Cashmere Knowledge
Maintaining Tips
 

  Cashmere, as a costly and delicate fiber, demands special care in use and maintenance.

In use

1.You are strongly recommended to rest a cashmere sweater after you have worn it for ten to fifteen days. Other sweaters as alternatives preferable.

2.Contact with hard or rough subjects (e.g. waist belt, watch, etc) is prohibited. A pen or other subject is not supposed to be put within an inner pocket of a coat or jacket, for the prevention of local abrasion and pilling on the part of your cashmere sweater.

Washing and storage

1.Cashmere fabrics are machine washable and dry cleanable. Hand wash recommended.

2.Soak the cashmere sweater in warm special washing solution or mild washing agent solution.

3.Press the sweater gently. Twisting, dragging or rubbing is prohibited.

4.Rinse the sweater with clean warm water. Soak the piece in softener-added water for ten minutes before a second rinsing.

5.Dry the sweater in a dryer.

6.Put the dried sweater at its original style and size. No direct exposure to sunshine permissible.

7.Or remodel the cashmere sweater with an iron.

8.Cashmere, as a natural fiber, bears a considerable content of natural proteins and thus is liable to worm damages. To prevent it, put the sweater into a clean plastic bag together with camphor ball of suitable quantity after each washing.

About pilling

1.Pilling results from improper wearing or abrasion with hard subjects. But, sometimes, loose fibers might fall off or get entangled when pilling occurs. Even the best cashmere sweater is subjected to slight pilling during the initial use.

2.Forceful pull or draw of pilings is prohibited. The correct solution is to cut down the pilings gently after washing. After several washes, pilling might disappear with the loose fibers fallen off.

After you have mastered the above tips, your cashmere sweater shall maintain its soft handle and original style for years long.

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