Dolls Washing Tips

Jumat, 17 Juni 2011

Dolls Washing Tips

Dolls / teddybear / doll can be washed and cleaned in several ways. But before you wash it, it’s good to see first tag reply was in the doll was to ascertain whether the doll machine washable, by hand or dry cleaning only.

For the doll who do not have tags, you can use your instinct or estimate how to wash it and here are some techniques for washing dolls:

First way: Using Wet Cloth

If the doll is only dusty and not too dirty or made of material / fur easily fall out, simply wiped with a cloth that has been soaked in warm water to all parts of the doll. After that do the steaming with handsteamer and at the packing provide laundry perfume taste.

Second way: Washing With Water

For the doll who is very dirty, you can wash it using washing machine or hand wash clothes withdrawal. But the wash in this manner should be a little careful. Look at the first label on the doll imaginable for signs of whether this can be washed by machine or hand washing.

Preparation:

* Laundry bags (laundry bag) or a plain white pillowcase.

Process:

1. Insert doll into a laundry bag or pillowcase. Tie the laundry bag / pillow with a meeting for the doll does not come out of the bag. Using the bag is done so that the doll was not damaged and no doll hair fall out everywhere when the laundry done.

2. Enter the laundry bag / pillow which already contains the doll into the washing machine and set the speed of the washing machine to the most slow-speed / slow then Input detergent. Quantity of detergent to wash the doll is not as much as the dose of detergent to wash clothes. Approximately only take a quarter dose only.

3. Rinse washed-up doll with clean water and at the time of rinsing, no need to add softener / softener in hopes to make the doll becomes soft. In my experience, the use of softener damage the doll and even make the color fade, so enough with clean water only.

4. After rinsing, squeeze the doll with pressed-way tap with hands or being trampled to remove residual water.

5. Dry the doll new-washed by means diangin-angini or sunbathe reply shady place. If you want to dry the doll with a dryer, use low heat mode / not too hot.

6. When dry, trim back the feathers with your fingers, do not use a brush / comb can damage the animal dolls, use a flat comb (comb male) origin can not comb it too fast and careful.

7. Finishing: Before dipacking into the plastic, make sure whether the doll is completely dry to avoid the smell of damp or mildew. Spray perfume laundry to make the dolls more fresh and fragrant.

Third way Using Baking Soda

Using Baking Soda is very powerful to clean the fur doll who is very easily fall out or a puppet who is old and antique.

Preparation:

* Paper bags / Plastic.

* Baking Soda. (looking at a cake shop or

Process:

1. Insert doll into a paper bag. If there is no paper bags, you can put it into the plastic packing laundry.

2. Enter the taste of baking soda into a paper bag or plastic that already contains a doll. Dose adjusted for size and not too excessive and evenly throughout the mouthful.

3. Close the bag tightly paper / plastic and shake for a few moments to flatten the baking soda throughout the doll. Let stand for 15 minutes of baking soda lagar work and remove the doll.

4. Clean the baking soda I had inside the doll by hand or menepok-nepoknua then take a wet cloth and wipe evenly throughout the dolls to clean the baking soda stick to reply.

5. Once clean you can give a little steam steamer to all parts of the doll to clean the inside, but remember, when baking soda was not one against another in part because the can-can dolls when exposed to steam to clot and give effect to chemical reactions and leave a trail of foam spot white spots when dry foam.

6. Finishing: When packing, give a little perfume to make it fresh but it is sprayed evenly from a distance so as not to clot on doll hair.

Go to the above four ways you can use to wash and clean the dolls. Selection of wash Which way is best depends on the material these dolls.

Additional tips:

    Before doll cleaned, first check whether there is a distinguished part doll torn or damaged as part of the arm, neck, or legs. If there is damage, you should correct it first with manual stitching for later when cleaning does not cause further damage.

    Before washing the doll, look at the label tag doll to make sure I wash them offline.

    Not all dolls have the same material, there are some who made a distinguished doll when washed with water would make it more shrinkage / deflate and damaging forms.

    Old and antique dolls which are usually more vulnerable to damage to be cleaned, look at ears if there is or not because the pin has a pin is usually distinguished antique dolls. To do the cleaning old doll with a fourth way to use baking soda.

    Use Softener to release the doll, avoid the use of softener / softener clothing.

    For the doll who tangled after the cleaning, use a hand to tidy it up or use a comb and the type who rarely straight, not the type of brush.