| Sleeping on synthetic fibers can be an uncomfortable | | | | extremely mild. |
| experience. Synthetic materials are usually hot and | | | | Once you wash your sheets, it is time to dry them. |
| sticky during the summer months and chilly during the | | | | Don't wring them out to remove any of the water |
| winter. Although cotton sheets are more comfortable | | | | still on them, because they are just too delicate to |
| to sleep on than sheets made with man made | | | | handle this. Instead, you can gently shake the sheets |
| materials, they can be a bit coarse, especially if they | | | | to remove some of the water and then hang them |
| don't have a high thread count and they are prone to | | | | carefully across an indoor clothesline or drying rack |
| wrinkling. Silk sheets are the ultimate luxury for the | | | | until they dry. |
| restless sleeper. However, since they are a bit more | | | | Using a dryer to dry your sheets is a bad idea, since |
| expensive than other types of sheets, caring for silk | | | | the heat could cause the silk to shatter. Even if the |
| sheets is an important concern. | | | | sheets come out of the dryer looking unharmed, |
| Most silk sheets are designed to be machine washed | | | | they will not last as long as air dried sheets because |
| on the delicate cycle in cold water. However, you | | | | the heat makes the silk threads very brittle. Drying |
| should check for a label with washing instructions on | | | | sheets on a clothesline outdoors is a bad idea for the |
| your sheets before you assume they are machine | | | | same reason. After all, the sun can give off quite a |
| washable. Some silk sheets must be hand washed in | | | | lot of heat. In addition, sunlight can really damage the |
| cold water instead. | | | | color of your silk sheets. |
| No matter how you wash your sheets, don't use a | | | | Finally, if you are overwhelmed at the thought of |
| traditional laundry detergent or bleach. These | | | | caring for your silk sheets, you may want to consider |
| chemicals are too strong for silk and can cause the | | | | having them dry cleaned. Make sure that you let your |
| silk to shatter, which is a condition where the silk | | | | dry cleaner know that the sheets are made with silk |
| fabric literally breaks apart. Instead, you should use a | | | | before you hand them over. A good dry cleaner |
| special silk safe detergent. In an emergency, you can | | | | knows exactly how to clean and iron silk without |
| try washing your sheets with Ivory soap, which is | | | | damaging it. |