The skin is unpretentious and fairly durable material, perfectly keeping its shape. But sometimes even this excellent material can crumple. Especially if the storage conditions leave much to be desired. But how to smooth a leather jacket if she is seriously wrinkled? Is it possible to do this without consequences and with minimal risks to spoil the appearance of clothing?
Should professionals be trusted?
If you already have a very expensive leather thing, then before you smooth out a leather jacket at home and, possibly, get a completely unpredictable result, we recommend that you contact a specialist. Take your jacket to dry cleaning.
In this place, you will not only be smoothed out by a thing with minimal risk, but if necessary, cleaned with gentle chemicals. As a result, you simply do not recognize your outerwear. A significant disadvantage of such a solution is the high cost of such services. We talk about how to smooth a leather jacket at home.
Smoothing under its own weight
The most delicate type of smoothing is the straightening of the material under its own weight. In order to perform this simple procedure, you must carefully wash your jacket. And then you should hang it on your shoulders.
Be sure to fasten it with all the zippers, buttons and fasteners. After drying naturally, your clothes should get a clean and well-groomed look. Moreover, with the most successful option, it will smooth out under its own weight. Smoothing things without washing works in the same way. She is also hung on a hanger and fastened. After a while, she herself “sits down” and smoothes out.
Perform dry ironing wisely.
One of the easiest options for smoothing a leather jacket is classic dry ironing. This is the most common procedure that many housewives perform to smooth out dried laundry, wrinkled blouses, skirts, less often - outerwear. A leather jacket can also be ironed out. However, for this it is necessary to observe the following conditions:
- Set the switch to the lowest temperature.
- Perform smoothing only on the front side. The wrong side should be ironed only with the complete absence of lining material.
- After heating the iron, put on top of the jacket a small piece of gauze, thin cotton cloth or parchment paper.
- During ironing, do not sprinkle the leather product with hot steam.
- If any part of the product is crumpled, to restore it, you need to lean the iron against it and hold it for a few seconds. Then you should look at the result and, if necessary, repeat or move to the next section that needs straightening.
- Do not rush. Once you have smoothed out one area, slowly move on to processing another. If necessary, repeat ironing of the previous section, wait for it to cool completely.
- To handle difficult and uncomfortable places, use a special stand for the ironing board.
After you manage to smooth the leather jacket, as in the case of other outerwear, the product must be hung on a hanger and left alone for a while. When it takes on the form you need and cools properly, you can safely put it on and go about your business.
How to restore the shape of soft skin with steam?
Do you have a soft leather jacket, but for some reason she wrinkled? To restore its original form, a steamer or steam iron is quite suitable. How to smooth a leather jacket at home using a conventional iron, we have already described above, and about steaming natural products should be discussed separately.
So, to straighten the skin, steam is quite acceptable. In this case, you can use a steam generator or iron with a steaming function. But no matter what version of the device for restoring the shape of the jacket you choose, you must not forget about the safety rules. In particular, first hang the jacket on your shoulders. Then turn on the device or device.
After heating, bring it to the places on the jacket that need processing. However, do not bring them too close. A distance of up to 14-15 cm is allowed, for the best effect you should bring the device and “hang” with it for 3-5 seconds. Then go to the next section on the clothes or repeat steaming in the same section. Now you know how to smooth a crumpled leather jacket with a steam generator or steam iron.
Can I steam without devices?
If you do not have any devices and equipment with a steam function, it does not matter. You can create suitable conditions for softening and steaming your jacket without them. To do this, hang your thing on a hanger, attach it in the bathroom, open the hot water tap and close the doors behind you.
A lot of steam will form during the process of filling your bathtub with hot water. As a result, the skin on outerwear will be smoothed. This natural steaming procedure will help you regain your clothing if, under any circumstances, your leather jacket is wrinkled. How to smooth it out using other improvised tools, we will talk in more detail.
Straighten clothes under the press
Sometimes your outerwear, on which wrinkles have formed, can be smoothed out using improvised means in your home. For example, you can put your clothes under an impromptu press. For this purpose, a stack of weighty and thick books, a large bottle filled with water, a box with potatoes, etc.
From physics lessons it is known that under mechanical pressure smoothing of any bruises and irregularities occurs. Therefore, the same method will work on your jacket. And it can be not only clothes from natural, but also artificial fabric. Here's how to smooth the pleats on a leather jacket with a press:
- Prepare a flat and clean surface (let it be, for example, a table).
- Put a jacket on it, after having straightened all its details (sleeves, collar).
- Place an impromptu press on the most dented areas of the product.
- Check everything again, straighten your hands.
- Leave the item under pressure for at least 8-10 hours. Less often for this procedure you will need the whole day.
If you do everything right, then after a few hours your jacket will smooth again. But, according to experts, this method will be relevant only for small irregularities and infrequent folds.
How to smooth a leather jacket made of leatherette and leather?
Products made from natural or artificial leather can be smoothed out using fatty oils and creams. This method is considered simple and gentle. Moreover, fatty substances, which are in almost any home, well influence the state of your tissue. It is smoothed, its appearance improves, and a natural shine appears. So even a very old jacket will look like new.
So, for work you will need regular petroleum jelly. To do this, you need to squeeze a small amount of the product onto a tampon or cotton pad. And then with its help it remains only to carefully rub the substance into the most dented places on your clothes. To get the perfect effect, just place the product on the disk and repeat the whole process about 3-4 times. After that you need to leave the jacket to dry.
An excellent substitute for petroleum jelly is peanut butter. It is well absorbed and has a wonderful effect on tissue. Glycerin also works by analogy. However, unlike petroleum jelly and oil, this product requires preliminary dilution with water. To do this, take 100 g of the product and dilute it with warm water in a plastic container. Then you should take some dense tissue, dip it in water with petroleum jelly and begin to wipe the wrinkled places on the jacket. All that remains is to let the product dry.
How to smooth synthetic skin naturally?
If your jacket is made of faux leather, it can also be smoothed naturally. To do this, draw water into the spray gun and spray it slightly with folds. Then put the jacket on yourself and walk in it for 2-3 hours. Over time, the product will completely smooth out and take on the look and shape you need.
Some useful tips
Before choosing one of the options suitable for smoothing the material, carefully study the manufacturer’s tag. On some things it is written that it is forbidden to steam them.
In order to avoid unpleasant consequences, it is also recommended to treat with chemical or any other means not the entire surface of the trigger, but only those areas that need to be smoothed out.
And so that there is no need to smooth the rumpled clothes, it is better to store them on a hanger in a special case and closet.