How to wash correctly: sneakers, down jackets and delicate things
Endless washing, ironing, folding things andLinen is often transformed into an intolerable routine for any housewife. Naturally, you can not give up this almost daily and compulsory work, but there are quite good ways how to simplify the whole process, and in this article we will discuss the issues of how to correctly wash things in a washing machine, namely: sneakers, jeans, down jacket and woolen clothes.
Proper sneaker washing
Materials that you need for "totalcleaning "of sports shoes, the following: washing powder (preferably liquid), sponge and old newspapers. First, sneakers need to be well prepared for washing. If dirt is present on the shoes, you should remove it beforehand under a faucet of warm or cold water.
Be sure to remove the shoelaces, as they are usuallywash separately, and the hard extremities of the laces during washing can fall away. As for insoles, you can leave them in sneakers. Place the sneakers in the machine, and in advance place them in a special bag designed for washing clothes and shoes.
If you do not have such a bag in your house, you can insteaduse an old, unnecessary pillowcase. Also add to the washing machine a variety of unnecessary cloths - this is necessary so that the shocks of the shoes on the drum machine are as gentle as possible. Wearing shoes, use liquid powder, since it affects the shoe material much better and retains the original color of the sneakers.
Recommended washing mode "delicate washing". After the end of the wash, put the old unwanted paper in the sneakers. As soon as the paper lump becomes wet, change, and so several times, until the shoes completely dry.
Wash down jacket
You can often hear from the manufacturers of down jacketsrecommendations not to wash clothes at home, and attributed to dry cleaning. This is quite a costly and troublesome business, so many people wash the down jacket at home. But how to do it right? To do this, you need the following products: a liquid substance for washing, for example, "Laska" or "Sport Fein Fashion" for cleaning down jackets, and ... three tennis balls with a soft fabric surface!
Before washing, fasten the down jacket, remove it,load into the machine and turn on the "delicate washing" by first adding the cleaning agents described above. Do not forget to put three balls together with a down jacket - they are needed in order not to let fluff in clothes fall. In order not to have a divorce on the down jacket, it is necessary several times to rinse it, and then to squeeze everything also in the washing machine at 600 revolutions.
Wash jeans
Ways to clean jeans a few, and muchdepends on the degree of contamination: for example, if your jeans clothes are working and constantly exposed to severe contamination, in such a case, moisten it and soap abundantly with laundry soap or sprinkle with detergent and leave in this condition for 8-12 hours.
Then soak in hot water and adda little turpentine (calculation: one tablespoon for 3-4 liters of water). Then wash in a machine or manually using a brush. Some useful tips for washing jeans:
1. Try not to dry clothes in the sun.
2. Do not use bleaching agents when washing - this can ruin the color of the jeans.
3. Do not soak your jeans for more than 2 hours. Enough half an hour. 4. Do not wash in the machine with 800 or more turns.
Washing woolen clothes
To wool clothes pleased you in the dank autumn and cold winter pores and was not stiff and prickly, there are certain secrets of washing and cleaning:
1. Wool - not a special fan of regular regular washing, it is recommended to air more than wash. Therefore, if there is no special need, wash things out of the coat as rarely as possible, for example, every 5-6 months.
2. In the machine, it is correct to wash the wool in a manual mode ("wool"), with NO spin.
3. Wash woolen clothes for a maximum of 40 minutes, try not to twist and rub strongly the clothes.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
