Iron the silk on the wrong side and use a pressing cloth over the fabric to protect it from scorching. Sheers, including some laces, need cleaning even more often than other fabrics because they will become discolored and dingy if you wait too long between cleanings.
These fragile fabrics should first be soaked in clean, cold water in the washing machine with a mild laundry detergent for about five minutes. Drain the water. If using a machine, choose the gentlest cycle possible, and only if the fabric is suitable.
Pour in a small amount of mild laundry detergent and wash. Place sheer curtains in a dryer on a no-heat, air-only setting. Add one or two soft, dry terry cloth towels to the dryer. The towels will gently prevent the sheer fabric from balling up while tumbling. Take the curtains out while slightly damp to avoid wrinkles. Hang them back on your window, and as you do that, gently pull the curtains to release any wrinkles and to bring them back to their correct shape without puckering.
When you're doing household, don't forget to dust valances, curtain rods, finials, and any other part of the drapery that collects dust. If you don't have a brush attachment on your vacuum, you can use a long-handled broom with soft, synthetic fibers to help keep dust from building up.
You can also give your drapes a gentle shaking as you close them each night to remove dust from the folds. Not all commercial dry cleaners are experienced with cleaning fine draperies. If you are sending curtains and drapes out for cleaning, a safer and more expensive option is a firm specializing in drapery cleaning. These firms will come into your home, remove the draperies for cleaning, then rehang them after cleaning is complete.
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Be sure to remove hooks and any weights, and loosen the tapes so they lie flat. Before doing the curtain cleaning, dust them by running them through a dryer set to the no-heat cycle.
Or shake them out, lay them on a bed, and dust with the vacuum brush attachment. If parts of the fabric have already dried, dampen the entire curtain again to avoid watermarks. Stretch seams gently while ironing to avoid puckering, then spread the curtains out on a clean surface, such as a bed, and pull them to the correct size.
When curtains are dry, insert hooks and weights, and pull tape to correct width. You might be able to save a step by hanging your curtains, then using either a handheld steamer or the vertical steaming of a regular steam iron to smooth them.
Before rehanging the curtains, clean valances fixed to the wall. Then the trick is to use the corner of the pocket to determine those two folded edges, rather than the outside stitched edge.
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Fill the machine with warm water and add a gentle laundry detergent. Distribute the curtains evenly in the tub and allow them to soak for 10 to 15 minutes. Set the machine on the delicate cycle. Remove the curtains promptly once the wash cycle is completed. Allow the sheers to tumble dry on cool air in the dryer for a few minutes. Placing several clean hand towels in the dryer along with the curtains helps keep the sheers from becoming wrinkled.
Remove the sheers from the dryer while they are still slightly damp.
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