How to clean the collar of a down jacket at home?

Lightweight, warm, practical and comfortable down jacket is an indispensable thing, especially in cold winters. But no matter how high-quality and expensive it is, sooner or later it will still have to be washed. In this article you will find recommendations on how to wash a down jacket and how to clean the collar of a down jacket at home from shine and foundation, because it is this part of the clothes that is most often contaminated.

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Down jacket - versatile and fashionable clothes

Choosing clothes for winter colds, I want her to be not only warm, but also comfortable and looked beautiful. Therefore, in our time, the down jacket is gaining more and more popularity, because in terms of heat-insulating qualities it is not inferior to fur products.

In addition, it has a lot of advantages, such as:

• ease;
• convenience;
• universality;
• easy care;
• beautiful view.

Important! The creation of a down jacket is the case when it was scientists who came up with clothes, not fashion designers. To work at low temperatures in harsh northern conditions on the tops of the mountains, warm but very light clothing was needed. Thus, for the filler of outerwear, the eider duck fluff was chosen. Due to its special structure, it retains warm air and does not let it out.

Soon, a down jacket was opened access to the world of fashion and beauty. Designers, reducing the amount of internal filler, made it more elegant, sophisticated and feminine.

In our time, a down jacket in terms of multifunctionality leads in choosing winter clothes, leaving sheepskin coats and fur coats behind. Many models and styles, a variety of colors, affordable price - all this contributes to the rapid increase in the popularity of this type of clothing.

Important! The huge advantage of a down jacket is its versatility. This is an indispensable item in any wardrobe. It combines beautifully not only with jeans and trousers, but also looks great with a skirt or dress. It can be used both for everyday wear, and for going to a restaurant, cinema, theater.

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Types and characteristics of fillers for a down jacket

With a variety of models and styles, the main criterion for choosing winter outerwear is still filler. It depends on this indicator how long this thing will last and how warm it will be. Fillers by their origin are divided into 3 groups.

1 group. Natural

The main natural filler is fluff. It does not stick together and has the ability to retain heat for a long time.

Eider duck down

This is the most expensive, but it should be noted, and the warmest type of filler. A great option for those who spend a long time outdoors. True, the price of a down jacket with such a filling is quite high and not everyone can afford it.

Duck, swan and goose down

To reduce the cost of the finished product, clothing manufacturers began to use goose and swan, as well as duck down as a filler. Clothing with this filling has become more popular, because it retains heat very well, but at the same time it differs significantly in price in favor of the buyer.

A mixture of fluff and feathers

This type of natural filler is the most common. Here the main role is played by the percentage of feather and down. The ratio that occurs most often is 70/30 and 80/20, where 70% and 80% is the amount of fluff in the filler. For walks in spring or autumn, their equal number will be optimal. In order not to freeze in winter frosts, the first indicator should be at least 80%.

Important! The higher the percentage of down, the warmer and more reliable the down jacket.

Advantages and disadvantages of natural filler:

• Among the advantages of natural fillers, one can single out durability, lightness, and excellent ability to retain heat.
• The disadvantages include a rather high cost, allergenicity, special care.

2 group. Synthetic or artificial fillers

To make winter outerwear more economical, manufacturers began to replace natural fillers with synthetic ones.

Synthetic winterizer

The first of these was a synthetic winterizer. This is an artificial inexpensive and cold material. The big disadvantage of this material is that it loses much in volume immediately after the first wash.

Hollofiber

Another artificial filler in the form of spirals made of synthetic fiber. Spirals were light and hypoallergenic, but their disadvantage is that they are sufficiently voluminous materials.

Isosoft

It features more improved thermal insulation, thinness and lightness. Clothing filled with isosoft does not lose its original appearance for a long time.

The disadvantages of synthetic filler:

Despite all the advantages of artificial fillers, they have a number of disadvantages:

• Large volume.
• If you frequently wash the product, the filler rolls up.
• Synthetic spiral fibers are much heavier compared to down filling.

3rd group. Mixed filler

This is a relative novelty of the fashion market. Increasingly, a mixture of natural and synthetic fillers is used as internal filling for outerwear. This mixture is called “syntepuh”.

Advantages of Mixed Filler

Sintepuh clothing has the following advantages:

• Ease.
• It is perfectly erased.
• It tolerates drying well.
• Very warm.

Important! You can find out what kind of filler your clothing is by looking at the label. If the down jacket is of high quality, then it should have a bag in which there will be a sample of the filler. The lack of a sample indicates that you should not rush with the purchase. In separate articles, we have revealed many more nuances regarding the choice of really high-quality clothing. You can view this information at the links below:

• How to choose a down jacket?
• Choose the style of the down jacket.
• Rating manufacturers of down jackets.

Padded jacket cleaning

Given all the advantages of a down jacket, it is not surprising that almost everyone has it in the wardrobe. It is very often used for everyday wear, and this, in turn, leads to frequent contamination of the product, especially it quickly becomes greasy where the sleeves are, which is very difficult to remove. Especially often there is a need to clean the collar of a down jacket at home.

Important! Before cleaning the down jacket, you should take into account the above information and correctly determine the type of filler. The choice of method for cleaning outerwear depends on this.

Having decided on the filler, you can start cleaning. There are two possible options for how to do this.

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Option number 1. Dry cleaning

This option is suitable if the thing is expensive and there is a fear of spoiling it. Today, dry cleaners use the technology of aquacline or in other words “wet cleaning”.

Important! The method of such cleaning uses mild agents that do not contain acid and are hypoallergenic.

The washing process in dry cleaning consists of two stages:

1. Cleaning.At this stage, a conditioner that is unique in composition is used, which prevents the fluff from rolling down and does not allow it to stick together into lumps.
2. Drying. First, the upper layers of the down jacket are dried. To do this, use a special drum. Then the clothes are dried in a suspended vertical position. This method prevents the appearance of stains on the product.

Important! The downside of washing a down jacket in dry cleaning is the cost of the service. Especially a waste of the family budget is palpable if clothing requires more than one cleaning during the season. And if you need to restore the attractiveness of not all clothes, but only to clean the collar of a down jacket, it is better to do it at home.

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Option number 2. Cleaning a down jacket at home

There are several ways to use a variety of household products that will help to cope with the problem.

Ammonium chloride and hydrogen peroxide

To clean the jacket collar at home without washing, you will need a solution prepared from pharmacy liquids:

1. Mix ammonia and hydrogen peroxide in equal proportions.
2. Dampen the swab in this mixture.
3. Wipe the contaminated area of ​​the collar.
4. Wipe dry the remainder of the solution.

Wiper

For this method, it is better to take an aerosol wiper:

1. Spray aerosol to the place of pollution.
2. Wait about a minute for the product to take effect.
3. Wipe this area with a sponge.

Important! This action must be repeated 3 or 4 times to get a good result.

Laundry Detergent Foam

This method is suitable if the collar of the down jacket is made of faux fur.

Cleaning method:

1. To remove impurities, you need to whip the detergent in water until a thick foam forms.
2. For convenience, hang a down jacket on a trempel.
3. Apply foam to the brush and clean the fur in the direction of the pile.
4. Remove the remaining foam with a clean brush.
5. Dry the fur gently with a napkin.

Important! Drying a fur collar is only necessary in a natural way away from heating appliances.

Soap solution

If the collar is made of natural fur, then you can use a soap solution to clean it.

Important! Soap should be natural and not contain whitening or coloring additives.

Mode of application:

1. Dampen a soft sponge in soapy water.
2. Gently wipe the fur.

Important! It is necessary to process the fur according to its length: short - against the direction of the pile, long - in the direction.

3. Dry the collar in the fresh air.
4. Gently comb the hair with a comb.

Important! Cleaning the down jacket collar at home using one of the above methods must be done very carefully so as not to damage the product.

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How to clean a down jacket at home?

The down jacket itself often gets dirty. For self-cleaning, you can use the methods of local, wet or dry washing. Which option is more suitable for your outerwear - decide by reading each of them.

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Local cleaning

This method answers the question of how to clean a down jacket at home without washing. It can be used if there is slight pollution on the surface of the clothes and there is no need to wash the product itself. To make it easier to decide what and how to apply when cleaning, you need to determine the origin of the stains. The following remedies are available for effective local cleaning.

Important! If you often have to clean a wide variety of delicate or difficult to wash things, it makes sense to think about how to buy special products for dry cleaning clothes.

Vinegar and salt

With these ingredients, you can get rid of oily stains. To prepare the solution, you should prepare the ingredients in the required amount:

• 0.5 l of water;
• 1 tablespoon of salt;
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar.

Cleaning method:

1. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
2. Soak a cotton swab in the solution and wipe the stain.
3. Wipe the treated area with a cotton pad moistened with warm water.

Important! So that after removing stains there are no stains left, cleaning should be carried out from the edge to the center of pollution, then rinse the treated surface with warm water.

Refined gasoline

This tool also effectively helps cleanse dirt from grease and oil. To do this, you will need:

• refined gasoline;
• soda or salt as an adsorbent;
• cotton swab or clean rag.

Cleaning method:

1. The contaminated area should be steamed first.
2. Apply clean petrol to a clean cotton swab.
3. Gently wipe the stain.
4. Add salt or soda to the treated area.
5. Remove residues of the used substance.

Important! Do not use aggressive products such as thinner, acetone or citric acid, as this may damage the product.

Home stain remover

It is very easy to prepare and removes stains of various origins. For this method of cleaning a down jacket at home, you need the following ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon of ammonia;
• 100 ml of water;
• dishwashing liquid.

Cleaning method:

1. Mix all ingredients until a thick foam forms.
2. Apply foam to the stain and rub.
3. Leave on for a couple of minutes for better foam action.
4. Rinse the treated area in water.
5. Dry the area with a foam sponge that absorbs moisture well.

Important! In order not to spoil the down jacket, first experiment on the inside of the product, putting a little funds on the fabric. If there are no changes in the texture, then you can safely proceed to cleaning clothes.

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Wet cleaning

This method is suitable if the product label allows washing clothes in the washing machine. This method will be especially relevant when cleaning a white or light down jacket, since it is almost impossible to avoid stains when removing stains locally.

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Washing a down jacket in a washing machine

Before using this method, it is worthwhile to properly prepare clothes for washing and adhere to the special requirements for removing dirt in similar outerwear:

1. To begin with, it is worth unfastening the fur, fastening all the rivets, buttons and zippers on the clothes.
2. You can not load other things into the drum of a machine at the same time as a down jacket.
3. Heavily contaminated areas are recommended to be washed with soapy water before washing.
4. It is not recommended to use washing powder. He is poorly washed and leaves stains. The powder should be replaced with liquid gel or a special detergent for washing down jackets.
5. When washing the product, a special gentle program should be installed on the washing machine: “hand wash”,“Delicate mode”, “Synthetics” or “wool”.
6. Water temperature should be no more than 30 degrees.
7. So that when washing the filler does not slide into lumps, several balls designed specifically for washing, or tennis balls. For an even distribution of fluff, 2-3 such balls are needed.

Important! Please note that balls can shed during washing. To avoid such an unpleasant situation, check the quality of the color before washing. To do this, first moisten the balls with water, and then rub them with force with a light cloth. If the fabric is not dyed, then you can use the balls when washing.

8. It is quite difficult to wash detergents from down filler. Therefore, rinsing the down jacket is required 2 or 3 times. This will avoid a divorce.
9. The optimal spin mode is 600 rpm.
10. After washing, the down jacket should be properly dried. To do this, shake the wet product several times and hang it in a ventilated, dry place.
11. During drying, it is worth periodically kneading the clothes in your hands to evenly distribute the filler.

Important! To avoid an unpleasant musty smell, to dry a down jacket is only in a room with good air circulation. You can not hang the product near various heaters and batteries, this can ruin both the fabric and the filler.

Manual down jacket cleaning

Do not be upset if washing the product is completely prohibited by the manufacturer. In this case, you should resort to manual cleaning. This method of cleaning a down jacket at home without washing is very delicate and the product is not exposed to any danger.

To get the result you will need:

• a container of warm water;
• a special tool designed for cleaning down products;
• soft sponge or brush.

Mode of application:

1. Dissolve the product in warm water.
2. Hang the down jacket in an upright position.

Important! When the product is placed vertically, the minimum amount of foam gets into it.

3. Dampen the brush and wipe the contaminated area.
4. Use a clean brush or soft sponge to remove any remaining foam. If the surface of the down jacket is made of water-repellent fabric, you can wash off the rest of the solution with a shower.

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Dry clean

There are products for which washing is strictly prohibited. These are special sports suits and jackets, clothes with natural fur. To clean such a down jacket at home without washing, you can use dry treatment. To do this, you need to purchase a special kit in the hardware store.

Procedure:

1. Treat stains with stain remover.

Important! If the clothing has natural fur, stain remover is not recommended.

2. Put a down jacket in a special bag with sheets for dry cleaning.
3. Put the closed bag in the washing machine.
4. Select a drying or spin mode lasting 30 minutes.

Important! The longer the down jacket will be in the machine, the more dented it will be in the end.

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Using the tips in this article, you can easily clean the down jacket at home. But still, it should be remembered that outerwear of this type requires proper care. It is necessary to remove pollution immediately, without wasting time, since it is almost impossible to remove old spots. When storing, do not use covers, as the product may get an unpleasant odor. Treat clothes with love, and they will last you a long time.