The aspiration to naturalness and naturalness in all that concerns household life of people, led to growth of popularity of skins in an interior. Cow skins because of their availability to the most part of the population use special popularity. The main thing when using a skin in an interior is to learn behind it to look after.
At regular cleaning of the room with a cow skin carry usually out some simple manipulations. At first a skin as a usual carpet, clean by means of the vacuum cleaner, and cleaning has to be dry. Then air on the street, however it is necessary to watch that it was not affected by direct sunshine. Also the skin is beaten out, and then comb indumentum.
When the inner side of a dressed skin (inner side) grows coarse, the solution of acetic essence mixed with table salt and water in a proportion 2:3:1 will help to return it elasticity and softness. It is necessary just to moisten with this solution an inner side, and at the same time to smooth a skin and to stretch slightly in all directions. The procedure repeats two-three times with breaks for two-three hours. When the skin dries, it is greased with a fat emulsion for what mix warm water (1 l), castor oil (100 g), soap (100 g) and liquid ammonia (15-20 drops).
At loss of initial appearance to restore gloss and silkiness of indumentum, in a skin it is necessary to rub eggs. It should be taken into account that for light fur it is better to choose rubbing in of usual starch. It is necessary to leave a skin for one or one and a half hours with the put means, and then to beat out.
In case of spots on a skin from various substances it is desirable to use different methods of its cleaning. So, if on a cow skin water spilled, it needs to be eliminated quickly. Moisture has very much negative effect on characteristics of a product: the inner side inflates at once and shrinks after drying and also the quality of the top layer – indumentum spoils. The spot from water can be got wet with a cotton napkin. If the spot from blood was formed, the place of pollution needs to be washed with cold water at once, and then it is correct to dry up. If on the surface of a skin the coffee or wine spot was formed, for elimination of spots use solvent. And that liquid did not spread further at once, edges of a spot can be powdered with talc or starch. The fat spot is deleted with such make-shifts as usual gasoline or pure kerosene. Also mix of liquid ammonia, salt and water can help with a proportion 1:3:0.5. There are also special means for cleaning of skins and fur. Chlorine-containing or freonosoderzhashchy substances are harmful to cleaning of a skin, and therefore at delivery it in a dry-cleaner it is necessary to specify the used means. Wax drops from candles can be removed by means of the iron. Back pollution it is necessary to put a napkin, and to iron from above the hot iron. Chewing gum from a skin, as well as from clothes, is removed by means of ice. So chewing gum loses the sticky properties a little. It is necessary to dry a skin if necessary or in the aired room, without using heating devices, or on the street, but previously having hidden it from influence of direct sunshine.