Show us your TIES

[jamespowers]

That's what I've been pondering all day. I haven't yet read up on cleaning ties, but I'm also not sure I trust the cleaners around here. :eusa_doh:

I have had mixed results but it really depends on what you start with. I soak them in the washing machine overnight in lingerie bags. Oxyclean does a fine job of cleaning them in this manner. I then run them through the gentlest cycle the machine has---depending on how they look after the soak----and them hang dry them after shaping them up a bit. The wife irons them up for me at the appropriate time.
Like I say, it just depends on how brave you are with a few new to you ties. If the cleaners are not exactly trustworthy then you might try one and see what kind of results you can get on your own first.

 

[Lamplight]

Yeah, I suppose I could try the dirtier one since it's not in as nice condition as the other, plus I don't like it quite as much. I should probably mend the back first, though. It appears to have been shoddily re-sewn at some point and the thread is coming loose at the bottom.

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah, I suppose I could try the dirtier one since it's not in as nice condition as the other, plus I don't like it quite as much. I should probably mend the back first, though. It appears to have been shoddily re-sewn at some point and the thread is coming loose at the bottom.

Definitely mend it first because the agitation will just make it worse.

 

[Widebrim]

That's what I've been pondering all day. I haven't yet read up on cleaning ties, but I'm also not sure I trust the cleaners around here. :eusa_doh:

Thanks. Now if I just had something appropriate to wear with them. lol

Both appear to be late '40s-early '50s. Regarding ironing, I wouldn't do it unless you have a tie rod to insert inside the ties (available from time to time on e-Bay), otherwise your ties will come out flat instead of rolled at the edges. I've taken neckties to my cleaner in the past, and most of have come out fine (and still rolled at the edges).

 

[funneman]

I've had great success soaking ties in Woolight and then hanging over a towel rack to dry.

 

[Lamplight]

Thanks for the advice guys. I definitely don't want to attempt ironing the ties myself, as I've never ironed anything made of such thin material. I wouldn't trust myself. I actually saw an old fairly narrow tie today at a thrift store. I figured it was probably from the 50s, and it was very sedate. It was only 99cents, but I passed because it had a small hole right in the front. That's only the second pre-70s tie I've seen around here, but I'm going to keep looking. (I got my two off of ebay, not at a store here)

 

[Feraud]

I've had only good results with soaking non-silk ties in Oxyclean for a few hours.
A good rinsing and hang dry over a towel bar and you are good to go.
If the tie needs a pressing a warm iron with a layer underneath (like a dishtowel) should do the job.

 

[Dr Doran]

I've had only good results with soaking non-silk ties in Oxyclean for a few hours.
A good rinsing and hang dry over a towel bar and you are good to go.
If the tie needs a pressing a warm iron with a layer underneath (like a dishtowel) should do the job.

Hi Feraud,

Are you talking about a PURE solution of 100% oxyclean? Does it come in larger size bottles? Because I only have a wimpy little tiny spray bottle.

 

[Feraud]

Doran, I have the powdered stuff that comes in a container. It dissolves in water.

 

[Dr Doran]

Doran, I have the powdered stuff that comes in a container. It dissolves in water.

Sounds like that is what I need to buy.

 

[jamespowers]

Sounds like that is what I need to buy.

That is it. I have used the concentrate and it doesn't do as good a job as the oxyclean powder. I just picked up another box today at costco.
As Feraud mentions, I have had nothing but good results as well with ties made of materials other than silk. Silk, I would have to take to a cleaners. Then again, somet hat I have tried this treatment with were not marked as to their material so I might have washed a silk tie with decent results.[huh]

 

[Dr Doran]

That is it. I have used the concentrate and it doesn't do as good a job as the oxyclean powder. I just picked up another box today at costco.
As Feraud mentions, I have had nothing but good results as well with ties made of materials other than silk. Silk, I would have to take to a cleaners. Then again, somet hat I have tried this treatment with were not marked as to their material so I might have washed a silk tie with decent results.[huh]

Good to know, good to know. I have learned a great deal of useful specialist information like this on the Lounge. Thanks to both of you gentlemen, James and Feraud.

 

[jamespowers]

Good to know, good to know. I have learned a great deal of useful specialist information like this on the Lounge. Thanks to both of you gentlemen, James and Feraud.

Me? You must have learned it from someone else. I don't know anything. [huh]

 

[Feraud]

And I know even less.

 

[jamespowers]

And I know even less.

Hey! Don't try to out dumb me. Errr.... wait......

 

[Quigley Brown]

Some recent finds at a small Iowa town thrift store:

a Regal cravat "Nylonized acetate and nylon' sold at 'Graysons Suits' in Sioux City.

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the left I believe is wool, the middle is labeled "Hand Made Resilient Construction." and right is labeled "Botanaire by Botany Mills"

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[jamespowers]

Some recent finds at a small Iowa town thrift store:

a Regal cravat "Nylonized acetate and nylon' sold at 'Graysons Suits' in Sioux City.

Love the bright colors of the bottom middle one.
Regal cravats were decent ties in their time.

 

[Dr Doran]

Nice ties, Quigley.

Can we post pics of girlie ties if they show a (bit of) breast on the Flounge or is that non-OK?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Can we post pics of girlie ties if they show a (bit of) breast on the Flounge or is that non-OK?

It's been done before. You can post 'em if the naughty bits are blacked out via Photoshop or black tape.

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[Dr Doran]

It's been done before. You can post 'em if the naughty bits are blacked out via Photoshop or black tape.

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OK.