Clean Curtain Drapes

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Your curtains/drapes need to be cleaned regularly in order to remove dust, mold spores and other allergens in the home. This includes your kitchen curtains, shower curtains, living room and bedroom curtains and even beaded curtains. Unfortunately many people, including myself, tend to overlook this important cleaning project every year. Some people wait so long that when they finally clean those drapes they notice a significant color change. Yuck!

 Daily cleanings can be as simple as shaking your curtains to have the dust fall out. Be sure to vaccuum reguarly to collect that dust. If you have severe allergies I don't recommend shaking curtains and drapes as that will just release the allergens even more into the air.

Many curtains/drapes can be cleaned in a washing machine. Be sure to look at the care instructions first so that you don't damage the fabric. Some curtains and drapes require dry cleaning instead of washing in the regular laundry.

• It's generally not a good idea to wash curtains/drapes under these conditions:
  •  The fabric and lining are made of different fibers. One or the other may shrink, causing the other to pucker and hang poorly.
  •  Sunlight can weaken the fabric and cause it to tear when washing.
  •  The curtains/drapes are too big for the washing machine.
  •  Check the trims and embellishments to be sure they are equally washable and colorfast.
  •  The drape care tag says its not washable (obviously).
  •  Pleated drapes can lose their form if washed in a machine.
• Plastic Beaded curtains can usually be washed in soapy water (not a washing machine), and laid out to dry. Be careful of sun drying as it could fade the color.
  

 Clean curtain/drapes should be important to you for your family's health and the cleanliness of your household.