@HenrietteBN try Dawn dish washing soap if you can find it where you live, I've used it for makeup stains on my scarves (rub lightly until the stain is gone) and I've had great results. I actually use it for food stains regular clothes as well.We had our first daughter last year, and she is finally able to sit in my lap reasonably well. So I had her in my lap at a texmex restaurant, and tried eating over her head. Which means I spilled queso on my doublefaced silk twillI tried swishing it in cold water with Johnson's Baby Shampoo, and that did nothing. Feeling desperate - does anyone have any answers?
Scarves Cleaning and Caring for Hermès Scarves
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A good dry cleaning professional can get the stain out. But he/she should know how to handle Hermes scarves.
I purchased a lovely Gene Kelly 70cm scarf yesterday and wore it to dinner. Then we had some spectacular bacio gelato and unfortunately, I saw this morning that I had spilled some on the scarf. I’d know what to do if I was home but I am unsure what to do while on vacation. I plan to run under cold water to see if that works but if not, should I try some shampoo on it? I think waiting a week to wash at home will set the stain. Any recommendations please?
Crisis solved! Our friends had some Dawn dishwashing liquid and it took the stains right out. Thanks to @mktlim!
Glad my tip helped @FlaTiger! It also works for makeup stains (from my experience - foundation), as long as heat isn't applied to the scarf since this sets stains. I recently washed a scarf that had some stubborn foundation stains I couldn't remove the first time around and luckily the extra wash helped.
Does anyone have any tips/tricks for ironing stubborn wrinkles from silk scarves? My steamer can't get them out and I'd rather not iron the scarf directly. Or does anyone have any steamer recommendations if that's the only option I have? TIA!
I’ve used a silk muslin pressing cloth (bought on Amazon) over my silk items to protect from direct contact with the iron. I also prefer to iron the underside rather than then face of the fabric to prevent any possible scorching.
I use thin ironing rag/cloth (it doesn't have to be expensive, or cost a fortune - just pick something very thin, soft and worn out - could be very thin cotton from old night gown, etc). The trick is to use a moistened cloth - as the cloth need to have some (very little) moisture to generate the steam to get the wrinkles out. To start, I wet the cloth and let it hang, while checking its "level of moisture" in the meantime. Once it is slightly - just slightly - damp, you can use it for iron pressing on the spots where wrinkles are. Once you pressed with the iron, you have to remove the cloth very quickly though and press with the dry iron thereafter - don't hold the iron on the silk, just touching quickly in and out. The idea is to give a bit steam to let the wrinkles to relax, but not overdo it to damage the fabric. You can DM if you need more info.
Thanks @Genie27 and @Ashanti_Rose - I tried a combination of both of your suggestions, not all the wrinkles came out. I think I'll have to attempt it again when I wash the scarf before it completely dries. The wrinkles sort of come out when I try to smooth them out but not with the iron.
In a bit of a panic! I just got done lip gloss ( curse you H for making one I like!) and of course, wind blows my mother’s beautiful silk 140 panther right into my face! And insult to injury, the WHITE area!
Im at work and not happy, but afraid to do anything here to set the stain.
Any suggestions ( and hand holding) appreciated
Im at work and not happy, but afraid to do anything here to set the stain.
Any suggestions ( and hand holding) appreciated
I’m attaching some suggestions I found online. The one that might work for you is the one with some alcohol and then rinse with water since you might have some of that at work. It also said hand sanitizer if it has high alcohol content would work.
https://haydenhill.co/blogs/journal...otton ball, cloth,the garment with cold water.
You can try alcohol with high content - there was a video on youtube with a lady getting rid of lipstick from white silk, but it looked like a production (not sure if you can manage doing it at work). If I were you, I would leave it as is and take to the dry cleaner at your ealiest convenience (the one that knows how to handle H scarves - so they won't ruin the edges with pressing). Best of luck and don't worry too much - it happens.
I would take it to a high end cleaner, along with the lipgloss so they can see exactly what it is. It can probably wait until you are done work.
I have DIY’d cleaning myself. I got bright red lipstick on a light grey Helmut Lang wool coat a few years back. I was traveling and didn’t have much with me except for micellar water. But I had read about how micellar removes dirt so I took a q-tip and dipped it in the water and very gently blotted the lipstick off. You can’t tell it was ever there.
If you do this you will go through multiple qtips as the lipstick gets on it.
I haven't tried it but have read great things about micellular water. I think if you can get it to the dry cleaners in a reasonable time (this week) they'll be able to get it out; it can't be the first time someone's brought in a liptstick/silk combo. (I'm assuming you have a great dry cleaner of course; if they're going to smash the hems, well, I might try another option although flat hems can be fixed if you have the patience.). Good luck!
