Removing Shine
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I rarely dry clean my clothing but occasionally have to and occasionally items come back with shiny patches, from pressing without a cloth I assume. Is there any way to remove this sheen?
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Guest
I don't have the answer. It's happened to me too.
But it sounds as if your cleaner is ruining your good clothes.
At a minimum, try to find the best clearner in your area and ask them what to do.
It's amazing how easily a bad cleaner can ruin your expensive clothes in just a few minutes.
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But it sounds as if your cleaner is ruining your good clothes.
At a minimum, try to find the best clearner in your area and ask them what to do.
It's amazing how easily a bad cleaner can ruin your expensive clothes in just a few minutes.
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Once your suit has a shine it is very difficult to remove it. But try steaming. plenty of water on a cloth and rest your iron against it without letting it press down on the garment below. The steam can sometimes revove the shine. Also, ever so gently, brush the area with a soft brush after steaming.
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I responded to this on another forum last summer as follows below. Here's google's cache of the entire thread, including advice from CarloFranco on steamers.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ULS ... =clnk&cd=3
If steam alone doesn't do it, try this tip from Margaret McGettigan, proprietress of Chestnut Hill Launderama in Philadelphia (who still oxygen-bleaches antique white linens by draping them damp over a clean hedge on a sunny day, as it was done in Vermeer's time):
Dampen a clean, lint-free pad of cloth with distilled white vinegar (which would be about 5% acetic acid or less, and completely volatile; that is, the acid will not remain in the fabric). Gently brush the shined surface of the wool with the dampened cloth until the shine dulls. You don't need to soak it, a little surface moisture should be enough. The vinegar relaxes the crushed wool fibers and raises their texture; wool naturally has a slightly acidic pH.
I've done this on navy wool gabardines that were prone to shine after many pressings, and it worked well, although eventually they were worn enough that even that no longer did the trick. You probably already know that if you can minimize or avoid dry cleaning solvents it also helps, since retaining some lanolin keeps the fibers resilient.
Good luck!
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ULS ... =clnk&cd=3
If steam alone doesn't do it, try this tip from Margaret McGettigan, proprietress of Chestnut Hill Launderama in Philadelphia (who still oxygen-bleaches antique white linens by draping them damp over a clean hedge on a sunny day, as it was done in Vermeer's time):
Dampen a clean, lint-free pad of cloth with distilled white vinegar (which would be about 5% acetic acid or less, and completely volatile; that is, the acid will not remain in the fabric). Gently brush the shined surface of the wool with the dampened cloth until the shine dulls. You don't need to soak it, a little surface moisture should be enough. The vinegar relaxes the crushed wool fibers and raises their texture; wool naturally has a slightly acidic pH.
I've done this on navy wool gabardines that were prone to shine after many pressings, and it worked well, although eventually they were worn enough that even that no longer did the trick. You probably already know that if you can minimize or avoid dry cleaning solvents it also helps, since retaining some lanolin keeps the fibers resilient.
Good luck!
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