How to Wash Silk at Home - BASK™

In general, these are the Do and Don't when it comes to washing your silk pillowcase and silk eye mask, so that they stay the way you love them for many more years to come.❤️

Do

• Hand wash using cold water ( < 40 Degree Celcius)
• Use pH neutral detergent or hair shampoo
• Steam iron on low heat
• Flat iron with a layer of cloth on top or flat iron on the reverse, to protect the silk fabric
• Line dry in shade
• Machine wash silk pillowcase only using delicate wash or wool/silk cycle, after placing in laundry bag. Use pH neutral detergent.

Don't

• Don't bleach
• Don't tumble dry
• Don't use detergent/product with trichloroethylene
• Don't use fabric softener (you may use white vinegar instead)
• Don't use washing powder, body soap, dish soap.
• Don't dry directly under hot sun.

Do note that baby friendly natural detergents (made of natural ingredients) ARE NOT THE SAME AS pH neutral detergent dedicated for silk/wool fabric.

Even though some detergent are made for baby and it is baby friendly. These type of biological and anti-bacterial detergents might contain enzymes that regrettably degrade the structure of both wool and silk fibres, so these detergents should be avoided if there is no indication that they are dedicated for silk/wool products.

Always check with the laundry detergent seller/producer if unsure.

What detergent is safe for your silk?

You can use any silk or wool-safe detergents because of their pH-neutral nature. If you don't have it on hand, just use a few tiny drops of your hair shampoo as detergent for your silk products.

Silk is a natural fibre and washing in a solution that’s too acidic or alkaline can cause the silk to harden in a single wash.

We have tried Woolite and The Laundress, and they are great.