A lush, airy dress is an indispensable detail when attending a special event. The starched layer protects clothes from aggressive environmental influences (dust, dirt, stains). You can starch your dress and give it a more attractive appearance at home.
What can you use to starch a dress?
In specialized salons and ateliers, special solutions and mixtures intended for starching are used. To carry out the procedure at home, you can purchase such a spray. It is sold at a clothing store or craft store. The advantage of purchased products is that they can process material in hard-to-reach places: collar, cuffs, and carefully work out the material in the folds of a skirt.
You can prepare the solution yourself. The main ingredient in this mixture is starch. Many people choose a product based on personal preferences: it can be a corn, rice or potato composition. Potato gives the dress a simultaneously stiff and airy appearance. Rice is recommended for products in which several materials were used.
Thus, any of the three products listed above is suitable for the starching procedure.
Reference! Many also use a composition made from glue, gelatin and sugar.
How to prepare starch solution
The entire process depends on the correctly prepared composition. If prepared incorrectly, the skirt will not be particularly fluffy or stable. Otherwise, you can simply ruin the product.
Ingredients:
- starch;
- water (1 liter);
- wooden or glass spatula;
- glass container (you need to choose a bowl suitable for heating).
The starch is poured into a bowl and filled with cold water. After this, it is necessary to thoroughly mix the resulting mixture until the consistency of thick sour cream is obtained. While stirring, boiling water is added. The composition should have a clear, rich shade. If cloudy stains appear, the solution should be boiled for no more than 10 minutes.
Important! During the cooking process, be careful to ensure that there are no lumps. They will negatively affect the final consistency and remain on the surface of the product, which will significantly spoil its appearance.
The proportions of starch are selected depending on the material from which the product is made and the type of procedure:
- Up to 1 teaspoon: soft type. Suitable for items made of chiffon, knitwear or chintz;
- Tablespoon: medium hardness. The best option for silk, cotton or linen dresses;
- 2 tablespoons: hard type. Used for multi-layered skirts and woolen products.
How to properly starch and dry a dress at home
When the starch composition is prepared, you can begin to work. The dress itself must be carefully straightened, all frills, loops and folds straightened.
Attention! Clothes must be washed thoroughly, without streaks or stains.
The finished composition must be cooled to room temperature, since not every fabric can withstand contact with a hot solution. The dress is immersed in a container with starch solution for several minutes. Then you should take out the product and carefully inspect it. Unprocessed parts may remain during the immersion process. After processing, the dress must be gently wrung out, avoiding the possibility of wrinkles.
Special attention should be paid to the time the dress remains in the container with starch. It should be at least half an hour so that the consistency thoroughly saturates the material of the product.
Drying occupies a separate position in the procedure. The dress should be hung on hangers, all folds, frills and other decorative elements should be carefully straightened out. Drying should take place exclusively at room temperature. You should not speed up the process by any means, otherwise the folds will be impossible to straighten.
Ironing is the final element. The iron should be set to a suitable mode; it is better to refuse steam supply. The material should be slightly damp, so the product can be sprayed with water from a spray bottle. It is better to place damp gauze on top of the dress and iron through it.
The airy and starched dress is ready.
Features of starching children's dresses
The process of working with children's products differs in several nuances. To work, you will need a hard type solution. Dresses for young fashionistas consist of several layers of the skirt, so you can leave the top layer. Only the inner layers of the petticoat will be required for processing. Using a soft foam sponge, the solution is applied to the inner layers until the dress acquires the necessary fluffiness.
When ironing, wet gauze is spread over the top layer, and the material is smoothed with an iron. The lower layers can be left, processing only the top layer. With a few simple steps, your baby's outfit is ready. The skirt will be especially fluffy and airy.
Reference! A similar process can be used to process wedding dresses.
Bright, airy dresses with full skirts are especially popular and always attract a lot of attention. Many products are not particularly large, which is why girls may refuse to purchase. You can create the required volume yourself by carefully starching your dress at home.
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