Washing a fur collar at home

We will not say that the easiest way is to clean the fur collar in a special salon, since the pleasure is not cheap, but we will give recommendations on how to wash the fur collar at home, carefully and effectively clean the fur at home. Let's share secrets and tell you how to wash fur at home, depending on the type of fur collar and color.

If we clean a down jacket with fur, then the cleaning differs depending on what color it is, natural or artificial.

If we are talking about natural fur, then it not only decorates the product, but also retains heat. The advantage of artificial is the price, and the appearance is no worse.

We clean faux fur from a down jacket

The whole washing procedure takes several stages - preparation, washing, subsequent care.

Preparation for cleaning:

1. Washing fur at home should begin with knocking it out of dust, gently combing it. At the preparatory stage, you can clean the fur with a vacuum cleaner. Look carefully at the collar, there should be a tag indicating the permissible washing mode and temperature limit. Faux fur can be washed in a washing machine only on the most delicate mode.
2. You can wash the fur collar from the down jacket only with your hands, the machine is not used here.To do this, draw water into the bath, pour the right amount of powder for hand washing there, soak the product for 30-60 minutes. The main difference between an automatic powder and a hand wash powder is that the first one forms less foam than the second one. After the allotted time, gently squeeze the fur, then rinse several times, alternating cold water with warm.If you want to give the fur a shine, you can drop a little table vinegar into the water. After washing, hang on a hanger, dry in the usual way, outside or at home. Do not use heaters, batteries. After complete drying, comb gently. Delicate spin in manual mode can be done with a towel.

In order for faux fur from a jacket or any other piece of clothing to be worn for a long time, you need to follow simple recommendations:

• stains are best removed immediately;
• it is better to store products in a clean state, in a bag for clothes;
• if the fur product is white, then you need to wash the jacket with white fur in the same way, but after cleaning, blue it a little;
• do not wrinkle, do not fold, because it will be difficult to straighten it.

Natural fur

There comes a time when the fur gets dirty and its appearance deteriorates, you can simply wash it or make the operation more difficult. Do not be upset, because there are many ways to eliminate pollution. If the product or collar is too badly damaged by dirt, you can’t remove it on your own - you can contact the dry cleaning service and for the indicated price you will quickly and accurately eliminate the defect, then you won’t have to wash the fur from the down jacket.

The very first step

Trying to dry wash.To do this, carefully shake off the dust from natural fur, take a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment, then remove the surface dirt again.

If dirt remains after combing, we proceed to a stronger method. Although toys or fur from the hood after such manipulations most often become clean.

Wet cleaning

Take a suede shoe brush and room temperature water.

Moisten the brush and wash well, and then clean the collar, fur trim, and the fur coat is subjected to the same cleaning. Repeat 2-3 times. After that, comb gently and leave to dry.

Washing in water

If none of the above methods proved to be useful, we move on to a more risky method, wet washing. Since in dry cleaning such actions are performed on special equipment, we risk more.

Before washing, check if it will crawl from the powder. To do this, drip the product on a small, inconspicuous area. Or a more aggressive way - check with a drop of ammonia.

The safest will be a product for bathing animals or caring for fur or wool. It is excellent and, most importantly, will carefully eliminate excess fat.

Folk remedies

"Flour" wash

In the past, using plain flour was considered a great way to wash.

• Pour flour into a large bowl.
• Lower the collar or other fur product.
• Carry out a delicate dry wash without adding water.
• Thoroughly remove flour residues.
• Vacuum.
• Dry.
• Comb.

"Fur in the dough"

• Take starch, preferably potato starch, sprinkle fur on it.
• Make a warm soapy solution, pour it into a spray bottle.
• Spray over starch.
• Wait until the crusts in the form of dough dry out.
• Clean with a brush.

Hot sand for a sheepskin coat

• Take a brush, ordinary clean sand.
• Warm up the sand.
• Gently rub with your hands into the surface of the sheepskin coat.
• Remove sand with a suede brush.

Bringing back the shine!

• We take 250 ml of warm water.
• Add 1 tbsp. vinegar.
• Soak a soft cloth.
• Wipe thoroughly.
• Wipe with a dry, clean cloth to remove any residue.

Snow white method

Since for the sake of beauty it is often necessary to settle for white, you need to know the methods of whitening it:

• Hydrogen peroxide and water in equal proportions.Spray, after drying, gently walk with a dry and clean cloth to remove residues.
• Mix with water 3 tsp. soda and 1 tsp. alcohol. Wet the suede brush and go over the product.

Cleaning the fur of different animals

In addition to color, washing depends directly on "what animal" you are going to clean.

Fox fur, chinchilla

Purified gasoline is considered the most effective method. To do this, moisten the sponge, gently rinse in the direction of the pile. After you can sprinkle with starch, use a vacuum cleaner to remove the residue. To weather the smell, you need a story for drying in the open air.

Mink fur

Provides for dry washing with raw semolina heated in the oven, potato starch or wet washing (using vinegar or water).

Care features are simple and affordable. After all, if you want a collar or a fur coat to serve you for a long time, you need to follow the rules. Mink loves airing, but at the same time with low humidity. So, in rain or snow, try not to go out and not wet the product.

If you get wet when you come home, gently shake off the drops, comb and hang on a strong hanger until completely dry.

If there are stains, vacuum the thing and simply comb it.

rabbit fur

One of the most inexpensive. There was a time when one could often see hats or collars made of this fur. It is warm but short lived. Quickly loses gloss, breaks, grows bald.

It is not difficult to clean such fur - lemon juice or a mixture of the usual weak solution of vinegar and hydrogen peroxide restores its former attractiveness well.

Rabbit care is required constantly due to low quality and fragility. It is especially important to monitor and prevent moisture from entering.In this case, the fur should be wiped and combed as soon as possible.

General Tips

1. You can not iron the fur product.
2. Do not dry with hot air. Fur can be deformed.
3. When drying, it is best to give the product the most correct look and direction of the fur itself.
4. After washing, be sure to thoroughly remove the remnants of all products from the surface.
5. Drying in the sun is unacceptable.
6. If the product is very expensive or the pollution is very strong, trust the professionals to carry out competent and safe dry cleaning.
7. Since it cannot be squeezed out, leave the water to drain naturally, for 5-7 hours.
8. If you need to dry a collar or fur trim, have a towel ready and wrap it well.
9. Fur is a special type of decoration. It is forbidden to crush, squeeze, rub.
10. The more often you comb the product, the better!

When handling a fur product, it is better to follow simple recommendations for the prevention of contamination than to resort to a long and delicate hand wash at home. Therefore, before buying, evaluate how carefully you can wear white fur trim or outerwear, how often you can clean the surface of dust, how durable the thing should be. Whatever the quality is not artificial - natural is more luxurious and durable.