How to clean a sheepskin coat at home?

When you need to clean the sheepskin coat, the first idea that comes to mind is to give the sheepskin coats to dry cleaners. But unfortunately, in dry cleaners can not always be able to clean the sheepskin coat. Some dry cleaners do not have special toolsor equipment for cleaning leather and fur; some sheepskin dry cleaning and is completely contraindicated. In this case, you will have to try to clean the sheepskin coat at home.

The most important thing is to remember two basic rules:

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  Fresh pollution is better than old ones: the sooner you take the cleaning of the sheepskin coat, the better
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  Not all those means that are suitable for ordinary clothes, suitable for sheepskin coat

Of course, The best means for cleaning sheepskin coats are professional creams and sprays, designed specifically for cleaning and carefor winter things. Good, high-quality products can clean even very light skin. But there is not always an opportunity to acquire a professional tool. In addition, if you plant a stain, it is better to take it out immediately, and not go in search of a spray. Therefore, it is worth knowing how to clean the sheepskin coat at home with the help of improvised means.

The choice of the method of cleaning the sheepskin coat depends on the degree and nature of the contamination. If your sheepskin coat is simply dusted, you can simply vacuum it with the most ordinary vacuum cleaner with a soft nozzle. If to a sheepskin coat dry mud, then you must first clean it with a hard dry brush, and then moisten a soft brush in a soap solution and clean off the remaining dirt.

How to clean a sheepskin coat at home, ifyou put a stain on her? First of all, you need to remember that this is a sheepskin coat, not a blouse. Why? The fact that the fabric and the skin have completely different properties. Stains of wine from a fabric, for example, are very effectively excreted by salt. But on the skin the salt leaves the stains and makes it lighter. therefore if you put a stain on a sheepskin coat, you need to sprinkle it with salt instead of starch, or with a starch. They also absorb fat and moisture, but do not leave a divorce.

Low-fat spots can be erased with the most common eraser, which can be bought at any stationery store. Old spots sometimes it turns out dipped in gasoline gauze. But this method can not be called absoluteeffective. Different sheepskin coats are sewn from leather of different quality, processed by different methods. Therefore, one can of gasoline can help, and the other he will definitively ruin. Before you try to clean the sheepskin coat with gasoline, try this method on a small patch of skin on the inside of the sheepskin coat.

If the sheepskin coat greases lapels sleeves, pockets or collar, they can be cleaned with a hard brush(preferably rubber), a small amount of ammonia and tooth powder (currently scarce tooth powder can be replaced with purified talcum powder or baby powder).

It happens that when cleaning sheepskin becomes wet. Then it must be dried. First you need to spread the sheepskin coat on a flat surface (for example, on a table), and when it dries, you need to stretch it carefully with your hands - otherwise the sheepskin coat will stand as a stake.

If cleaning the sheepskin coat faded in some places, you can buy a special paint in the tone of the sheepskin coat and tint faded places yourself. To paint successfully, you need to paint the sheepskin coat only after cleaning and strictly follow the instructions.

As you can see, cleaning the sheepskin coat at home is quite possible, although it is better wear it neatly and prevent contamination.