5 Top Tips in Taking Care of Your Curtains

As you may already know, curtains are not just the kind of fixture you add to make your home more aesthetically pleasing. More than ever, it serves as your shade during the summer season, provides privacy all throughout the day, and most importantly, protect you and your family from harmful rays of the sun and dust and other allergens that can cause respiratory illness. 

Thus, it is only reasonable that you guarantee that the materials and texture of your curtains will be cleaned with utmost care to maintain its quality and serve its purpose effectively. Here are some tips that you may adapt in taking care of your curtains:

• Dust Care

To remove accumulated dust from a curtain, you may either shake it gently or use a vacuum cleaner especially if the curtains are made from thick material.

• Washing of Curtains

Washing curtains depends on the material, color and other embellishments (e.g. sequins, laces) that make up the curtains. Always ready the fabric label to determine the type of cleaning it requires. Avoid using strong detergents as it can dull the color of the curtain and even shrink the material. Also, after drying, make sure that it is not directly under the heat of the sun as it can affect the quality of curtains (e.g. faded color).

• Pressing of Curtains

In pressing or ironing of curtains, always turn it inside out with the iron on a low setting to prevent fabric from being damaged. You may also try to dip sheer curtains, if you have one, in starch mixture before hanging it. Through this method, you would not need to iron it anymore especially because it is made out of thin material.

Another method of keeping the crisp condition of sheer curtains is letting it soaked in water with Epsom salt for a few minutes or so before hanging it.

• Spot-Cleaning

If your curtains have accumulated stains, putting it in the machine alone would not be effective. It is ideal to do a spot-cleaning first to provide the necessary cleaning that can thoroughly clean the stain.

• Seek professional care

Definitely not the least, seeking professional care is one of the cost-effective ways in keeping your curtain tidy inside and out at all times. These professionals are trained in tending to any stains your curtains may have accumulated and are knowledgeable enough to determine the type of cleaning it needs. 

As much as we keep our clothes clean, we should also remember that our environment also affects our well-being. No matter how clean our rooms are, if the air that revolves around has accumulated dirt due to uncleaned curtains, there is likely a probability that we can acquire unforeseen illness or allergies.