Care and Cleaning. Silk is sensitive to sunlight, which causes white silk to yellow and all silk to break down and lose strength. Silk fabrics are damaged by perspiration. WOOL - Dry cleaning is preferable for wool ties or hand washing gently in warm or cool water.
Wool shrinks in hot water.
When ironing, use medium temperature with steam. Moths like wool, but chemical mothproofing is now available. It can easily be home laundered in hot water and ironed on high temperature. Cotton should be totally dried before being stored to prevent mildew from affecting damp fibers. A warm or hot iron will scorch or melt acetate.