How to wash a mink coat at home?

In the autumn-winter period, a fur coat is a favorite thing of every woman’s wardrobe. It is beautiful, comfortable and stylish. But over time, and this part of the wardrobe may get dirty. Unnecessary yellow spots may also appear if the item has not been used for a long time. There are many dry cleaners for cleaning fur coats, but this method is not always available for housewives for any reason. Do not rush to get upset, in this article we will understand in detail how to wash a mink coat at home, as well as fur coats from other fur.

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Is it possible to wash a fur coat (fur coat) at home?

Surely, every housewife knows that before storing fur products, whether it be a fur coat, sheepskin coat, hat or fur coat, they must be cleaned.

Important! Carefully and carefully you need to approach cleaning at home. Spoiling your favorite thing is very simple. Fur and fur products require an individual, delicate approach.

Sometimes circumstances are such that it is not possible to carry a fur coat or a fur coat into dry cleaning. In this case, there is only one way out - to do everything yourself. But before you start cleaning the product, you need to carefully study this issue. First of all, you need to determine which coat will be erased. It can be made of natural or artificial fur, with and without lining, short or long in length. Or is it a sheepskin coat at all.

Important! The easiest material for cleaning at home will be a faux fur coat.

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Tips for washing a fur coat at home

It should be noted that the cleaning instructions for each type of fur product are different.

Natural fur coat

The most important thing is that this thing is washed only by hand. Even mode delicate wash in a washing machine here would be inappropriate:

• It will take a large tank and a lot of water.
• With regards to means for washing natural fur products, it should be only a liquid detergent. It should be marked on the designation for washing products from wool or mohair, as well as for delicate washing. All this is necessary in order to keep the pile in the original version.
• The water in which the item will be washed should not be hot. A suitable option would be warm water (you can check with your elbow).
• Washing the fur coat by hand, it can not be rubbed.

Important! Before starting the procedure, carefully read the label. It is likely that a wet fur product is not at all recommended for wet processing - exceptionally dry cleaning.

All the necessary conditions for washing are listed above. Now let's analyze the course of action, how to wash a fur coat:

• Put the fur coat in the bath in warm water and leave it on for 10, maximum - for 15 minutes. It is necessary that the product is well wet.
• Highlight spots or especially contaminated places in a fur coat. These can be cuffs, collars, elbows, floors, flap pockets. Take a soft cloth or a very soft brush and gently wipe it in one direction over the fur so as not to confuse it.
• Rinse the washed thing. To do this, you need a lot of warm water.

Important! Rinse several times in order to thoroughly rinse the detergent. The final rinse is done in cold water. With this action, the fur hairs will close all the scales and give the coat a shine.

• Further, for convenience, you can use cross sticks or a small bench on the bath. You have a fur product on them. In this position, water flows faster.

Important! In no case can you unscrew the fur coat. To reduce the amount of water in the product, you can gently draw along its entire length with your hand.

• Wait for the moment when all the water drains. Then move the fur product to the shoulders. The latter, in turn, must be very strong. The weight of a wet coat will be decent.
• Move the fur coat to a well-ventilated area.

Important! Please note that sunlight should not fall on the product.

• As the fur coat dries, comb it. We make movements in all directions, giving the pile a shape. At the end of this procedure, shake the coat.

Faux Fur Coat

Things are simpler here, since you can wash a faux fur coat in a washing machine. In detail, it will look like this:

1. The fur coat must be twisted in a roll, put in a bag for washing clothes or in an ordinary spacious pillowcase. Everything is tied and placed in a typewriter.
2. The mode in which the product will be cleaned is a delicate wash.
3. Detergent is needed for wool and mohair. Also in this wash you can use an anti-static conditioner for synthetics.
4. The rinse should not exceed 500 revolutions.

Children's things from fur

Small natural children's fur coats can also be washed in a washing machine. The course of action in this case will be exactly the same as when washing a fur product made of artificial material.

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How to clean a fur coat yourself?

If you are afraid to wash your fur product yourself, then it can be cleaned at home. This option is suitable for products that have small contaminants. Most often, white and light colored products get dirty. This, in turn, requires careful and accurate cleaning.

Method 1

If your fur product is light or white, it can be cleaned with cleaned gasoline. To do this, you must:

1. Thoroughly shake out the fur on the street.
2. Then, with a soft brush, apply gasoline to the contaminated areas of the pile;
3. If the product has places with pronounced spots, in this case, you can use a cloth. It is also necessary to apply gasoline to it. Cleaning movements are performed by fur growth.
4. Move the fur coat to a well-ventilated place. This is necessary so that the smell of gasoline disappears faster.

Method 2

On a fur product made of light or white fur, yellow spots may also appear over time. Such damage can be cleaned with a hydrogen peroxide solution.

Important! Note that the solution should not be strong.

To do this, you need:

• Dilute hydrogen peroxide with water in proportion to 1 glass of water - 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide.

Important! In order for the fur to shine, you can add 5-6 drops ammonia into the cleaning fluid.

• Moisten a sponge in this liquid, you can take foam or natural.
• Clean the place of contamination with it.
• In the future, the product must be dried.

Important! Note that very short fur requires cleaning against fur growth. The same rule applies to products made from sheared mink.

Method 3

Another way to wash an artificial fur coat at home is to use shampoo for hair. The main thing is that it be without dyes and balm in the composition:

1. Such a cleaning agent is prepared at the rate of 1 teaspoon of shampoo per one glass of water. Water should have a warm temperature.
2. Cleaning is done with a foam sponge according to the hair growth on the product.
3. After cleaning, wipe the area with a soft cloth. The latter must be moistened in clean water.
4. Next thing needs to be dried.

Method 4

The next helper is starch.

Important! In this case, starch can be replaced with corn flour, oatmeal, pre-ground, small bran or semolina.

Here's how to use it:

1. You lay out the product on a wide table.
2. Thoroughly sprinkle starch over the stain. Spreading the hairs a little. This is necessary so that the starch gets between the villi.
3. Next, comb this starch from the fur with a soft brush.

To clean the model with a long nap (fox, silver fox, fox have this), you can use red hot oatmeal:

1. Fry oatmeal in a hot pan. It is important that they warm evenly. To do this, they must be constantly stirred.
2. Then they need to be scattered at the place of contamination and, accordingly, combed out with a soft brush having natural bristles.
3. At the end, shake the product thoroughly and gently.

Important! In order to give shine to an already clean product, you can wipe the pile in the direction of growth with a cloth, previously wetted in glycerin. Next, comb and dry the coat without direct sunlight.

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Useful Tips

Here's what you should pay attention to when cleaning a fur product at home:

• Water for washing and cleaning should not be hot. The product may be reduced in several sizes.
• The best place to dry would be shade. Direct sunlight, radiators and heaters are strictly contraindicated.
• When drying, the product must be evenly hung on its shoulders, giving it its original appearance. Do not hang on the ropes. This will deform the model.
• The fur product does not require ironing or steaming. Even on the lining side.

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Lastly, we want to add, if you are not sure whether it is possible to wash the coat in the washing machine, or if you are afraid to clean it yourself, dry cleaning will still be the best option.