Scarves Cleaning and Caring for Hermès Scarves
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Duggi, I have not. I wond how it would work, working around hems to avoid flattening them.
Ah I didn't think of that... I actually only have one item with a rolled-hem, but the rest of my silks are Twillys and their variants the Twilly-Maxi Slim and Twillons, which have flat seams anyway.
I cannot say, Nadine. I looked it up and this is what they say:a friend recommended me this product: Speick Amytis
it contains:
Inhaltsstoffe: 15-30% anionische Tenside (Eiweißfettsäurekondensat), < 0,05% Duftstoff (Cymbopogon Nardus Oil), Phenoxyethanol.
Does this sound good for the silk?
thanks!
Amytis concentrated laundry detergent is specially formulated for all textiles made from natural protein fibres, such as wool, silk, angora, llama hair, mohair, cashmere, washable down and sports &/ functional textiles. Amytis naturally cleans and cares for fabric, colour and skin, making it especially suitable for hand washing. It restores the elasticity of wool, softens silk and leaves other textiles smooth and gentle on the skin. Amytis concentrated detergent is pH-neutral, does not dry out the skin and rinses clean without leaving behind any irritating residues. Amytis concentrated detergent is made from natural proteins and plant oils. It is phosphate free, does not any contain brighteners, stain removers or an added laundry perfume and is readily biologically degradable according to the modified OECD Screening Test. Amytis is a natural product and contains only non-aggressive, formaldehyde-free preservatives to ensure maximum storage life and hygiene. Amytis is very economical with 0,5 litre sufficient for 30 machine washes. I hope this helps.
Perhaps do a search on this thread on removing stains?
Congrats on your vintage silk!Happy to help you, Nadine. It does seem good but I don’t want to influence you.Thank you
Sounds kinda good
Since I hold my breath every time I put any of my H silks in water, I’m no judge. 
I would be afraid to use a steam press, but I use a regular hand held steamer and it works beautifully. There is no contact with the fabric.
Using normal iron on silk setting. No steam. Works fine each time.
So I actually ended up getting the steam press. It has a silk setting, which doesn't put out steam, but it does a WONDERFUL job on my Twillys, Maxi-Twilly Slims, and Twillons. I actually press them between a folded pillow case (so two layers of cotton on each side between the silk and press) and it takes about 12 seconds per press. Twillys can go in two passes, the bigger ones of course have to go through in multiple sections, but it's much faster and easier than ironing. I did all of mine in 10 minutes. I even pressed my 45cm pocket square and silk/cashmere losange, but forgot to take note of not pressing the rolled hems on them...the Losange's hem got flattened a tiny bit, but the pocket square is perfectly fine and looks/feels just like it did before. Not a big deal on the Losange though, the way I use it, it's going to take a lot of wear anyway (bag strap with the Attache Soie).
Overall I really like the press, but will refrain on making a recommendation on it until we see how my silks look after ~6 mos of use.
Happy it worked out for you, Duggi. That losange is faaab. I love my CS losanges.
This would be so awesome for my table linens but for scarves how do you avoid pressing the rolled edges?
They're so lovely to wear right!?
So as I said, I forgot about the rolled edges
I think with my losange it'd be a little challenging, if I'm honest, due to the very pointy ends, but a square scarf could be easily done so the edges weren't pressed...just keep them right outside the press area.They're so lovely to wear right!?
So as I said, I forgot about the rolled edges
