How to Store Silk Scarves and Shawls

Silks are luxurious fabrics, delicate in an aesthetic sense yet practical and durable. With the proper care, silk scarves and shawls can be enjoyed for a lifetime.

Unfortunately, since imported silk is often sold by weight, an old process of “weighting” woven silks with metal salts has given silk a reputation for poor durability. The metal salts coat the silk fibers, making them heavier and thus temporarily more profitable to sell, but later causing them to disintegrate and shred, creating a dry rotting effect that was blamed on mold, mildew, sunlight, and aging. Now that this “weighting” process is (for the most part) illegal, silk has proven to be very resistant to the various molds, mildews, and rots that plague other natural fibers. Even though silk is very resistant to de­cay, it should be stored in a cool, dry place, away from heat and dampness.

When storing large silk scarves and shawls, roll them on a cardboard tube rather than folding them. Folds weaken the fibers, causing perma­nent creasing and eventual tearing. If folding the silk is unavoidable, use the paper to support the folds to mini­mize creases. Place the layers of silk and paper in a cardboard box or wooden drawer.

Never use plastic for long-term storage; it does not allow the natural fibers to breathe, causing them to dry out and deterio­rate. Plastic should be used only to transport silk and to tem­porarily protect work in progress from water spots, dye, grease, and dirt present in a studio situation.

If carpet beetles and mice are a problem in your area, peri­odically check your stored silk scarves for signs of these pests. Homo sapiens is not the only species on earth that likes to line its nests with silk.

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Storing Handmade Scarves

There are countless concerns as to how to eliminate crowded areas and expound on space. And you would be amazed as to how much space a little garment would take up. When you purchase scarves that are handmade its understandable to be cautious as to how to store them and how to keep them safe from dust or even collecting dirt from those dark places within in your closet. Eliminating the smallest of things can also make things more and more simpler and easier for you with knowing that your silk scarves are safe and your closet or drawer space has more room.
When storing a silk scarf you want to pay attention to the fabric. At WomenClothingToday.com you can see that the silk printed scarves are pure silk and handmade and would protection. But protecting your scarves are not hard at all in fact these simple steps would allow you to purchase more scarves that identical to Burberry and Herbs and Missoni shawls and scarves at WomenClothingToday.com.
The simplest and convenient tip is to hang a couple of your silk handmade scarves at a time on one have. This action not only allows you to protect your scarves but it also allows you to keep them from getting dust on them. Hang about 2-3 scarves on one hanger and allow it to stand alone, most notable near the shirts or dress shirts already hanging in your closet just as a man would ties. This method also keeps the wrinkles out of the silky hand dyes scarves and also allows them hang free without being snagged but a disrupted hook.
Another method that would set aside space for your closet is to purchase plastic round hanger that can be stuck to your wall by adhesive pads. This is useful in that its light and the pegs would on be used for the scarves, which are light and weightless. The hooks can be placed in the inside of you closet adjacent to your jackets or it can easily stick along side or even on you dresser if it’s placed inside of a closet. If you have smaller dresser and it’s not an armour then place the pegs higher up. This way it won’t get snagged by pets or other animals in the house. Another trick is to not level the pegs. As you place 1 peg place the other higher or slightly lower than this first one and repeat. This would create a side zig zag that would show an artsy part of your room.
Having a painted silk scarves anyone would want the best treatment ultimately for them. And these two methods are the most convenient and functional without having to purchase too much for too much. Closet space is essential to many women as well as the protection of their handmade silk scarves. Following these methods are not only cheap but they allow your silk hand dyed scarves to stay clean and away from dust and to steer clear from dropping to the floor or snagging.

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How to Clean and Wash Your Hand Painted Silk Scarves and Shawls

As you know you can wear a silk scarf on just any occasion and enhance your grace among the people. Of course, if you wear your favorite scarf almost everyday, you need to know how to care for these wonderful and important elements of your wardrobe.

Fortunately, there are many of easy tricks that make cleaning so much easier. First, such household item like ordinary table salt should be added to the water to prevent the colors from bleeding. It is well known fact in chemistry that salt prevents a dye from fading or running.

Another home item like your kitchen white vinegar will help to brighten the silk fabric and should be added during the final rising. The regular bleach should not be used because it is too harsh for silk fabric.

Also, if you have hard to clean stains, you should probably use a soft soap (or baby shampoo) which you use to wash you body or maybe a little color cloth detergent to get rid of very hard stains. But most importantly don’t rub hard the material because this will cause worn spots to form. Instead allow the soap water to seep thought and then rinse the silk fabric.

After you washed it, don’t wring it or hand it for drying. It is the best, if you lay it on a clean dry cotton towel and roll the towel with it to make a scarf get rid of the water. Then let it air-dry.

While ironing your silk garment, keep the steam iron in the lowest scale. If you are not sure about your iron device, you can use a cotton cloth or towel and put your scarf underneath to prevent it from direct heat. It is also good to iron it on the wrong side.

As long as you will follow these simple instructions, you can enjoy these unique and precious silk garments which will last for many, many years!

About the Author: My name is Anton Zavyalov, and I represent www.womenclothingtoday.com the online business, specializing in custom hand painted women clothing. All silk garments we create are designed by our own artists and designers. In our company, we create the cloth which represents the status of a woman, a woman like You!

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