kancheevaram pattu saree

hi all
i need help!!!!!!
i gave my marriage pattu saree after one use to the dry cleaner to polish not knowing that he would put so much starch that the sarees are now very stiff. unable to wear them. i want to remove the starch what should i do?
i want the sarees soft without starch which is easy for me to wear.
i have been looking for someone to help me with this problem for a year in great distress.

please someone help me.

thanks awaiting someone to help me for which i will be grateful.
bye

I feel bad for you.
Did you dryclean it in US or India. Ask the dry cleaners if they can redo it without any starch. Hope it will be resolved soon.

well it was in india i gave it for dry cleaning.
can i soak it in water and dry them will it remove the starch. i am scared they will spoil dunno if we can wash them at home with water as each if the saree cost 20,000 RPs and i wore them only once.

please help

Hai ,
It is not at all advisable to soak in water.But, i dont know how to remove.Will enquire someone and tell u.
Nithya

hai thankz nithya will be waiting to hear from u soon.
till then will not try anything with the sarees.
pallavi

Hi Ladies:

I have a problem- the naphthalene balls melted in my saree and appears to have bleached the colour.

I am scared to check applying a drop of water if it's a stain or the colour's bleached completely. I dont think I have a choice but to wait until I get to India.

Any ideas/ suggestions?

Prb.

Originally Posted by pallireddi

hi all
i need help!!!!!!
i gave my marriage pattu saree after one use to the dry cleaner to polish not knowing that he would put so much starch that the sarees are now very stiff. unable to wear them. i want to remove the starch what should i do?
i want the sarees soft without starch which is easy for me to wear.
i have been looking for someone to help me with this problem for a year in great distress.

please someone help me.

thanks awaiting someone to help me for which i will be grateful.
bye

Hi pallireddi,

so sad to hear this. ..........Ok you can give the saree once more for dry cleaning in US and tell your problem to them. I think after dry clean it again you will get soft saree. Try one by one. hope this will help.

Originally Posted by Prb

Hi Ladies:

I have a problem- the naphthalene balls melted in my saree and appears to have bleached the colour.

I am scared to check applying a drop of water if it's a stain or the colour's bleached completely. I dont think I have a choice but to wait until I get to India.

Any ideas/ suggestions?

Prb.

Hi Prb,
It is tooooooo bad to put napathalene balls for pattu saree. Yes it will bleach the colour and you can see a oily strain in saree. It is too hard to remove that. My friend's DIL had the same problem and she tried many ways but no use. Sorry I am not discouraging you. but itis a fact.

You can try these methods, I suggested the same to them.

Just put the saree in hall under fan or any airy area and allow it to evoprate.
Or keep one tissue paper on that area and again put one more cloth on that and Iron the area. Some times the heat will evoprate the oil and the tissue will observe that. Try and give me feedback all the best.

Hi Krishanaamma:

It looks like a powdery patch and not oily- It's a peacock colour saree with a designer border in maroon - I feel terrible for being careless.

Let me try what you have suggested- I'll get back to you with the feedback. Thanks for the same.

Cheers,
Prb.

Originally Posted by krishnaamma

Hi Prb,
It is tooooooo bad to put napathalene balls for pattu saree. Yes it will bleach the colour and you can see a oily strain in saree. It is too hard to remove that. My friend's DIL had the same problem and she tried many ways but no use. Sorry I am not discouraging you. but itis a fact.

You can try these methods, I suggested the same to them.

Just put the saree in hall under fan or any airy area and allow it to evoprate.
Or keep one tissue paper on that area and again put one more cloth on that and Iron the area. Some times the heat will evoprate the oil and the tissue will observe that. Try and give me feedback all the best.

Originally Posted by Prb

Hi Krishanaamma:

It looks like a powdery patch and not oily- It's a peacock colour saree with a designer border in maroon - I feel terrible for being careless.

Let me try what you have suggested- I'll get back to you with the feedback. Thanks for the same.

Cheers,
Prb.

Hi Prb,
I am having the same problem... I put naphthalene balls in my silk saree & have bleached spots...

Were you able to repair it? pls share ...