5 Ways to Care for Sweaters

When the rainy season like this, you will often need a jacket or sweater. In addition to warm, jacket or sweater can also boost performance. But you need to carefully take care of sweaters, because of its potential to shrink and fade. Here are five tips to keep your sweaters remain durable, and his appearance always looks like new.

1. Do not hang sweaters on hangers
Gravity will separate the fibers and change the pattern knitted sweaters from time to time. When hung, a sweater will turn on the arms, shoulders, and neck. Fold your sweaters, and store them in wooden boxes, canvas, or cardboard packaging, so having access to the air, but protected from moths. This way you will be able to maintain the shape and smell fresh after washing.

2. Brush the scattered threads
Because it is often rubbed-string, fiber and yarn in a sweater can be scattered, forming small balls. As a result, the sweater was so visible moldy. Fortunately, these threads can be removed easily by hand, with a clothes brush, or electric shaver, which is basically to peel the fabric, so it looks smooth and new again. If you do not have any of these tools, try to brush or comb hair.

3. Give camphor
Moths like to eat wool, the main ingredient in most sweaters. Fortunately, the smell of sweet cedar that likely could prevent moth rampant. To prevent these pests eat up your clothes, limit storage sweaters with cedar, camphor or throw on your closet.


4. Do not wait until the damaged
Once there is a loose button or it appears there was a small tear appeared in your knitted fabrics, garments will be at risk unravel, or at least make the tears become larger. Most of the sweaters provide additional threads for minor repairs, so be sure to patch any holes as quickly as possible.

5. Do not wash it too often
Like jeans, sweaters do not have to be washed every time after use if you want to make it still look new. For sweaters do not need to be washed frequently, wear a cotton shirt underneath so the natural oils on your body not in direct contact with material sweaters. To ensure that you do not make a sweater shrink or damaged, it is better to wash it by hand or dry clean the laundry. When washing by hand, use cold water (hot or warm water will increase the potential for shrinkage), and then add a little detergent is formulated for delicate, and let the sweater submerged. To remove stains, rub with a soft sweater until the stain dissolves. To dry, do not hang sweaters on hangers. Sweater on a towel spread out, and change to change his position to dry evenly.

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