Cleaning ties

fatboyonadiet · 4 August 2005 at 8:06AM

What's best to use on a tie? Got a few that are other then a little dirty mark or stain, any suggestions? Some of them are machine washable so no worries there. Think the others are silk? Or maybe cotton? Not sure but can check later if it helps.

Nile · 4 August 2005 at 8:22AM

Carefully read the wash care label on each tie and separate into piles. For those that are machine washable, place them inside a pillow case and load into the machine. Make sure that you don't set the washing temperature too high.

Wash with a general automatic powder (like Surf) if they are not stained, if they are stained use Ariel biological automatic powder. Leave them to drip dry over the bath. Iron on a medium heat setting, as per the care label.

For silk ties, make up a luke warm soapy solution in a bowl or bucket......a liquid detergent will be better than powder. Even shampoo will work, if the ties aren't stained. Gently squeeze and agitate the ties in the solution and rinse thoroughly in cold water. Leave them to drip dry over the bath. Iron on a very low heat setting, as per the care label.

se999 · 4 August 2005 at 8:54AM

Hi,

I've always hand washed them. Then allowed to drip dry.

For thick fabric ties had no problem with ironing, but for silk and shiny thin fabrics you can get the back seam showing through to the front after ironing, the next time I do this I was going to try with a thick card cut to approx shape and put it in before ironing lightly.

For 'special' expensive ties I've always been a coward and paid for dry cleaning!!

Has anyone tried those home dry cleaning kits for ties or anything else, they might be the solutions? I'd love to know if they work.

P.S. Ties are the one clothing item I've found sold really well at carboot sales, so worth going through them and putting some in your carboot box.

Austin_Allegro · 4 August 2005 at 2:07PM

I believe ties to be one of the most overpriced items of mens' clothing, and whilst I like wearing them, I refuse to pay £20+ for something that generally ends up stained for life.

So I usually buy ties from charity shops from between 50p and £2.

If it gets stained, I don't wash them because I find the lining etc never recovers. I just use a clean, damp cloth to work on the stain. If a water stain is left, I wipe the whole of the tie in the same way.

If it's still stained I'll chuck it or keep for patching material.

BWZN93 · 4 August 2005 at 2:42PM

I get ties of ebay - got a lovely pure silk plain red one for a couple of quid in the past - and it looks lovely on the boyf as part of his stage outfit!

Jo xx

Suzy_Babe · 5 August 2005 at 10:24AM

Along the same thread (ha! ha!), I have to clean a school tie whose content is stated as being 100% polyester. If this is the case, then why does it say that it must be dry cleaned? (Sorry - not too good on fabrics/treatments, but always thought polyester was one of the 'easy care' fabrics).

Usually I would just try and hand wash in cool water, but - as it is a school tie, and purchased from the school - if it went out of shape, I would have difficulty replacing same ready for the first day back.

Advice, please! (TIA)

lazylins · 5 August 2005 at 11:29AM

i get my bf ties from tesco when the sales is on, i got a brand new one for 75p this week reduced from 3 pounds i think, but they are great ties, and tescos take quite a bit off them price wise!!

se999 · 5 August 2005 at 1:31PM

Suzy_babe - I think lots of companies just put dry clean only on as a 'safety' thing for them if anything goes wrong when people wash them.

Easy answer is ask the other mum's, they will probably have tried washing them already.

I do wash 'dry clean' things, but if it's expensive &/or special I follow the instructions and dry clean, but as soon as the 'newness' has worn off I try washing, because by then it's worth the risk!

My sons' school ties washed ok, but I hand washed them and flattened them out properly & shaped them before letting drip dry. (Forgot to put that in earlier post about ties - sorry

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nightsong · 5 August 2005 at 5:44PM

I wash my son's school tie in the washing machine. It comes out fine.

DH wanted a couple of new silk ties to wear for posh meetings in the city. We found them reduced to £2 each in Asda' sale. They look very nice and none of the city types he meets would dream of going to Asda, so they'll never know where he got them

Pink. · 5 August 2005 at 6:39PM

Like nightsong, I wash school ties (three different schools) in the washing machine with no problems.

Dh has a few good ties, but for every day use he buys cheapies from Primark. If these become stained I pop them in the washing machine. Some of them come out fine and if they don't then it's not a disaster.

Pink

Squidgy · 5 August 2005 at 10:31PM

I used to handwash hubbys ties and then put them in the washing machine (with the other handwashing) to rinse and spin.

Now I just chuck all my handwashing on a wool wash and it's never come to any harm. I just reason that it's the gentlest cycle on my washing machine, I'm probably rougher with it when I wash it by hand!

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