As a protein fiber, similar to hair, silk is sensitive to heat, soaking in water, strong sunlight and strong mechanical stress. Keep your silk products away from harsh chemicals. Caring for silk is similar to caring for hair:
- Soak the silk briefly (max. 5 minutes) in cold to lukewarm (max. 30 degrees) water. It is best to use a special silk shampoo.
- Gently swirl the fabric back and forth. Spot contamination can be carefully washed out by hand. Then rinse with cold water.
- Roll the silk in a dry towel and then let it dry flat on the drying rack.
- Ironing: Silk should always be ironed inside out at a low temperature. It is best to place a cloth between the iron and silk.
Alternatively, the silk can also be washed in the washing machine on a gentle cycle.
To maintain the silky shine, add 2 tablespoons of vinegar essence to the fabric softener compartment each time you wash or to the water if you wash by hand.
If you follow these tips, you will enjoy your silk products for a long time.
Instructions for caring for silk blankets and silk pillows
Before first use
For hygienic reasons, silk blankets and pillows are packed airtight. Before using it for the first time, we recommend that you ventilate the blanket or pillow well and shake it up repeatedly. After some time (approx. 2 to 3 hours) the blanket or pillow regains its natural fullness.
You may notice a subtle sour smell on your freshly unpacked silk blanket or pillow. This is completely normal! It comes from the silk cocoon's natural protective substance, sericin. The smell diminishes over time and eventually disappears completely. Sericin is a soluble protein and has a positive effect on the skin.
Care
Because of the good self-cleaning function, it is sufficient to shake the blanket or pillow regularly so that it remains airy and dry. Spot dirt can be carefully washed out by hand using only silk detergent at a maximum of 30 degrees.
storage
If the blanket or pillow will not be used for a longer period of time, it should be thoroughly aired and completely dry before storage. Make sure that the blanket or pillow has enough space and is not compressed too much.
Please note when using silk blankets with a lyocell or silk cover
If the silk blanket is covered with a fine cover such as Lyocell or silk, it can sometimes happen that individual silk fibers penetrate the mesh of the cover.
This is because the mulberry silk fibers are extremely thin and could sometimes come out through the mesh of the cover. It doesn't have to happen but it could happen. This does not happen with a robust fabric such as a cotton cover because cotton is relatively heavy and the silk fibers are stressed. But then the blanket is nowhere near as beautiful as with a silk cover...
In this case, you can simply cut off the continuous fiber and the silk blanket will retain its usual beauty. Over time, it happens less and less often, if not at all, as the silk filling “ones” over time.
Of course, you can also send the blanket to us and we will cut off the fibers that have come out for you.