how to clean net curtains

Zed42

Hiya,

In the past I've used Glo-White for bringing up my nets/voile ... just wondered if there was an OS way of doing this?

Thanks y'all.

comping_cat

Soak them in a solution of water with a dissolved denture tablet, then wash as normal.
Catherine x

Nile

I would suggest first to put them through a washing cycle with water only, to remove the dust.


Then second to follow up with a washing cycle with washing powder (I use Persil Automatic for whites) to clean them. On both washing cycles, add a new white towel to bulk the load, otherwise the material doesn't tumble/agitate very well.

I pick a nice day to wash them, so that I can leave them to drip dry on the washing line outdoors.

earwig

hi i want to find out a good way to clean my net i usally pop them in the wash machine on 30 they come up ok but was wondering is there a better way of doing this

del60

Hi Earwig, soak your nets overnight in cold water, no soap powder and then hand wash in warm water with a little of your normal soap powder, it always works well for my nets.

Regards Del

dannahaz

You can buy stuff from the supermarket called "glow White" (or something like that) which is especially for whitening net curtains. It's in the soap powder/fabric conditioner section, and I think it comes in a smallish box.

Hazel

cats_whiskers

Hi
Firstly I soak the nets in the bath with cold water and the strained juice of 2 lemons then wash in warm water.

Cats.

Crazychik

I dont have nets, as I think they are a dust gatherer, but my mum tells me she soaks hers in the bath with some bicaronate soda, then put on a normal wash and adds a little more of bic soda in the soap dispenser drawer. She was amazed how clean they came up.

Hope this helps!!!

Nile

I don't faff with soaking nets in the bath, or any sort of prewash.

I put my net curtains in the washing machine on a 40C wash with Persil automatic powder. The key is to put other bulky items in with them, to help the agitation.;)

I did mine last week and as I didn't have a white towel (who does?), I used a couple of white polo shirts in the load instead.

From taking the nets down, washing, hanging on the washing line outside to dry.............they were back up at the windows again within 2 hours.

newMS

i wash mine with normal wash, put them straight back up, don't bother with washing line. an open window does the job just as well

recovering_spendaholic

I don't have nets but my ex-MIL always got her nets sparkling (I mean REALLY White) and when I asked her about them, because she was a smoker and they used to get grimy, she said that she washed them on 40 degrees and then put them into the sink, or a bucket with some water and a couple of sterident tablets. Apparantly it was a tip she picked up in the Sunday Post in the 70's and believe me her nets used to come up brilliantly!!!