Pills: shave them with a razor blade. Or catch them on Scotch.
Yellowing: cook your grayish T-shirt in a mixture of water, Marseille soap flakes and lemon juice.
Five techniques for ironing without iron:
Spraying. Place your laundry on a hanger, spray it with lukewarm water, let it dry. You will see that the creases will disappear.
The shower. Take advantage of the hot water vapor to hang your outfit of the day on a hanger and smooth it out as if by magic.
A damp towel. A wrinkled item of clothing can become uncreased if it is “ironed” using a damp sponge, placed flat on the item of clothing.
Above a saucepan. OK, the trick requires a bit of headroom, but you can place your shirt over a pot of boiling water to benefit from the smoothing effects of the hot water steam.
With a hair dryer. Spray with water and dry it. Be careful not to approach the tip so as not to burn the fabric and use gentle heat.
(Her) grandmother’s tip: Washing in a net
My grandmother, who was very chic, collected cashmere cardigans.
She gave me a few, with some very good advice: before putting the vest in the washing machine, wrap the buttons in aluminum foil very tightly. Wash vests very often because the more you wash them, the softer and more beautiful they are. Wash them only in cold or lukewarm water, or at 30°C. And above all, especially place them in a net, like for lingerie.
Did you know ?
The natural or synthetic fibers of a garment do not shrink when washing, but during drying, when the water evaporates from them.
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