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How To Care For Silk Sheets

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



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