Did you ever get a blob of tomato sauce fall on smack in the middle of your white silk tie when you eat hamburger? Maybe this is very unwanted but you also don’t want to buy a new tie right away just because you eat a hamburger. All you need to do is follow simple cleaning tricks that worth enough to try rather than buying a new tie or send it for dry cleaning.

1.       To remove a stain, never rub it. Gently dab it with a clean towel, napkin or cloth. Rubbing will spread the stain.

2.       Do not wash the silk tie with water to remove the stain, the original stain will go but you will wind up with a larger water stain.

For more difficult stains, you will need to first use a mild stain remover to the stain. Work the remover into the fabric, by delicately rubbing it on the stain for a minute or so. Prepare a cool water bath with a mild detergent and gently move the tie in this solution for about 5 minutes. Completely rinse out the detergent with cool water. Do not wring the tie. Then prepare another solution with white vinegar (1/4 cup) and cool water (3-5 gallons). Give the tie a final rinse in this vinegar solution. Do not wring out the tie. The fabric may even show a puckering. Flatten a clean dry towel and lay the tie without stretching on the towel. Now, loosely roll up the towel. Leave it rolled up for 12-24 hours. Now roll up the tie in another dry towel. Unroll after one day and you will get a clean, shiny, and well-shaped tie.

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