How to wash tulle so that it is snow-white

Tulle has long been an integral decorative element of the window opening. Airy, light, beautiful curtains are used in bedrooms, children's rooms, living rooms. They complement the interior of the room, protect from prying eyes, bright sun. By choosing the right curtain, you can transform the design of a window of any shape and size.

However, every housewife knows that even the most beautiful, high-quality fabric can lose its original appearance during use. Exposure to sunlight, dust, dirt - all this has a negative effect on the condition of the curtain. In this case, special care is required - washing, ironing. How to wash tulle until white is described in more detail in this publication.

Briefly about washing tulle: types of fabrics, basic rules

General rules

1. Before washing, it is important to know the type of fabric and follow its specific recommendations.

   

2. It is better to take expensive curtains to the dry cleaner right away. It is not that expensive.
3. The material should not be cleaned too often. Only as needed – when dust accumulates, spots will appear.

Organza, nylon: how to wash, make snow-white

Inexpensive, popular, practical fabrics for making light curtains are nylon, organza. They do not require complex, expensive care. However, each type of material needs its own effective means. Instructions on how to wash tulle so that it is snow-white folk remedies, useful tips are discussed in the following paragraphs.

Nylon tulle

This is an unpretentious material. A nylon curtain can be cleaned manually, in a washing machine - the method is not fundamental. First, you need to place the fabric in the machine, turn on the delicate mode, set the temperature to thirty degrees. The spin speed should be minimal. High temperature, high speed can cause significant damage to the fabric.

Please note! You should wash the nylon curtain in the washing machine without adding other laundry. If this is not possible, it is better to place the fabric in a special bag.

If you need to whiten the material, it is better to resort to folk remedies. You can't use bleach. Experienced housewives use blueing for bleaching. They make a weak solution from it and rinse the snow-white curtain in it for several minutes. But it is not easy to find blueing these days. A weak solution of medical brilliant green can replace it.

Organza tulle

Organza is a delicate, lightweight fabric. It is best to clean it by hand using a mild detergent. You cannot rub it vigorously. This will damage the fabric. If the stain is small, it will be easily washed off even by hand cleaning. The water temperature should not exceed thirty degrees.

Heavy organza stains can be removed using folk remedies. Laundry soap and soda will provide effective help. Small stains can be washed out with soap, and a soda solution will help return the fabric snow-white. The curtain should be left in the solution for ten hours.

Basic rules for machine washing

How should tulle be washed in a washing machine so that it is snow-white? Let's consider the general rules.

• Use of a special bag. Tulle is usually very light, semi-transparent. It can be damaged by other linen, metal parts of the machine. For this reason, it is always necessary to use a protective bag.

Please note! You can replace the special bag with a regular white pillowcase. The main thing is that it should be clean.

• The temperature should be set only based on the type of fabric. Nylon, organza, chiffon can withstand temperatures no higher than thirty degrees. Cotton can be processed in water at sixty degrees.

  

• There should be good reasons for adding home remedies. Don't experiment. If allowed, it's better to buy a chemical detergent for delicate washing.

  

• The spin should be minimal – 400-500 revolutions. Higher revolutions will fray the material.
• In some cases, bleach can be used to whiten fabric, in others - soaking with peroxide, soda, blueing, brilliant green. The correct method can only be chosen taking into account the type of fabric. Too delicate, fragile curtains are better soaked using folk remedies. Bleach is sometimes allowed to be used for cotton fabrics.

  

How to starch curtains: we do it quickly and efficiently

Significantly prolong the cleanliness of the product, bring a sense of celebration into the house, give clarity to the pattern - all this can be done with the help of ordinary starch. Starching makes the material stronger, denser. With the help of this procedure, the fabric keeps its shape longer, does not wrinkle, gets dirty less. How to starch tulle? Let's consider the process step by step.

Preparation

Before the procedure itself, the curtain must be prepared: washed, bleached. For this, you should use approved household or chemical products.

Selecting a processing method

There are three options:

1. The soft way.
2. Average.
3. Hard.

Each method requires its own amount of starch. A soft method is suitable for processing tulle. To do this, you need to prepare one teaspoon of starch, a liter of warm water.

Soaking in solution

This is the final stage. To prepare the solution, place just one teaspoon of starch in a liter of warm water.

The liquid should be boiled until a paste forms. After that, it should be given time to cool, and then strained thoroughly. The cold solution should be poured into a basin, and the curtain should be placed there. It should be soaked for about thirty minutes. After that, the tulle can be taken out and dried.

Folk recipes for whiteness

There are many folk ways to wash tulle so that it is snow-white. The most popular recipes are listed.

1. 1. Liquid soap, peroxide, ammonia, starch. Cotton fabrics can be treated in such a solution. The product will rid the material of stains and return its snow-white appearance.

      

   2. Salt, blueing, soda. This mixture will help remove yellowness from a nylon curtain.

      

   3. Hydrogen peroxide, ammonia. To do this, mix a spoonful of alcohol with two spoonfuls of hydrogen peroxide, pour into a basin of warm water. In such a mixture, the curtain must be kept for about half an hour.

      

Dishwashing liquid, laundry soap. This recipe is suitable for removing greasy, difficult stains. The soap is used to directly treat the stains, the detergent is diluted in water and used for further soaking.

Video about bleaching tulle in a soda solution