Recently I got this beautiful kimono - I love its' color and its' yuzen design, but while photographing it I noticed stains.



As You can see, they are not very visible while holding the kimono, and they almost disappear while wearing it but still...

I'm reluctant to give it a dry-cleaning because of the yuzen used on it, and I was wondering if there is some other method - home method. Perhaps someone had the expierience with the dry-cleaner?

I've had experience with dry-cleaners. The experience was good, but yet again it all depends on the dry-cleaner. We have a unification church in our area, so the dry cleaners are used to cleaning the Korean solid white han-boks and holy robes, which are all made of silk.

I've known the women for years and went to school with both of her daughters, so I trusted her enough to hand over my meiji embroidered tomesode and two houmongi, to be dry-cleaned, they all three came out almost completely stain free and had no 'au-de-tansu' smell left in the fabric. and one of the houmongi was yuzen even.

But it all depends on if you know the dry cleaner has handled delicate silk before and if they have a good rep, etc. etc.

So, it allreally comes down to your judgment

You may be able to lift the stain with a little steaming, actually. Some stains, like water stains and other stains will come out with a little steam iron action. Just take the kimono, put it on your ironing board, and then place some sort of white towel, terry cloth, linen piece inbetween and just steam and iron a little bit. Do it carefully and it may just come out! I've had water stains and such in kimono and they usually come out with some steaming!

Thanks! I'll try a nice steam ironing before everything. I used to deal with kanzashi silk that way! Sil of of not to think of it earlier! Maybe it will help and dry-cleaning will not be needed...

Oh, and btw, my mother saw it and wanted to throw it into the washing machine, sayin that her ws has a special program for silks... She claims that dry cleaning is harmful for kimono XD I though I would laugh, if she did not have the best intentions.