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Fabric Care Guide

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We Offer - Easy-Pro Water-Proof & Stain-Proof Jacquard Tablecloth Coated Cotton Fabrics.

Fabric Care for Tablecloths, Placemats, Napkins, Aprons...

Tips on New Acrylic Coated Tablecloths

A newly purchased acrylic coated tablecloth will have some creases. These can be easily removed by light ironing on the reverse side, or they will gradually disappear when put on your table.

(Follow French Fabric Care Symbols Noted at Bottom of Page.)

Coated Cotton Tablecloths

100% Cotton with Acrylic Coating has stain proof coating for EZ Care.

Stains won't penetrate the linens. So, Just stains or spills wipe off quickly before a stain or spill drys.

Use a wet cloth to clean or wipe off the spills!

If a spill or stain drys, you would need to use some mild dish soap detergent to put on the dryed spill or stain to emulsify it so it can be wipped off, or use a mild-fiber kitched dish clearning brush to loosen and remove the stain.

Special Note:

When using an Acrylic Coated Cotton Tablecloth in outside environments, there is a black mold risk of developing on a coated tablecloth, if you leave the cloth on your outdoor table for days or weeks at a time. This is because, coated cotton tablecloths all have a slightly "Weave Slightly Rough Texture" on the cloth surface. Then, dirt that settles from the air, onto the coated tablecloth surface, gets into the table top cloth texture. Ask moisture and the dirt mix, there is a natural tendency, for mold spores to generate. Hence, remove a coated tablecloth from the table at the End of the Day and put it away inside the house.

Acrylic Coated Cotton Tablecloths can be periodically machine washed in cold or warm water with mild detergent without losing the coating. If you do wash the tablecloth, after the rinse cycle, take the cloth out of the washing machine, and Line-Dry It!

Use of a top load washing machine is not advised for tablecloths, unless you set a Low Agitation Delicate Wash Cycle, and Cold Water Rinse Cycle, rather use a front loading washer and use Gentlest wash cycle.

Hang Coated Cotton Tablecloths to dry, and please iron it on the "reverse side" only using an ironing board.

Never Dry-Clean Acrylic Coated Cotton Fabrics.

Plain Cotton Tablecloths, Tea & Dish Towels, Placemats, Napkins, Aprons

100% Cotton Fabrics:

Machine wash in Cold or Warm water.
When possible, use tumble drum washing machine, rather than using a top load agitotor washing machine.
Tumble dry on low temperature setting or hang dry for best results.
Some ironing may be required.

Washing Jacquard Tablecloths, Pillow Covers

100% Cotton, 60/40 Poly/Cotton, Double Woven Cotton:

Hand wash in cold or warm water.
...OR...
Gentle machine washable in cold or warm water using a Front Load Washing Machine that Tumbles the Fabrics, rather than using a Top-Load Washer that has Agitation-Washing.
Use of a top load washing machine is not advised for any Jacquard or Matlasse Woven Table linens.
Tumble dry on low temperature setting or hang dry for best results.
Iron on normal setting on the reverse of pattern side only.
Can be dry-cleaned.

Washing Provence Images & Wine Pictured Dishtowels

100% Cotton

Tumble Machine washable at Low or Cold, and do not use any bleach products.
Hang dry or use gentle, Low heat drying setting.

Caution: Fabrics containing cotton may shrink if tumble-dried on High Temperature setting. It is not advisable to use top loading washing machines especially for any of our fabric tablecloths, napkins, placemat and table runner products, (Unless on a Very Gentle Agitation Washing Cycle), as top loaded washers have rough back & forth or up & down washing agitation that could damage fabric look, usability or stitching. Whereas, a front loading washer has a horizontal drum that just tumbles the fabrics not putting stress of the fabrics.

Please check and follow any French Fabric Care Symbols shown below which may be printed on the "Sewn in Tag" on your fabric product. If no Fabric Care Symbol tag is attached, then follow the care directions and precautions presented above.

Washing & Cleaning of TIDY Square Fabric Bread Baskets

These fabric bread baskets are made with rigid poly sides and bottom panels and acrylic-coated cotton fabric that makes them water-proof and stain-proof. To clean the TIDY do it in your kitchen sink using a mild dish soap detergent, to wash stains away and food particles off the surfaces, run the TIDY under warm wather to rinse off the soap. Just set out the TIDY on a dish rack to air-dry, then store it away un-tied flat, or re-tie the 4 corners with bows for immediate use.