How to clean your fur coat: The right way

How to clean your fur coat to keep it always new.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Better if you have a good furrier.

1. 
    
   Examination

   1 – Examination: It must be examined for age and condition, to see if there are any rips or tears that need repairing and to see if they are strong enough to go into the fur-cleaning drum;

2. 
    
   Spots & Linings

   2 – Spot & Linings: Linings must be hand-cleaned, and spots removed from the fur;

3. 
    
   Tumble treating

   3 – Tumble treating: Coats should be placed in a large drum with sawdust and tumble treated with an environmentally safe cleaning solution. Sometimes instead of sawdust, walnut shells or pumice can be used;

4. 
    
   Removing saw dust

   4 – Removing sawdust: Put it in a cage with a vacuum attached, to tumble the furs and remove the sawdust;

5. 
    
   Hand Steaming

   5 – Hand Steaming: Remove it from the cage and hand-steam it to remove further sawdust from hems and other hiding places;

6. 
    
   Glazing the fur

   6 – Glazing the fur: Use a process called ironing, glazing or electrifying. In a specialized furrier place it by hand into a machine that irons it with rollers. Instead of flattening the fur, as it would appear to, the hairs are lifted, separated and returned to a uniform direction. Think of what static electricity does to your own hair;

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   Double checking

   7 – Double check it: Examine the coat again, checking it yet again for any problem spots and repair if you find any;

8. 
    
   Steam and linings final check

   8 - Steam and linings check: Steam and check the linings one more time before storing.

Tips & Warnings

• The best way to get the results you want is to send your fur coat to be cleaned at a specialized furrier. Frank`s furs and Fashion (www.franksfurs.com)has 45 years of experience and can help you.

Resources

• Fur Doctors
• Frank`s Furs and Fashion