How to Remove Creases From a Silk Blouse
So you're laying out your clothes for work the next day and you realize that the beautiful, brand-new silk blouse you were planning to wear has serious creases. You can't just treat it like cotton and put a steaming-hot iron to it; silk is a very delicate material that needs to be handled with particular care. You can remove creases and wrinkles from by steaming or gently ironing the blouse.
Instructions
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Manual Steaming
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Place the blouse on a hanger and hang it in the bathroom, on either the door or a towel rack.
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Take a hot shower or turn the shower on hot for several minutes. The steam will create humidity that will relax the wrinkles in your blouse. Keep the bathroom door closed tightly, so that no steam escapes.
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Turn off the shower. Leave the blouse hanging in the bathroom, and close the door tightly so that the humidity in the bathroom will continue to work on the blouse.
Mechanical Steamer
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Hang the blouse on a hanger, and place it on a door or a clothing rack.
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Turn on the steamer and allow it to heat up until the indicator light says that it is ready.
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Lightly go over the creases in your blouse, using the head of the steamer hose. Creases should disappear after you go over them a few times.
Iron
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Turn the iron on to the silk setting. If your iron does not have a silk setting, choose the "cool" or "delicate" setting.
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Turn your silk blouse inside out.
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Lightly go over the creases on your blouse. Repeat until the creases relax.
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Tips & Warnings
Place a humidifier in the bathroom to increase the humidity when trying to release the creases in your blouse.
Be careful not to leave the iron in any one area of the blouse for more than a few seconds. Silk is very delicate and you risk damaging the silk fibers if you leave the iron on too long.
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- Photo Credit silk color image by coff47 from Fotolia.com
