Top 9 tips to Maintaining Silk Sarees
This blog highlights top 9 tips to maintain your precious silk sarees.
Silk is a popular textile known for its lustre, shine, strength, and durability. It is adored and traded all over the world because it represents the pinnacle of luxury. Its soft feel and elegant appearance make it a rare and irreplaceable choice.
Silk is distinguished by its sheen, strength, absorbency, and wrinkle resistance. Pure silk, on the other hand, is damaged by sweat, bleach, body oils, fragrances, and sunlight. This is why blended silk has now become popular and taken over the market.
Blended silk is viewed as a more cost-effective and durable alternative because of its combination fabric. The fabric’s antibacterial and UV protection qualities are increased. Blended silk sarees are a fantastic substitute, for individuals who desire the look and feel of silk but need something more robust and long-lasting.
Be it Pure silk or Blended silk, Silk saree maintenance is tricky, and without it, your expensive sarees may be damaged. This article lists few tips and tricks to maintain your precious silk sarees in good condition for a long time. Let’s get started
- Never wash a silk saree by hand or machine.
- If the saree becomes stained, immediately remove the stain with cold water.
- Silk sarees should only be dry-cleaned.
- Drying: Never hang a silk saree to dry in direct sunlight as doing so will cause the color to fade
- Don’t keep the saree bundled up as this will result in the threads of the embroidery work getting entangled.
- Store the saree in a cool and dry place, preferably in a light cotton muslin cloth. This will give the saree breathing space and will prevent one saree from sticking to another when kept in a pile
- Don’t store the saree in a plastic cover as this will cause the gold embroidery to turn black
- Maintenance: Unfold your silk sarees and change the folding preferably every month. Ensure minimal friction between the cloth and the embroidery when you fold embroidered outfits.
- Silk outfits are best maintained if kept in a hanging position.
