Many people think that newly bought clothes are not dirty and can be worn directly. It is worth noting that newly purchased underwear needs to be washed, while clothing such as coats can be worn directly. Relevant experts point out that newly bought clothes must be washed before wearing. It is best to soak them in salt and then wash them. Because formaldehyde, a chemical used in the anti-wrinkle treatment, may remain on new clothes. Everyone may have encountered such a situation. There is always a peculiar smell on the newly purchased clothes, and this peculiar smell mainly comes from the chemical component formaldehyde. In a high temperature and high pressure environment, formaldehyde molecules and cotton fiber molecules are cross-linked to produce an anti-wrinkle effect. However, if the treatment process is not rigorous enough or the cleaning is not thorough after treatment, formaldehyde monomer will be released from the fabric.
Formaldehyde is very harmful and harmful to human health. However, formaldehyde is soluble in water and can be removed by washing newly purchased clothes before wearing them. Especially close-fitting clothes need to be washed several times to remove some harmful residues.
Experts said that formaldehyde is a volatile substance with good water solubility. In addition to causing acute eye symptoms, coughing, tearing, visual impairment and rashes, formaldehyde also has certain carcinogenic properties.
How to wash new clothes
If newly bought clothes are not washed, they may have a peculiar smell, and this peculiar smell is formaldehyde, a carcinogenic chemical. Formaldehyde is a water-soluble substance that can cause people to have symptoms such as coughing, tearing, and rashes. In severe cases, it can cause cancer, so formaldehyde on clothes cannot be ignored. So how do you wash the newly bought clothes?
Some people just soak new clothes in the wash and take them out. In fact, the best way to clean new clothes is to use table salt, soak the new clothes in salt water, and then wash them with clean water after a period of time, so that formaldehyde can be completely removed. Table salt can disinfect, sterilize and prevent cotton from fading.
When most manufacturers now process clothing fabrics, in order to achieve anti-wrinkle, anti-shrinkage and flame retardant functions, or to maintain the durability of printing and dyeing, or to improve the feel, they need to Formaldehyde is added to the additives. Moreover, formaldehyde is more commonly used in pure cotton textiles, because pure cotton textiles are prone to wrinkles, and adding formaldehyde can improve the stiffness of cotton fabrics and prevent wrinkles. Therefore, pure cotton textiles must be washed before wearing.
