As they say, a woman should do three things in life: create a family, learn how to cook and acquire a fur coat, better than a mink. But for your mink fur coat to please you for a long time, you need to know how to take care of the mink fur.
How to care for a mink coat?
To put on a mink fur coat in damp weather, with wet snow it is impossible. If the product gets water, then the fur coat should be shaken and dried, hanging on the wide shoulders until completely dry. Also need to do if the fur coat got a spray of dirt - first to dry, and then shake off the dirt with a brush or remove it with a vacuum cleaner at low power. If the stain is oily, then you need to spread out the fur coat on a flat surface and sprinkle the contaminated area with sawdust. After about an hour, the filings from the fur coat will need to be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner. To the collar of a fur coat, especially white, kept its appearance, it is necessary to wear a neck scarf (scarf) so that sweat, perfume or cosmetics do not come into contact with the fur.
After the end of the cold season, experts recommend that the fur be inspected for various kinds of contamination. If such were found out, then the product must be cleaned by passing it to a specialized dry cleaner, but not using traditional methods. To extend the life of the mink coat, it needs to provide ideal storage conditions, this is the right temperature regime, and the right level of humidity. At home, it is not easy to do, and therefore professionals advise to rent their fur products for storage in special fur coolers, in which the fur coat will retain its attractive appearance. But this approach can not afford all, but because you need to remember a few rules with which you can save the mink coat at home.
How to store a mink fur coat at home?
Of course, care for fur from the mink will depend on the color of the fur coat, and on the cut, and the way the villi is treated. Naturally, the most difficult thing to look after is a white mink coat, like a fur coat from a mink, it will require special care and attention. But there are some recommendations for the care of fur, which are valid for white mink fur coats, and for all other types of mink coats:
- The fur coat should be hung on a hanger with wide and soft shoulders to avoid deformation and sagging of the product.
- The mink fur coat should hang freely in the closet, without touching other things. The mink fur likes air, therefore in no case a fur product can not be placed in polyethylene bags or cases of synthetic materials. The cover must be made only from natural dark fabric, so that the air circulation is not disturbed.
- We keep the mink fur coat in the place closed from the light, since the fur is extremely negative about active sun rays.
- Periodically, the fur coat needs to be ventilated in the open air, avoiding direct sunlight. The ideal time for airing is a frosty winter, the mink fur is best preserved at low temperatures. So if for some reason you still do not wear a fur coat, then it's better to ventilate it in the cold season, and not lay it out in the summer in the sun.
- Do not forget about anti-molten drugs, which must be replaced every four months. But they should not have contact with the fur coat, because the mink, like any other fur, reacts negatively to any chemical preparations.
- It would be nice to comb the long fur fur coat once a month, buying a special brush.
- Once a year, a fur coat, especially white fur, should be given to specialized dry cleaners. So you get rid of the fur coat from contamination, give shine and improve the color of the white coat. But, of course, if the fur of the white fur coat has turned yellow, then no dry cleaning will save it.