8 natural tips to restore their shine to curtains that yellow

Your curtains have lost their former shine and you desperate to find a white day behind this yellowed fabric? Do not panic: it is still possible to clean your veilages, whether by hand or using your machineto wash.Be careful however: before washing and ironing your curtains yourself, it is essential to make sure that they are quite resistant.To test the color of your textiles, you have to moisten the corner of the hem, put a piece of cotton on it, then iron the corner with your iron.

"If the cotton is colored, it is because the color is poorly fixed and the fabric will discolor the washing," explains the site specialized in decoration.In this case, you have no choice but to go to the pressing.If your curtains have passed the test, you can open the slideshow above to discover eight miraculous tips to make them white than ever.In addition to being ecological and natural, these solutions are inexpensive and require products that you probably already have at home.

How to starch your curtains?

Once you get brilliant curtains, all you have to do is stammer them to give them a little outfit.To do this, simply let them soak in cooking water in which you will have cooked rice beforehand.Finally, dry them on a rod to avoid creating folds: your curtains will be like new!If you are a smoker, or someone from your home, now consider spray a mixture of water and eucalyptus essential oil on your curtains.In addition to giving a pleasant smell, your curtains will be protected from the yellowing caused by tobacco and nicotine.

White vinegar and baking soda

According to decoration, baking soda and white vinegar form the ideal duo to make your curtains more brilliant than ever.Just put a glass of bicarbonate in the drum of your washing machine, accompanied by a glass of white vinegar.Wash your curtains at 30 °, and voila!

Lemon and baking soda

According to the redoubt, it is quite possible to replace white vinegar with lemon in the previous trick.So pour a little juice with a glass of baking soda and add your curtains.Then launch a maximum 40 ° C cycle.

Milk

If your curtains are fragile, you can soak them in milk before putting them in the washing machine: they will be like new.

Chemical

The trick to wash your curtains well by washing machine?La Redoute advises to let them soak an hour in hot water mixed with a bag of baking powder, then put them in the washing machine with a delicate program.

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