How to maintain printed fabrics?

Feb 21, 2024

Printed fabrics are highly used fabrics and are deeply loved by people. However, printed fabrics are different from embroidered fabrics. They fade, fall off, fold easily, and are a headache to wash.

How to maintain printed fabrics?

Salt water soaking method: Best for fading problems on colored clothes. If there is slight fading, you can soak it in light salt water for ten minutes before each wash.

Reverse-drying method: Clothes made of most fabrics cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, because ultraviolet rays are the main culprit of fading clothes, so not only do you need to dry the clothes in reverse, but you should also try to avoid cool and ventilated places.

How to clean printed fabrics?

First, soak a corner of the printed fabric, and then wipe the printed area with a white cloth a few times.

1. Be sure to wash correctly, do not soak, rinse with cold water alone, dehydrate and dry. If bleeding occurs unexpectedly, rinse immediately and thoroughly again.

2. Send it for dry cleaning if possible.

3. If you accidentally get cooking oil, you can scrub it with detergent as soon as possible; for industrial oil stains, you can scrub it with rosin water or gasoline, and then rinse it with detergent and water (not hot water).

Precautions for washing printed fabrics:

The printing series is used normally and maintained normally. Pure cotton will fade when placed in water. This is normal, please hand wash. Printed and dyed prints have a smell, so just dry them in the sun or air-dry them. This is a normal smell.

1. Bleach, bleaching liquid, and 84 disinfectant all have bleaching effects. Colored clothing must be used with caution. Colored bleach solutions can be used on both white and colored clothing. It has the functions of washing and color protection. The best bleaching effect is soaking in softener for a few minutes.

2. Nowadays, washing powder generally contains phosphorus and bleaching function, which will reflect the printing and cause the printing to fall off.

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