Wedding dress cleaning help!

tattycath

I left my wedding dress at my sister's house-for a few days. My dress cost over £500. My sister put it in the washing machine :eek: I was mortified but it came out surprisingly well and no damage-thankfully/luckily.

tayforth

theoretica - it's satin with a lace overlay.

I could wash it and have the bridal shop steam it.

It cost £1,500 btw! Which is why I'm worried about risking it. But it has no embellishments.

Spendless

How much is it likely to fetch second-hand? That's how I'd decide it, if it's not going to fetch you much more than the price of being professionally cleaned then it's probably worth taking the risk it'll be fine in the WM. If you're going to get nearer what you paid for it, then the cost is probably worth having done.

That's how I decided on putting mine in. I wanted a Christening outfit and the £70 I'd spend on having dress cleaned would buy a nice one, so put in the WM and risked it. If it hadn't come out well, I'd have still £70 to buy an outfit with.

But it's up to you.:)

tayforth

Spendless wrote: »

How much is it likely to fetch second-hand? That's how I'd decide it, if it's not going to fetch you much more than the price of being professionally cleaned then it's probably worth taking the risk it'll be fine in the WM. If you're going to get nearer what you paid for it, then the cost is probably worth having done.

That's how I decided on putting mine in. I wanted a Christening outfit and the £70 I'd spend on having dress cleaned would buy a nice one, so put in the WM and risked it. If it hadn't come out well, I'd have still £70 to buy an outfit with.

But it's up to you.:)

I like your logic

I'd spend £70, wouldn't spend £150!

No idea how much it would fetch second hand, I'd be happy with £300-£400 tbh as it's not a major designer label like Jenny Packham.

There's a preloved wedding dress shop near here, might try it. They take a big % of the sale price, but it's more likely to sell there imho.

honeythewitch

tayforth wrote: »

theoretica - it's satin with a lace overlay.

I could wash it and have the bridal shop steam it.

It cost £1,500 btw! Which is why I'm worried about risking it. But it has no embellishments.

"Satin" refers to the weave not the type of fabric.
It used to be made of silk, and the cotton version was "Sateen" but polyester/nylon is more usual now.
If you can find out what the fabric is it will make a big difference because a man made fibre can be washed with a good quality biological powder like Ariel or bold and it will be fine, but silk needs to be washed at a low temperature with a detergent suitable for wool, such as Woolite or Acdo.

tayforth

honeythewitch wrote: »

"Satin" refers to the weave not the type of fabric.
It used to be made of silk, and the cotton version was "Sateen" but polyester/nylon is more usual now.
If you can find out what the fabric is it will make a big difference because a man made fibre can be washed with a good quality biological powder like Ariel or bold and it will be fine, but silk needs to be washed at a low temperature with a detergent suitable for wool, such as Woolite or Acdo.

I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. So tempted to try it in the bath first.

camNolliesMUMMY

Ps i forgot to say i put mine on a hand wash cycle!!! Which gently rocks it but does not fully go round! If that makes sense? My dress was £1k
I put on a 30degree wash timesaver mode. Dress in a duvet cover and the dress inside out.....I think that's everything? But not put a lot of powder in because all I could smell was ariel lol had to put it on again to tame the smell lol.