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1. How to wash your pashmina products? * Hand wash in lukewarm water using your hair shampoo. Be sure to dissolve the shampoo through then put the pashmina or cashmere products into water. Rinse with hair conditioner, this would make your pashmina products or any pashmina garments softer. Wash colored garments separately. * Do not bleach pashmina products. * Squeeze your pashmina shawl or any pashmina products gently, do not twist or wing. Twisting the wet pashmina shawl would stretch the shape of your pashmina shawl. * Dry flat your pashmina products after removing excess water from pashmina products, away from direct heat and sunlight. * Press your pashmina or cashmere products with damp cloth, using a cool iron, from the inside of the garment. 2. How to store your pashmina products? In order to store your pashmina product of Nepal few things has to be remembered. Here we have summarized few of them: * Dampness, sunlight and leakages are very harmful to your precious pashmina products. So before storing your pashmina products in basements or attics, always keep in mind that your pashmina products don't get in touch with dampness, sunlight and leakages. Fold pashmina products or pack them neatly in tissue paper or polythene bag and store them in closet away from light, dust and dampness. * Cleaning Nepal pashmina products before storage is recommended, as fresh stains that may not yet be visible will oxidize and become fixed during storage; they may also be the food for moths. Moths have a discerning; they feast only on natural fabrics. Mothballs (naphthalene) and cedar chips are standard protection from moth infestation of woolens. * To store a pure Neapl pashmina products during summer, the most important thing is to keep moisture away, and so please do not store your pashmina products in a damp place. A well-sealed plastic storage box (available in most stores) is good enough (be sure that if there is any moisture inside). Make sure the box is dry before you put your pashmina products in. * To keep the moth away, the first important thing to make sure that the muffler is clean before long-time storage. Pay close attention to any food stains as moths are particularly attracted to our normal food proteins and cooking oils. Those mothproofing products are helpful, or simply spray some perfume on a piece of paper and put the paper next to your pashmina products inside the box. 3. Few more extra tips. You can use the following tips to keep your Nepali pashmina products always clean and beautiful: * Avoid wearing or using the same Nepalese pashmina products frequently, allow the pashmina products two or three days' rest after one day's wearing. * A silk scarf goes well with pashmina shawl or stole to and cardigan, to put between your pashmina shawl or stole top/cardigan and your neck will also prevent powder or other cosmetics stains. * Do not wear the pashmina shawls or pashmina stoles or pashmina scarves or pashmina mufflers next to rough clothing, metal necklace, bracelet, belt and rough leather such as crocodile leather bags because these things may harm your pashmina products. Dress up your pashmina shawl or pashmina stole or pashmina muffler or pashmina scarf with silk and pearl accessories instead of accessories with rough surface. * Pilling is caused by abrasion during regular use, it often develops on elbows, on the seat of skirts, and in areas rubbed by a bag or briefcase, even seat belt. Soft, fuzzy surfaces are more susceptible than others. So for pashmina shawl or other pashmina products, it is normal when pilling develops in some areas after times of wearing. * To avoid pilling, it is important not to rub the pashmina shawl or other pashmina products with rough clothing, metal accessories, bags and all kinds of belts. In case you can not avoid the belts such as seat belts, cover your pashmina shawl or your other pashmina products with a silk or synthetic fibers shawl, make sure it has the smooth surface that is next to your pashmina shawl or any other pashmina products. * To remove pills, just manually pick them off. Do not rub and brush the pashmina products. |
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