5 Simple Tips to Maintain Silk Sarees

Since ancient days, Saree is an integral part of a traditional dresses. It is the most adored unstitched garment worn by women. Many women’s in the countries of South Asia, especially in India, prefer to wear saree as it a traditional culture, hence without a saree, their wardrobe is incomplete.

Whether it is wedding or any other occasions usually in India, most of the women’s prefer to wear Silk Sarees. Silk Saree is a beautiful attire made-up by weaving various kinds of silk fabrics. Silk Sarees & its designs with bright borders draw the attention of many customers which influence to buy wedding sarees online made of silk.

Generally, In India many Women’s prefer to have Silk Sarees on special occasions, hence the demand made to introduce various kinds of Silk Sarees into the market & the price varies from the type of silk fabric forming a Silk Saree.

While Shopping wedding silk saree online or for any other occasional wear, purchasing would be a common factor everyone does, but how many of you are maintaining the durability of Silk Sarees & still as it seems new?

Don’t have any ideas to maintain the durability of silk sarees then kindly go through the article that is described in 5 simple steps which will help you to maintain the silk sarees.

1) Methods to Wash a Silk Sarees

• Washing Silk Sarees matters for its durability. It is necessary to be more conscious while washing silk sarees at home. To maintain the same attractiveness of Silk Sarees when it was new even after washing it, some instructions has to be followed:

• For the first 3 washes, avoid using soap/detergent while washing silk saree, instead prefer plain cold water.

• To preserve the texture of Silk Sarees use protein shampoo.

• The most important factor is avoid  wringing or twisting silk sarees while washing because it may leave a permanent wrinkles on silk saree as there is a less chance to overcome the wrinkled look while ironing.

• Never try to dry silk saree through direct sun because there is no Ultraviolet protection.

• For better water absorption it is good to roll the silk saree in a towel/cotton cloth after washing it. As a result, it minimises the chances of getting a wrinkled look of your saree.

Without spending much money on dry clean. You can follow the above effective instruction to maintain the durability of Silk Sarees while washing at home.


2) Storage of Silk Saree

• Always keep silk saree separately wrapping in a cotton cloth to maintain its durability. Do not keep along with the normal sarees made of different fabrics such as georgette, polyesters, chiffon etc.

• Store the silk saree in a dark place to retain the original color of the saree.

• Use the hanger to hang the saree & keep the saree wrinkle free.

• You can also use cotton saree bags to store silk saree, but once in awhile refold it to avoid folded lines.

3) Stain removal and dry-clean

• Do not panic for the stain. You can easily remove it without harming the texture of the saree using petrol which removes hard stains.

• If you get a nail paint stain over the saree use nail paint remover, a stain will vanish within no time.

• The stain may occur due to sweat, blood, tea, coffee or relevant stuff, use liquid soap or protein shampoo to remove.

• Use talcum powder to remove the oil/butter stain and quickly wash it with mild detergent.

• Dry-clean would be the best solution to avoid saree damage.

4) Ironing Silk Saree

• Use Steam iron to reduce the chances of damage over the silk saree.

• Keep silk saree under the cotton cloth before you iron or use low heat.

5) Keep it wrinkle-free

• Do not twist and remove excess water from the saree, instead wrap it in a cotton cloth to soak the excess water. Later, hang to the hanger in your cupboard.

• Once in a while unfold the folding from the hanger and change it’s folding to avoid wrinkles.

Hope, spending time on the above key points helped you  know about the 5 simple steps to maintain the durability of silk sarees. It is not only restricted for Silk Sarees even it can be applied for any type of sarees irrespective of fabrics based on the scenario.

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