How to Dry Clean Curtains at Home
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How to Dry Clean Curtains at Home. In this tutorial I teach you how to dry clean curtains at home using two methods - a dry cleaning method, and a low moisture method.
To dry clean your curtains at home you will need:
- a vacuum cleaner and attachments; preferably a HEPA filtered machine
- a bucket
- a pair of rubber gloves
- dry cleaning solvent or rubbing alcohol
- cotton or microfiber towels
- a step ladder
To low moisture clean your curtains or for how to wash dry clean only curtains you will need:
- a vacuum cleaner and attachments
- a bucket
- dish soap
- cotton or microfiber towels
- a step ladder
Full instructions on my shiny new cleaning website (along with all my tutorials broken down by category): cleaninghow.to/how-to-dry-cle...
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Thank you for making and sharing this video! I am going to give it a try! I have also subscribed and look forward to viewing more of your content. Thanks again!
Very informative. Thank you for sharing😊
$75 per panel/drop in Washington DC! I'm going to try to clean at home, thanks for the video!
Wow! I can't wait to get started on my drapes! Thanks for this very informative video about cleaning and saving money, too!
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome :)
Excellent video! Thank you.
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, great video! I just took my drapes to the dry cleaner. With 22 pleats cost (if I had left them) would have been $396!!! I'll be doing them myself with your help.
This was so very helpful!! Thank you for sharing!!
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, feel free to check out my other tips and tutorials :)
Thank you SO much! You've saved us loads of money as we never thought we could clean them ourselves!! 👏👏👏👍👍🙏🙏🙏
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
New sub after watching only 2 of your videos. This is an often overlooked area of cleaning esp if you only occasionally vac your drapery. This along with washing ceilings and walls are a big job but satisfying afterwards. Thank you for making my life easier as well as the economic benefit. The more you know!❤
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much; I’m glad you found the videos useful :)
Thanks
excellent video thanks for posting worked for my sheer curtains that I can't take down.
Hi.Thank you for the video. Can you please give me some advice in regards to my curtains.I have blackout thermal velvet Hillary's curtains and I would like to know what method is best to clean them. Please tell me which dry cleaner solvent (name and brand) I should use as I believe they are dry clean only.
Thank you! I sprayed mine with Febreze fabric refresher. That stuff is vile, the whole house smelt disgusting and I could not shift that headache-inducing stink - baking soda, vinegar spray, airing , nothing helped. Mine cannot be dry cleaned or maschine washed. Thank goodness this helped. When I was done, I sprayed them with vodka.
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
I love that this worked out for you :)
Thanks so much, you've saved me a ton of money!! 🥳
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
You’ve no idea how happy this makes me!! Did you find it easy or hard to do? :)
@Joeyorangecupcake
2 жыл бұрын
@@CleaningHowTo Very easy! Much easier then parting with £60 which is what the dry cleaners quoted me!! Many, many thanks for your clear and very instructive video!! 😃
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
@@Joeyorangecupcake brilliant :)
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Delighted it helped :)
4:20 Lol is there any way to vacuum curtains with a handheld & not inhale the dust cloud afterwards 😅 I wish there was a HEPA filter to help empty the vacuum!
Good show
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Heavy drapes with a flannel lining is 3.99 to 4.99 per pleat. This is in southern USA. ( forgot to add where at.)Thank you for your video!!!
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of a per pleat price system before - thanks so much for letting me know and I'm glad the video was useful :)
Hi we have a wood burning stove and the tops of the curtains are particularly dirty. Am I best using the dry cleaning method or damp cleaning on the ‘soot’ residue? The curtains are a light oatmeal colour and blackout lined. Thanks
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
The dry cleaning solvent will help dissolve the soot :)
Can i not just put my curtains inside a duvet cover and wash them on a cold handwash setting on the washing machine?
In Sydney in ‘21 got a quote to clean curtains in 3 rooms (with swag on each window) for $2000k. Debated getting blinds for 2 years and this year (thank you inflation) taking a week off and trying your approach instead.
50" x 96" silk panel is $75 a panel at my local cleaners in Naples FL
Would these methods work on a curtain made with a cotton/viscose blend?
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but keep the moisture low - and I mean very low; watch this first to understand viscose a bit better kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIasppdrk9W8g5c.html
Hi: Thank you for the awesome tips. Did you say we can use rubbing alcohol instead of dry cleaning solution? Does this methods work for black-out curtains? Would it damage the plasticised backing?
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Rubbing alchohol is fine yes, but honestly; the low moisture method works best unless theres a smoke/soot issue!
I have white linen drapes with a polyester lining. Which method should I use ? My drapes are about 128 inches height
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Linen hates alkalinity, oxidisers, and moisture - watch my ph video and my viscose videos. Use ph neutral product, don’t overwet. Simple when you know how - read that this all again! Don’t use any oxidising products you’ll ruin them.
@nafeesayaman3697
Жыл бұрын
Hi could I use the rubbing alcohol on the linen?
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
@nafeesayaman3697 yes you could
Hi how to dry clean Brentwood?
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Dunno what that is!
What do you do for a hydrocarbon dry clean curtain?
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
A plastic curtain?
@enkig2624
Жыл бұрын
@@CleaningHowTo polyester and cotton
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
@@enkig2624 any method in the video.
Which hepa vacuum do you recommend?
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Sebo if you can get one.
@enkig2624
Жыл бұрын
@@CleaningHowTo is that a handheld one?
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
@@enkig2624 no it’s an upright. Handheld tend to be bag less and clog
What about mould at the bottom of the curtain?
@CleaningHowTo
11 күн бұрын
@@xavthomas it’s a plant that grows into material and damages it. It won’t clean out.
@xavthomas
11 күн бұрын
@@CleaningHowTo I can't kill the plant? Vanish?
@CleaningHowTo
11 күн бұрын
@@xavthomas you can kill the plant; you can’t remove the damage. I’m not going to advise you further on this as you can very easily damage (and/or bleach), the fabric and I don’t want tell you to do something that can damage the fabric.
@xavthomas
11 күн бұрын
@@CleaningHowTo okay. Thanks. I just moved into rented accommodation (in Ireland) and I ha e a 2 year old who likes to play in the curtains... don't want him playing in mould
90x90 Essex. £87 a pair at local dry cleaners. £7 a square metre.
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
That’s quite expensive! Thanks for letting me know :)
@kendee4421
Жыл бұрын
only one dry cleaners with three shops locally, so can charge what they like. Got quote this am. Woman in there with two pairs of jeans. They charged her £23 and I saw her jaw drop. She still paid, though.
No need to go over them with rise water?
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Nope, no need! Though if you really want to you can.
Great tips. My friend dog has peed on two different types of curtain. A cream coloured cotton lined. And 100% Polyester with lining. Dark grey outer with gold pattern, white lining. The light colour appears stained. The dark one smells. Both left yellow on my light carpet. Will the wet method clean pee/smells?
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
if the pee is fresh it should work, older urine turns alkaline as it breaks down so it could have burnt the material. You could try dabbing with a SMALL amount of white vinegar and drying rapidly with a hair dryer to test if it reverses (do this after cleaning not before).
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£115 for two pairs here in Manchester.
@CleaningHowTo
11 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
My dry cleaners wouldn’t touch my curtains as they are thermal lined. They are brand new but have created a funky smell in the room
@CleaningHowTo
11 ай бұрын
They’ll probably gas off on time - air the room for a few weeks
6:53: 5 ml in 5 liters (= 5000 ml) is 0.1%, not 1%.
$850 for linen curtain in Texas. 10 feet tall by 15 and then 8 feet tall by 12. Ish.
@CleaningHowTo
4 ай бұрын
That’s pretty expensive though they are huge!
I have been quoted £650 for 2.7 x 2.3 metres wool lined pleated curt 😭
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
That’s hectic!!!
Omg that DUST (4:20) made me cringe so much!! Thinking my curtains will be way worse coz I used to have 3 cats and I have not vacuumed the curtains for years! 🫣
@CleaningHowTo
2 жыл бұрын
Prepare to be disgusted 😂
I didn't even know people have curtains professionally cleaned. Wash them or get new.
Large theatrical curtains are cleaned by tumbling them in a drum with corn starch, which acts as an abrasive and adsorbent.
Lot a talk
@CleaningHowTo
Жыл бұрын
Nobodies forcing you to watch :)