Help - my silk dress!

Hotfeet215

Hello,

I am new to the board but a previous avid reader. I have accidentally washed my new silk dress in the washing machine and it's now like cardboard. Is there anything I can do to save it?

Thanks in advance

Mrs_Flittersnoop

Try gently ironing it, on the 'silk' setting on your iron, no steam. That may soften it up a little. Good luck!

Mrs F x

whatatwit

Iron it inside out preferably from damp/wet.

Is it washable or dry clean only?

Hope it wasn't your favourite dress. :eek:

Pollycat

Hi
my hubby likes to wear silk shirts on holiday.

I always wash them in the machine on 'delicates'.
They come out fairly stiff, but I iron them on a '2 dot' iron setting with steam and they come up fine.

I guess it depends on what temperature you used in the machine - hope it wasn't 'boil wash'.

good luck

trying-very-trying

I always wash my few silk items on delicate, slow spin, allow to dry naturally, then pop in td on low setting for 10mins. I hate ironing, and just wouldn't go near silk with it.

Hotfeet215

Thank you so much! I'll give the ironing a go and hopefullly wear it out on Saturday night!

whatatwit

Maybe try holding the dress up and steaming it with the iron if you don't fancy touching it to start with.

Unless you have one of those can't live without steam cleaner jobbies.