How To Clean Velvet Clothes At Home

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How to clean velvet clothes
How to clean velvet clothes

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Just like other delicate garments, it is not super easy to clean velvet garments at home. You may end up ruining the fabric if you don’t use the right detergent, water temperature and process of washing.
It gets even tougher to clean velvet clothes at home when the fabric contains fine embroidery or embellishments. So, we have come up with this article to make it easy for you.

In this article, you will see:

  • Ideal Cleaning Method For Different Types Of Velvet
  • How To Remove Stains From Velvet Clothes
  • 3 Ways To Clean Velvet Clothes At Home
  • Tips To Take Care Of Velvet Clothes

Wash or Dry Clean – What’s Better For Velvet Clothes

Just like there are 100% cotton and cotton blends, velvet also comes in two different forms: pure velvet and mixed velvet (crushed or polyester velvet). The question “How to clean velvet clothes” heavily depends on the type of velvet you are dealing with. Here’s what you should know:

Pure Velvet: Can be dry cleaned only

Pure velvet has extremely fine grains which can get damaged with excessive agitation of regular washing machines at home. Even hand washing is not prescribed with pure velvet as wrong laundry practices may end up ruining the fabric.
Dry cleaners, on the other hand, use special cleaning techniques and chemicals to ensure that the fabric, colour, and softness remain intact.

Crushed or polyester velvet: Can be washed at home

Even though polyester or crushed velvet can be washed at home, you should try to assert minor agitation to the fabric. Prefer hand washing to cleaning velvet clothes, but if you want you can use washing machines as well.

Check out: 10 Laundry Tips To Take Good Care Of Clothes

How To Remove Stains From Velvet Clothes

Stain on velvet garment
Stain on velvet garment

We do not recommend using harsh commercial stain removers on velvet clothes. Instead, you can use the following things for spot treatment.

Laundry Detergent

  • Make the stained area wet using water. 
  • Sprinkle detergent (if powder) or pour 2-4 drops (if liquid) of detergent directly on the stain.
  • Rub gently with your fingers. 
  • Rinse with plain cold water.

Lemon Juice + Baking Soda

Mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda into with equal amount of lemon juice and dilute it with an equal amount of water. Here’s how you can use it: 

  • Make the stained area wet.
  • Apply the paste on the stain with your fingers.
  • Then, gently dab it using a microfiber cloth. 
  • Keep dabbing until the stain has gone. 

While you can use laundry detergent and lemon juice+ baking soda mixture for stain removal, they might not treat all kinds of stains. In such situations, it is better to trust professionals. Hence, you should get dry cleaning service from experts, they will remove stains without damaging your velvet garment.

Refer to our another article to know: Top 5 uses of baking soda in laundry.

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3 Ways To Clean Velvet Clothes At Home

Brush your velvet clothes after every wear

Hang velvet clothes before brushing them
Hang velvet clothes on a sturdy hanger

Your blazers, skirts, sarees or anything that is velvet needs special care. You will have to buy a clothing brush to maintain the delicate fabric.
Brush the velvet clothing after every wear. It will not take more than 30 seconds, but it will have a long-term impact on the wellness of your garment. Brushing helps to remove the dirt and grit that gets on the garment in the course of regular wear. Here’s what you have to do:

  • Hang the garment on a clothesline after taking it off. You can also lay it on a clean, flat surface.
  • Brushing off the entire garments gently using a clothing brush. Make sure you are running the brush in a to-and-fro motion.
  • Let the garment stay in fresh air for 3-4 hours.

Before you move ahead, make sure you are not using hot water to clean velvet clothes. It can make the fabric lose its elasticity which will cause shrinkage in the garment. Apart from this, consider using mild detergents to clean velvet clothes as the fabric is delicate. 

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Clean Velvet Clothes In A Washing Machine

Clean velvet clothes in a washing machine
Clean velvet clothes in a washing machine

Load the washing machine: There are certain things you should consider while loading the washer: 

• The washer must not be overloaded. Put your hand in the washer if it feels too tight or doesn’t get inside, you need to take some garments out. 

• Always put every garment in a mesh bag to prevent snags, especially if the clothes are embellished. 

Add a mild detergent: Add a mild laundry detergent. Always prefer to use natural and gentle detergent as opposed to a detergent that contains bleach or any other component that could damage velvet fabric.

Run the machine on a delicate cycle: Set the machine on a delicate cycle. Also, make sure to choose the shortest spin cycle so that the wash is as gentle as it can be for your garment.

Hand Wash Your Velvet Clothes

Hand wash velvet clothes
Hand wash velvet clothes
  • Fill a bucket or tub with cold/lukewarm water.
  • Add 1 or half a tablespoon of detergent to this water.
  • Swish through the water to mix the detergent well.
  • Now, swish your velvet garment through this sudsy water gently.
  • Repeat 5-6 times.
  • Take the garment out and place it on a clean surface or another clean bucket.
  • Rinse the garment with clean water until you see sudsy (soapy) water.

Pro-tip: Do not twist, scrub or wring the garment with force. The velvet fabric can get stretched or damaged with such practices.

Some Tips To Care For Velvet Clothes

Tips to take care of velvet clothes
Tips to take care of velvet clothes

Once you will wash velvet clothes, there can be some wrinkles on them. In general, ironing is the first choice is ironing. However, with velvet, you should try to prevent heat as much as you can. So, let’s see all the options to remove wrinkles from velvet clothes (including ironing). 

Hang the garment overnight: If the garment only has minor wrinkles you can hang it straight on a clothes hanger. Keep it hung overnight or for 6-8 hours. Minor wrinkles often go away with this trick. 

In case it doesn’t work, you can try the next one. 

Hang the garment in the bathroom: This method is only applicable if you have hot water showers while bathing. You just have to hang the velvet garment in a place where it doesn’t get wet but gets in direct contact with steam caused due to hot water. Hang it before you get into the shower and let it be there until there is steam. 

In case this doesn’t help, you can take the final resort to iron. 

Iron the garment: First of all, you should check the garment care label to see if the garment can be ironed or not. If there is no warning, then you can use a dry iron. You can also use a steam iron as a dry iron. The reason why we are emphasizing dry iron is that steam is not considered ideal for velvet fabric.

Turn the garment inside out. And set the iron on the “low” setting. In general, irons have settings like these, if your iron has some different settings, then choose the mildest one to iron velvet clothes. Iron your garment as usual but be a little extra careful that your iron doesn’t heat up. It may burn the fabric. You can check the ideal temperature to iron velvet clothes first. 

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Key Takeaway

Now, you have read everything about how to clean velvet clothes at home. You’ve read when it is ideal to clean velvet clothes at home and when you should approach dry cleaners. As additional tips, we will always recommend hand washing over machine washing to clean velvet clothes. When it comes to ironing try the above-mentioned tricks of hanging the garment first. If that doesn’t help, try to use a clothes steamer. Ironing should be your final resort with velvet garments.

This was all you need to know about how to clean velvet clothes. If you want more information on laundry, dry cleaning, ironing and fabric care tips, keep visiting Tumbledry as we post a lot about these things.

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