfortunately, tulle quickly loses its whiteness, acquiring a gray or yellowish tint.

• It is possible to properly bleach the curtain, which was originally white, but eventually turned gray, so that it becomes snow-white again, by soaking for several hours in a warm soda solution (1 tbsp. L. Per 10 l of water) before the main wash, and before, how to load it into the washing machine, the tulle must be thoroughly rinsed.
• You can also remove light yellowness with a warm saline solution (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water), soaking the curtains in it for a couple of hours before the main wash. Before loading the tulle into the machine, rinse thoroughly in cold water.
• The blue added by rinsing will give the fabric a radiant whiteness. Water, to which the blue has been added in accordance with the instructions for use, should acquire a barely noticeable blue tint. In the same way, when rinsing, a weak solution of greenery is used, immersing the curtain in it for a short time.
• You can bleach tulle with oxygen bleach or special products for synthetic fabrics.
  Do not use bleaches containing chlorine, as they may turn the tulle yellow.

  Oxygenated bleaches have the following benefits:

  • they are used for colored, white and synthetic tulle;
  • they also work in cold water;
  • there is no need for soaking;
  • with light pollution, these products bleach the tulle that has begun to turn yellow;
  • do not affect the structure of the material;
  • facilitate whitening.

How to update an old curtain?

Old gray and yellowed tulle is especially difficult to bleach. It is unlikely that it will be possible to bring it to its original ideal white color, but it is quite within the power of every woman to return its attractive appearance.

Curtains can be saved from dullness and unpleasant yellowness using the following step-by-step procedure, the essence of which is as follows:

• machine wash;
• digestion by boiling in a concentrated soap solution;
• bleaching by soaking in a solution, the bleaching components of which are ammonia and hydrogen peroxide;
• rinsing with saline;
• rinse with the addition of starch.

By settling on the fibers of the material, it returns it white, since it works as an optical brightener.

In this case, you can act in two ways: pour the solution prepared from the blue into the compartment of the washing machine and rinse the tulle in it, or immediately wash it using a powder containing grains of blue.

How to iron tulle from different materials

Before you iron the tulle, you need to clean the sole of the iron. Marks and dirt must be removed so as not to spoil the delicate material. Before ironing, be sure to read the label to take into account the recommendations and properties of the fabric.

In this example (polyester). Ironing allowed at temperatures up to 100 - 110 ° C

Organza

Since the fabric is woven from very fine fibers, it must be handled with extreme care. There are several ways to gently iron organza tulle:

• Steam treatment. The easiest and fastest way is to use the steam generator or the steam function on the iron. It is necessary to hang the tulle on the cornice, and then walk around the entire cut 1-2 times.
• Iron with an iron. The heating mode is selected depending on the composition of the organza. Iron the semi-damp curtains from the seamy side through cheesecloth.
• Hanging on the curtain rod immediately after washing. If the fabric is not straightened, then the folds and creases should be moistened with water from a spray bottle, straightened with your hands and left to dry.

Nylon

The fabric is made from oil-derived polyamide fibers. Ironing nylon tulle is not recommended, as the material melts easily.

If a process is necessary, it is important to do it right:

• The nylon should be smoothed, barely touching, or better - through a thin cotton fabric.
• Avoid smoothing movements to avoid stretching the fabric. The iron must be rearranged from place to place.
• Capron should not be moistened during ironing or processed with a steam generator, as the fabric will stretch and become covered with waves.

Linen and cotton

Natural fabrics are easily wrinkled, therefore, even during washing, you need to take care that the material does not deform. To do this, you need to use the delicate mode and turn off the spin. As a last resort, use the lowest speed.

It is best to hang the cotton tulle so that the glass is water, and then attach it to the cornice and carefully straighten it. When the canvas is dry (it takes about 1 day), it will look freshly ironed.

If you can't do without an iron, then you need to iron the cotton tulle at 90-120 ° C from the wrong side. For severe bruises, iron through a damp cloth.

Linen tulle is ironed at high temperatures, after underdrying or moistening. As with cotton fabrics, they can be hung wet for a natural stretch.

Veil

A delicate gauze-like fabric can be made from silk, cotton, and even wool. But today, synthetic material is more often used for curtains. It is recommended to iron it only after washing, since any speck that is invisible to the human eye will be strongly fixed under the iron.

To less injure delicate fabrics, do not twist and wring out during washing. As soon as the water drains, the tulle must be hung on the cornice, gently straightened and left to dry.

If you need to iron, it can be done with a steam generator or an iron heated to a temperature not exceeding 110 ° C. To prevent the fabric from stretching, it must be ironed through a thin cotton fabric, moving the appliance from place to place and avoiding back and forth movements.

Polyester

The fabric is extremely capricious to care for, so even a delicate wash does not always save you from bruises. In addition, synthetics do not have the property of self-leveling, so hanging in a wet state will do nothing. Curtains are recommended to be ironed underdried or moistened from the inside out through cheesecloth.

Viscose

Artificial material, the raw material for which is wood. It is better to steam the viscose by hanging it on the cornice.If vertical processing is not possible, then iron the tulle on the board at 120 ° C. Do not spray from a spray bottle, as traces of water will appear on the canvas, and the material itself will become wavy.

How to iron curtains without removing them?

The answer is simple - no way! After all, before you iron the tulle, you need to wash it! So you still have to take it off.

But ironing the washed fabric on the cornice is quite possible. To do this, you need a steamer or steam generator. If you do not have such a mechanism, then there are companies that rent such equipment.

Fill the water tank with water, turn on the steam generator and start the ironing process. Walk on the cloth 1-2 times. If the fabric is not completely smoothed in 1 pass, then process the tulle several more times. It is fast, easy and even, one might say, pleasant. This way you can iron curtains made of any fabric - cotton, silk, organza, polyester - without removing them from the cornice.

Whatever household appliance you use - an iron or a steam generator - it is important not to rush or make sudden movements. Otherwise, you risk spoiling the subtle and weightless beauty.

That's all the secrets on how to iron curtains made of tulle - you can safely proceed to the general cleaning!

Whitening curtains

Sometimes even after a thorough wash, yellowness, soot and traces of soot remain on the fabric. In this case, strong stain removers and whitening agents are used. Frequent use of chemical liquids negatively affects the quality of the fabric, thinning the fibers. The curtain becomes dirty and out of shape faster. Synthetic tulle, dyed cotton does not withstand bleaching.

In the washing machine

To make the fabric snow-white, bleach is added to the special compartment of the machine. Do not use chlorine-containing products. Their corrosive substances damage the fine fibers of the material. Suitable for curtains:

1. Oxygen bleaches - used for colored and white materials. They are effective at low temperature washing, do not destroy the texture and color.
2. Optical brighteners - brighten the canvases well, restoring the original whiteness. Used for white tulle only.

Popular brands for bleaching delicate fabrics and tulle:

1. HEITMANN - detergent for curtains, except for silk products. Special salt breaks down dirt, nicotine and yellow plaque, removes gray tinge.
2. Snow-white linen - oxygen-free bleach without chlorine, fragrances, dyes and phosphates. Gently washes the lace tulle, contributes to the preservation of whiteness up to 60 days.
3. Frau Schmidt "Super White Tulle" - restores the white color of curtains, suitable for voiles and muslin.
4. Pilot Tulle - whitens, removes stubborn plaque and unpleasant odors.
5. DYLON - gives dazzling whiteness to tarnished tulle.
6. Dr. Beckmann - removes dirt, grayness and yellowness from the surface of the fabric.
7. Major Domus - restores the flawless appearance of curtains, without chlorine, has an antifungal effect.

Home Ways

With simple home remedies, you can easily eliminate the dullness of the material, improve the appearance of the transparent tulle. Safe and effective whitening methods:

1. Zelenka. Add 10 drops of the solution to a glass of cold water and leave for 5 minutes. Mix the resulting liquid well and pour it into the basin at the last rinse. Rinse the tulle thoroughly under running water.
2. Potassium permanganate. A solution of a bright saturated color is prepared in a glass, then poured into a container with water. The tulle is rubbed with laundry soap and soaked in potassium permanganate for 30 minutes. After the time has elapsed, the fabric is washed in any chosen way.
3. Blue. You can whiten the curtain with blue pigment. It is added to pure water to create a bluish tone. The tulle is gently rinsed for five minutes. To evenly blue the entire surface of the fabric, it is constantly turned over.

How to hand wash organza

For washing by hand, a preliminary soaking is also done, rinsing from a dirty soap solution and directly washing in a freshly prepared solution with a detergent. During hand washing, it is convenient to look at each element of the product on your hands, treat dirt with a stain remover. The characteristics (temperature, spin, detergent) are the same as for machine washing.

Organza fabric is very delicate and airy, so it cannot be rubbed, strongly squeezed, squeezed and twisted. Individual fibers can be damaged, and the veil will lose its flawlessly elegant look. Handle the product delicately: gently squeeze in a cleaning solution, raise, lower or turn. Instead of spinning, it is better to let the water or solution drain freely. If the product is pre-soaked, the direct wash time will take no more than 10 minutes.

How to iron tulle without an iron?

If you do not have an iron, or have unforeseen circumstances, there is another option. How to iron tulle without an iron?

1. Using a steam generator. To iron the fabric in this way, it must be hung along its entire length, eliminating the presence of irregularities. It is necessary to process the entire area of ​​the canvas with a steam generator, if necessary, then more than once. To do this, simply slide the nozzle at a distance of 0.5-1.5 cm from the curtain.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2. Using a spray bottle. For the second method, we need a spray bottle. The washed fabric is hung on the cornice, under the influence of its weight it straightens, irregularities are smoothed out, folds are eliminated. Your task is to monitor the quality of the fabric, spray it with water from a spray bottle if external defects remain.

3. With boiling water. To do this, the canvas will have to be hung over the bathroom, which is 1/3 filled with hot water and left overnight. Boiling water will smooth out any irregularities in your curtain.

How not to iron the tulle after washing

Tulle can be washed both by hand and machine. However, in order to avoid ironing, you will have to step back a little from your usual actions and do the wash in a completely different way.

Handwash

Hand washing is perhaps one of the easiest and at the same time effective ways to return cleanliness and attractiveness to curtains. Of course, it includes some difficulties, since it is sometimes very difficult to wash such a huge canvas with your hands. In addition, it is very difficult to find a suitable container, because the tulle, although very light in weight, is very inconvenient in terms of washing by hand due to its size.

If this processing option is still more familiar, and you trust him much more, then washing includes the following actions:

1. Shake the curtains before washing to remove dust and debris from inside the fabric fibers.
2. Prepare the container. The best option would be either a very voluminous basin, or a bath.
3. Collect a sufficient amount of warm water, the temperature of which does not exceed 50 ° C.
4. Stir a suitable detergent in water thoroughly. Of course, it is better to use a composition for delicate fabrics at the rate of 15 ml of detergent per 1 liter of water. The chemical can be replaced with another effective homemade product: 7 tablespoons of baking soda must be mixed with 1 glass of washing gel.
5. Once the detergent has completely dissolved, soak the product in the liquid for 50-80 minutes.
6. Then you should slightly wrinkle the fabric right in the water, but in no case rub or squeeze.
7. Next, hang the curtains over the bathtub to drain excess liquid.
8. While the water is draining, you need to prepare a rinse solution: fill a container with clean water and add vinegar to it at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. for 1 liter of water. Dip the tulle in there and rinse a little.
9. Take out the product and hang it over the bathroom again. You do not need to rinse in clean water additionally! The main thing is to try to hang the material in such a way that there are as few creases and bends as possible.

Monitor the process closely. As soon as the water stops dripping from the tulle, immediately hang it on the curtain rod. Under its own weight, the fabric will be smoothed out and there is no need to iron it.

Machine wash

Washing in an automatic machine is not a complicated process. In this case, all actions look like this:

1. Shake the tulle to get rid of the dust and place it in a special laundry bag. If this is not the case, then a regular pillowcase will do.
2. If the curtains are too dirty, then pre-soak it in a soapy solution with the addition of baking soda. The regime is extremely delicate. Water temperature no more than 50 ° С, strictly without spinning.
3. Some washing machine models are equipped with a special “no crease” function. If you have one, be sure to turn it on.
4. Add powder for delicate fabrics to the compartment for products and be sure to rinse, which will additionally soften the material and even smooth it a little.
5. As soon as the cycle is over, take out the tulle and hang it over the bathtub first to glass the water. Then, when the tulle is still a little damp, hang it on the cornice.

As you can see, washing the tulle so that you can forget about ironing later is not at all difficult. The main thing is to follow simple rules and guidelines.

Additional Tips

• The main rule is to put the iron on the lowest temperature regime, that is, no more than 120 degrees.
• You need to iron a slightly damp cloth, gently and slowly, in an upright position, it is better to connect it in several layers.
• Either the steaming function is required (for organza products it is prohibited, it will be covered with "waves"), or a damp pad between the iron and the tulle. You need to iron from the wrong side.
• Watch the sole of your iron - if it is covered with carbon, your curtain will be irreversibly damaged. Modern irons are equipped with an additional fluoroplastic sole, which is designed for ironing delicate items. If you purchased such a part, you will not need gauze. By the way, look at the video below for an example of using a PTFE nozzle.
• Do you have a steam generator for your home? Take advantage of it. Just gently strip off the hanging tulle. This is the easiest and fastest ironing method for all whimsical fabrics.
• A hairdryer is suitable for organza dresses.

Follow our simple tips, and your curtains, curtains, curtains, bedspreads will amaze guests and households with their lightness, grace and pristine appearance. Timely washing and correct ironing of whimsical tulle garments will avoid messy things.

How to steam curtains at home: tips, tricks for housewives

How to iron curtains at home without ruining them? If you have not encountered ironing of any particular type of curtains, just look at the label: there will be minimal instructions for washing and ironing these curtains. In the case of individual ordering of curtains in a special studio, check with the seller in advance which fabric the curtains are made of. Based on the information received, you should select the desired ironing / steaming mode on your iron.

The ironing temperature and other recommendations for the care of the curtain can be found on the tag

Help - decoding the main symbols found on fabric labels

If you doubt the composition of the fabric from which the curtains are made, and there is nowhere to find out, check the temperature you need experimentally. To do this, find an inconspicuous piece of the curtain (for example, at the bottom of the fold) and, setting the iron to the minimum temperature, try to iron it gently. The folds are smoothed out - it means that the selected mode is suitable, they are not smoothed out - continue the experiment with the next temperature mode.

If the composition of the fabric is unknown, you must first try to iron a small section of the curtain from the wrong side, after setting the iron to a minimum

The curtain ironing technology is unique for each particular type of fabric.The process can be complicated not only by the complexity of smoothing the folds, by the need to accurately select the desired temperature regime: it is also not easy to deal with large curtains. In this case, it is recommended to use vertical steaming technology.

Ironing the folds takes care and patience.

Large curtains are easier to iron with a helper

In the absence of special steam equipment, it is worth using a simple method of "ironing" using steam in the bathroom. The last method, which can be used without any special devices at all, is to hang a well-straightened, washed curtain on the cornice immediately after washing, delicate spinning.