How To Keep Fake Fur From Matting
These are all consequent to wrong washing.
How to keep fake fur from matting. Beyond the issue of animal rights fake fur offers some advantages over real fur by being more resistant to insect damage and easier to care for during moisture and temperature changes. Faux or fake fur coats and trim on hoods and collars take a bit of extra care to keep them looking their best. Unless you are wearing the fur every day use a 100 percent cotton bag to keep dust out of the fur. It is better to not give the fake fur for dry cleaning as the solvents used may cause discoloration and distortion of the pile.
Store your fur properly. Machine wash your faux fur sparingly just a few times per year as a rule of thumb. Getting the fur wet even for washing could risk matting. Only when necessary.
If however you feel the need to wash the whole jacket place it in the washing machine on cold using the delicate cycle. While many faux fur coats or trimmed garments may have a tag that recommends dry cleaning only. Do not leave jewelry pinned to your coat as it can mat the fur. The synthetic material will become brittle and even more matted the fur fibers may even melt.
If you have just a small stain on your fur jacket you should spot clean with a dab of water and vinegar. When wearing your coat do not use a shoulder bag consistently because it can wear away the fur and leave a bald spot. The main issues around fake fur are the matting of the pile and lack of luster and shrinkage and loss of volume. Wash faux fur not real fur.
How to care for fake fur.