How to clean white fur from yellowness at home?

A fairly large number of women are happy owners of fur coats, short fur coats and other fur products. Whether it is white natural or white faux fur, it will still turn yellow. Therefore, you need to know how to clean the white fur from yellowness at home. In this article you will learn how to do this, and we will also tell you about the reasons for yellowing of fur products.

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Most popular way

How to remove the yellowed sheepskin fur? One of the simplest and most effective methods of cleaning white fur on a jacket if it turns yellow with improvised means is to use hydrogen peroxide. Its price is small, and you can purchase a solution in each pharmacy:

1. Mix hydrogen peroxide with water in a 1: 1 ratio.
2. Then spray the resulting solution from the spray bottle onto the pile.
3. After this procedure, leave your coat to dry completely at room temperature.
4. When it is completely dry, gently comb it with a rare comb, and then shake it gently.

Important! In the event that only a certain part of the clothing is covered with fur, be especially careful. Spray the hydrogen peroxide solution so that it cannot get into other parts of the clothing. Otherwise, the cleaning effect will be very uneven, and the rest of the thing you can irrevocably ruin. You can cover the parts without edge with plastic wrap so that they do not appear stains from a solution of hydrogen peroxide.

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In the fight for the whiteness of fur coats will help pet products

A rather unexpected but justified way to clean white fur is to use shampoo to wash your pets. If you think about it a bit, then this solution will be very logical, because we get the fur from animals and similar cosmetics are intended for washing their own pile.

Method of applying animal shampoo to restore white fur:

1. Dilute the product in warm water.
2. Dampen the resulting solution with a rag or cotton pad.
3. Carefully wring it out and process the edge in the direction of pile growth.
4. After that, wipe the fur coat with a napkin and allow to dry.
5. Comb the pile with a soft brush, and then whisk lightly to give it a beautiful shape.

You can clean white fur with another zoological product:

1. Pour a small amount of gasoline into the small sawdust used for keeping pets.
2. Let them soak.
3. Sprinkle white fur with sawdust and leave for a while.
4. After that, just peel the fur coat and comb it thoroughly.

Important! This method will help not only to clean white fur at home, but also to remove small dirt from the surface of the fur product.

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How to bleach natural snow-white fur?

Before starting the self-return of snow-white to natural fur, thoroughly clean it of dust and dirt, because even the most ordinary pollution contributes to the appearance of yellowness. Put your item on a damp surface and walk along the pile with light sweeping movements. Dry it.

Now you can begin to return the snow-white. For this, it is easiest to apply alternative methods, because there are more than enough tools to clean the white fur from yellowness at home. And they are all available and you probably have it in your medicine cabinet or in the kitchen.

Folk remedies for cleaning fur

• Perfectly help to clean the fur from yellowness, potato starch or semolina. Put the product on a flat surface, cover with starch or semolina, and then gently rub, as if washing. After that, vacuum your fur product and beat the remaining grains of starch / semolina with a stick.
• Ordinary blue will also help solve the problem of how to restore an attractive and neat white fur to the desired state. Dilute it in warm water, according to the instructions from the manufacturer of the product, moisten a sponge or cotton pad in the solution and treat the fur.
• You can also dilute soda and alcohol in a ratio of 3: 1 in slightly warm water. In the resulting solution, moisten the brush or the sponge and carefully, but carefully, swipe the fur in the direction of growth of the pile. With this method, it is good to clean fur products from dirt and dust from the street.
• To get rid of more persistent dirt, you can mix potato starch and refined gasoline. Apply the resulting paste on the spots against the direction of growth of the pile, let dry. Then remove the powder with a brush and comb your fur product.
• Get bran, which will also help you safely clean white fur from yellowness at home. Heat them in a frying pan until hot, but do not forget to stir them. Then rub the hot bran into the fur. And then, when they have cooled, carefully shake out your fur product.

Important! In no case, do not dampen the mezdra (the basis of the accessory of outer clothing). In this case, the fur is best dried in sunlight, as the rays will enhance the influence of bleaching substances, as well as speed up the process.

Fur fur strife!

Furs for outerwear are made from pile and skins of different animals, so when cleaning it is worth choosing a more suitable product for a particular product. Here the recommendations will be as follows:

1. Peroxide is used to clean white mink fur from yellowness at home.
2. If you need to bleach fox fur, simply increase the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the solution.
3. All of the above methods are suitable for fur products from silver fox.
4. In order to bleach white rabbit fur, you can use both the previous methods and prepare a slightly different solution: mix water in a volume of 1 tbsp. and salt - 1 tbsp. l Then proceed as with peroxide.

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How to care for snow-white fur?

In order that white fur does not have to be constantly cleaned, it must be stored in the proper place and appearance. Here are some helpful suggestions to help keep the original beauty of the white fur product intact:

• When cleaning the fur, do not rub it too hard, otherwise it may break.
• Store the fur product in a linen bag or blue paper so that it cannot turn yellow.
• If the fur is dull, you can wipe it with a rag that you previously moisten in 9% vinegar, and then hang it up for ventilation.
• Geranium leaves, orange peels or tobacco will help protect your fur products from moths if they are laid out in the immediate vicinity of the product in a closet in fabric bags.

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How to bleach faux fur?

At that moment, when things are made of synthetic fur on a synthetic basis, they can be washed by hand, and after thorough drying, comb. But if the base consists of cotton, then washing is not recommended, because the product can be deformed. Or flush the lining before starting the wash.

You can bleach faux fur products using the methods described above using hydrogen peroxide, starch or a solution of glycerol. For the latter: take the same parts of water and glycerin, mix them thoroughly and clean the resulting solution with fur.

Important! Not all types of faux furs can be bleached using gasoline. For artificial astrakhan, this method is not suitable.

Yellow spots are also removed with the help of lemon juice, which must be diluted in a 1: 1 ratio with water.

Important! In the event that you failed to get rid of yellowness in any way, the product will have to be repainted.

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Causes of yellowing

The main reasons why the fur loses its pristine appearance:

• Products made from fur do not like when water gets on them, and it is not easy to predict what the weather will be like. Rain and snow damage the attractiveness of the product.
• Accumulation of dust on the surface of the pile, especially if you often forget about the correct storage of the product and do not do regular ventilation.
• Discharges of the sweat glands of a person that are well absorbed by a fur product.

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We are confident that in this article you have found material that is useful to you, which means that in beautiful, expensive snow-white outerwear you will look irresistibly even in the most severe cold.