Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
Let me know if you have tried with success or failure to wash your velvet fabric.
Thank you!
Ginny
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RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
If I remember right from when I was young real velvet also has to be ironed and that has to be done on the wrong side of the fabric and I think over a bath towel.
Post by redhatterb
RE: Can You machine Wash Cotton Velvet Duvet with dry clean only label?
Can You machine Wash Cotton Velvet Duvet with dry clean only label?
Post By a (Guest Post)
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
Yes and at this time it looks awful!
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Post By Beverly Hansen (Guest Post)
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
yes. but you have to brush the pile as it's drying, as the pile would stick together. brush gently.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
Try hand washing it if you are unsure. This has never failed me - a seamstress.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
Depends what its made of - some velvets are made with synthetic material that washes fine, others are cotton velvet that may end up with marks where the pile has settled in alternate directions. Does it have a label telling you what the fabric is? If you do decide to wash it hand wash, don't rub just swish around in the water and don't wring - drip dry on a flat rack.
Regards
Jo - who doesn't have any dry clean only clothes now - some of them say they are but they all go in the washer with everything else no problem!
Post by Jo Bodey
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
Here's a good tip from Pioneer Thinking: "Brush good, then hang in a steamy bathroom".
This seems safer than trying to wash it.
Post by got2bcristi
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
I don't think I would wash velvet, but I have steamed it and then brushed with a clothes brush. Hope this helps
Post By Pat (Guest Post)
RE: Can You Hand Wash Velvet?
I have before. Of course I wash MOST things that are "dry clean only." Just make sure after wards, you use a soft cloth, like a washcloth and "brush" it!
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