The steps of washing lace items are : Lace articles are very delicate and valuable and need proper care to preserve their appearance and to prolong their life.
1. Lace articles are washed in luke warm water. Very dirty laces are washed in borax solution(2 tsp. in 1/2 pint of water).
2. Silk laces are put in broad-necked bottle containing soap solution.
3. The bottle is then closed and shaken to clean it.
4. The laces take out and rinsed.
5. To remove out extra water, the lace is wrapped in towel.
6. They can be given slight crispness by gum water, rice water, starch etc. It should be ironed when half dry. After properly clipping to any base.