Coffee sacks are usually not very big and can easily fit into a bucket for hand washing. A tablespoon of laundry soap in a bucket should be enough. I washed, then rinsed each coffee sack two times using the hand wash-bucket method. This process can be repeated more times if desired. Although hand washing and rinsing the coffee sacks is easy enough, removing the excess water is another story. Another way, that can remove the excess water is by rolling the coffee sack into a dry towel and then stepping on the towel back and forth, so that the towel soaks up most of the water.
Yet another way is to hang the coffee sack somewhere that it can drip dry. This method will take the longest, no doubt. My coffee sacks accumulated a lot of wrinkles as the burlap dried.
I also used the steam option on my iron with distilled water. It took some elbow grease, but I was able to make them look almost like they did before I ever washed them. All of these steps are listed on the printable cheat sheet that is located in my resource library. Get access to the password at the bottom of this post. To speed up the drying process, I did put some of my coffee sacks in the dryer for about minutes. I did not get any damage and it really did get the burlap much dryer; however, dryers can vary, so I made sure to test one out first before throwing several more in the dryer.
Of course, I still had to follow the ironing process above to get all the wrinkles out. Yes, I have decoupaged the burlap coffee sack to the drawer. This was scary to try, but so far, so good.
I definitely think washing and softening the burlap before trying to decoupage it to a door or drawer made this step easier. See the finished coffee sack furniture cabinet, here. All in all I was able to get rid of most of the burlap smell with this washing process.
Get directions for my easy no-sew coffee sack pillows, here. See how to wash and dry burlap, here. See how to dye burlap, here. See finished Coffee sack furniture cabinet, here. Off to relax with a cup of coffee. Have an awesome day! Get the password for my library with the free cheat sheet by filling out the form below.
Leave it to Bliss to give some great tips! What a deal….. Thanks for sharing with SYC. I agree, the graphics are amazing. Thanks for visiting, Jann.
Great post! Pinned and tweeted. We love partying with you and we appreciate you stopping by! Please take a minute to stop by next week, so we can pin and tweet your new creation. The party starts on Monday at 7 pm! Have a great Monday! Lou Lou Girls. I just hung mine up for a month, but they were coffee bags and not that smelly. Love that you did it and everything came out great! Featuring you Friday at the P3Party share!
I have 6 filthy potato sacks that I picked up at a flea market. Thank you for your post as I was thinking I made a huge mistake by purchasing these because of the dirt and smell. I want to hang them as curtains in my rustic rec room. I will be trying your way to clean them. Thank you!!! Your email address will not be published. Scrapality uses cookies to enhance reader enjoyment. By continuing the use of Scrapality you are agreeing to this. Some burlap also called hessian pieces fare better if you wash them by hand.
You have to pick them carefully, however, as handwashing goes best with small finished pieces tote bags, jute sacks, pillowcases, and more. It is how you should wash burlap by hand:. Baking soda is also a useful ally when you want to remove odors from your burlap shopping bags and other items. Here is what you need to do in case your jute shopping tote bag caught some unpleasant smell due to heavy wear:. If the manufacturer offered specific instructions on cleaning and maintenance, make sure you follow them to a tee.
Hand-washed burlap items need to dry carefully to avoid unpleasant odors, mildew, or even mold. You should not tumble dry your burlap items. Here are some suggestions:. Since the machine wash is rougher than handwashing, you should put in the machine only the burlap items you are confident will preserve their integrity and structure.
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