Suggestions For Keeping Ballroom Dresses Clean And Fresh

You are the proud owner of one or more beautiful ballroom dresses . So, how do you plan to keep them as lovely as the day you bought them? Whenever you wear any ballroom dancing dress, it will surely require extra special effort to remove any odors and restore it to its former pristine condition.

Firstly, your ballroom dresses need to be hung in a dry place with ample room around them to prevent creasing. Preferably they should each have a protective plastic cover. A dark-colored cover is far better than a transparent one as this will help avoid the cloth fading from exposure to the light. Just to be certain, keep them away from strong natural light as well. Leaving the cover’s zip unfastened allows the dress to keep aired, serving to make certain that the dress does not grow to be damp and mold to develop.

Moving on from how to store our ballroom dance dresses, let’s now look at the best way to care for them in terms of keeping them clean and well-presented. The care instructions supplied by the manufacturer or your dress-maker are an excellent place to start.

The chances are that if it’s practice dancewear with no embellishments or trimmings, then it might be machine-washable and almost certainly hand-washable. In either event, wash in cold water with a mild detergent. Remember to keep colored garments separate from whites. For competition dancing clothes, again if they are not finished with decorations such as stones and beads, you can try hand or a very cool machine wash – no more than 30 degrees Centigrade – to avoid shrinkage. Generally-speaking, it’s all right to machine-wash fabrics such as georgette and Lycra, commonly used in ballroom dance dresses.

If there is heavy staining, then think about utilizing a pre-wash stain remover treatment as well. You have to be especially watchful if the dress has dark-colored satin bias binding because this can mark the fabric. So you have to be meticulous in making certain that the binding and the material do not come into contact with one another when still damp. A little fiddly and time-consuming, but worth the effort.

Now if your ballroom dresses are decorated, then you should never launder or even dry clean them. The possibility is that any stones will be harmed and lose their sparkle. What is more, it’s also possible for the glue to dissolve. You can, of course, spot clean with a brush.

So what do you do if you can’t wash your ballroom dresses, but you would like to freshen them up and perhaps remove the creases? It could be possible to hand-wash a body suit only. In this case, you must do it with the dress inside out and be particularly careful to use cold water and gentle soap only. Always rinse in cold water and allow to drip dry. If you can’t wash the any part of the garment, then you could try out hanging it in a steamy place, for example from the shower rail.

Washing ballroom dresses is always fraught with danger. If your garment is particularly heavy when wet, it is probably best to place it over a clothes horse to give it some extra support and help prevent stretching. On the other hand, it could be hung over your bath to drip dry.

Now let’s examine the tricky subject of ironing. If you can avoid it, then you should do so. Again, pay close attention to the maker’s instructions. Synthetic fabrics are notorious for burning easily, so use a very cool temperature. Do not even think about ironing stretchy fabrics.

Your ballroom dresses will last so much longer and stay looking almost as good as new, when you take the time to plan their storage and you launder them correctly.