Scorched Garments – the Way Out By Jacquie Generra At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Does it annoy you when someone borrows your clothes and you get them back cleaned and ironed, albeit with scorched marks? Be it burn marks from a cigarette or leaving a hot iron on your clothing for too long, you will be happy to know that these unsightly marks can be removed by following a few simple methods. Often, people assume that once the garment is scorched, it is ruined for good! This is not always the case. Different fabrics can be repaired using different methods.
In the case of cotton or linen fabrics, the use of peroxide will help mend the scorched material. All you will have to do is use an old cloth, dipped in peroxide and rub lightly on the defective area, with a hot iron. The peroxide extracts the scorch stain out and the process needs to be repeated several times until the stain is fully out. In case of cotton fabrics, you can put the scorched area into cold water and this helps bring out the fresh scorched marks by soaking into cold water for 24 hours. Vinegar is another substitute that helps repair the scorched garment. Rubbing the scorched area with vinegar and then with cold water will help you get rid of the scorched area. You can repeat this process until the mark completely vanishes.

The use of lemon juice on the scorched garment and then laying it out in the sun, also helps bleach out the scorched area, thus repairing your garment. This process works best on white or light colored clothing. Dark fabrics tend to lose color along the scorched area. Wool is different from other fabrics, so when wool gets scorched, the fabric burns leaving less fabric. The best thing to do - use a small brush, emery paper or fine sandpaper or emery board and scrape away the burnt ends lightly. A coin can also help scrape the scorched area. Ensure whatever you use to scrape, is clean, so it does not leave any further stain. Satin fabrics, in case the scorched mark and the garment color are light, can use another peroxide method. Dab a little peroxide on the scorched area and leave it out in the sun to dry. If these fabrics are colorfast and dark, this method should not be used. For silk fabrics, you can use the same methods as mentioned earlier for wool. Unfortunately, this may not work with all kinds of silk.

Fabrics such as rayon and polyester should not be ironed, as they will melt. If the scorched mark is made by cigarette burns, the peroxide and sun method can be tried only on light colors. Like silk, scorch marks on these fabrics cannot be removed most of the times.

Any method you use to repair a scorched garment may only end up lightening the damage done. However, there is lots more you could do to cover a scorched patch on your garment, such as painting, embroidery to cover or repair the scorched garment in case none of the methods work. We all cherish our most favorite garments, no matter how old or how damaged, so why not come up with innovative ideas to use or blend them with other garments?

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