You Can Now Clean Your Suits - At Home!

Did you wear a suit to a wedding? Or was it for an office party? After every outing, brushing your suit is the best way to ensure that it stays in top condition. A decent suit brush will help you prolong its life. But do you think that’s enough? Simply running a suit brush over your suits, can result in them losing sheen over time, as dirt and unseen particles settle within its material. Brushing it meticulously will help, but your suit will need more care to sustain its quality in the long run.

If you are thinking of dry cleaning your suit, that’s now a method of the pre-pandemic era. Ideally, dry cleaning is the best alternative to get your suit cleaned efficiently.

Usually, you’d take your threads to nearby launderers. But with the pandemic in force, there is a fear in the minds of all to give away personal belongings to wash with those of others in the city.  Don’t worry, we’ve got a solution for you! 

You can effectively clean your suits at home. Yes, it may be a delicate job to perform but with the right instructions you can have a clean suit within hours! 

Let us guide you to the procedure to clean your suit at home.

1. Refer The Laundry Label

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Before you take any step towards washing your suit, you need to find and read the laundry tag with the instructions on it. Premium clothing brands use high-quality fabrics that come with their own set of instructions to follow while laundering clothes.  After all, you don’t want to damage your favourite set of clothes now, do you? Therefore, it’s advisable to learn the laundry tag thoroughly and follow the instructions provided.

2. Choose The Right Detergent

Virgin wool is a popular choice for suits and suit jackets as it is breathable. You shouldn’t use any random detergent as it contains bleach and enzymes that can damage the natural fiber of the suits. You need to use a special wool detergent when laundering them at home. They are much more gentler on the fabric fibers and do not contain any enzymes that might damage the virgin wool.

3. Select A Method To Wash

Before you wash your suit, you should test the washing powder on the fabric in an inconspicuous place. Some fabrics cannot be washed with water. Also, it would help if you could check the right temperature that could be used for your material. Keeping these things in mind, you can clean your suit in two ways.

1. Manual Wash

Firstly, look out for any stains that may be on your clothes. If you find any, you can soak the stained area beforehand. All you need to do is add the special detergent, meant for suits, with some water, soak a microfiber cloth in the solution and blot over the stain. Also, you must avoid using a brush during the washing process.

To start with the process:

• Take a tub and fill in sufficient water.

• Add an appropriate amount of the special detergent and let your suit soak for a while.

• Without wasting much time, empty the tub and rinse the suit a few times with clean water.

2. Machine Wash

Modern washing machines feature settings are designed especially for certain fabrics and fibers. Most washing machines, therefore, offer a wool or hand-wash cycle. If you don’t have that feature in your washing machine, you need to be more specific about the settings that you choose for the wash.

Please Note: You shouldn’t put more than three pieces of clothing into the machine, per load, to avoid damaging the suit fabric.

4. Air Dry Your Suits 

Always remember that suits and trousers should never be dried in a tumble dryer. Rather than tumble drying, you should air dry them by hanging them with the help of hangers. The hanger for the suit jacket needs to have shoulder flares so that the shoulder pads don’t lose their shape.

Conclusion

Cleaning a suit yourself harbours certain risks, but it is possible to clean your suit at home in your washing machine or even manually. Considering so many conditions, most people prefer laundry services for the professional handling of their premium and expensive clothing. 

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