How to Take Care of Your Silk Bedding??
Make friends with your local dry cleaner. Tip him often and smile. Greased Lightning is a product you should try.
Turn pillow slips inside out and place in another pillow slip along with the folded sheet. Turn duvet cover inside out and place in machine on a cool,low spin wash or the handwash button if you have that on your machine. Always dry outside never tumble dry................
Follow steps below to take care of your silk items at home:dry clean is usually the best method to clean silk. 1.DO NOT use your washing machine, your dryer, or any bleach when cleaning silk items. 2.Silk is an organic fabric. It can be easily damaged by heat and chemicals. DO NOT use regular detergent. Use gentle soap such as baby shampoo or mild shampoo with little chemicals in them. Downy Detergent and special silk detergent can do a good job as well. 3.Hand-wash your silk bedding in a tub of cold water. Be gentle, very gentle as possible. Do not wring it out or bunch it out, which will create lots of wrinkles.
Silk contains natural proteins. Silk is naturally stain resistant and has antibacterial property. If you have a silk filled comforter, you should dry clean it only. However, silk filling does not need to be dry clean very often. Using a duvet cover to protect the silk filling should be enough. Most of the silk sheets and duvet covers are washable and can easily be taking care of in your own home. However, when in doubt, dry clean is usually the best method to clean silk.
Follow the care instructions on the label. If it is fake silk (like polyester), you can just wash and dry, according to directions. If it is actual silk, refer to the care label, and follow directions exactly. Some silk is washable, some is not. Silk is very delicate, don't take chances with it. I wouldn't use real silk bedding. Too delicate and hard to care for. I have an imitation satin pillowcase. I have used it almost non-stop for 23 years. It still looks really good, almost good as new! Wish I still had the rest of that bedding set, it was worth every penny!
