How to wash a down jacket manually?

Recently, more and more down jackets are becoming fashionable. Moreover, fashion does not stand still, offers us more and more new models. If before the down jacket was not very elegant clothes, rather warm than beautiful and elegant, now models are decorated with collars and hoods using natural fur, beautiful belts and other attributes that can give the jacket even more gloss. Such a jacket will not only save you from the cold, snow and wind, but will also give you even more charm. That's just what to do with washing. How to wash a down jacket manually so that there is no fluff and no stains? This question does not concern one housewife, because I really want such a stylish and warm thing to serve us longer. So, let's figure out how to wash a down jacket manually.

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Laundry Prep

Before you start the washing process directly, you need to prepare our down jacket for this difficult event for him. For this:

• Remove everything that can be unfastened from it, except for the sewn parts.
• Empty your pockets.
• If the jacket has metal inserts that cannot be removed, or other decorative elements, protect them with polyethylene or adhesive tape.
• The fur must be washed separately from the down jacket.
• Carefully inspect the product for stains or extremely dirty areas. They will have to be washed with special care.

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Choose a detergent

Most manufacturers do not recommend washing down jackets with conventional detergents. Such powders create a lot of foam, which penetrates deep into the filler of the jacket, but washing it later is a rather difficult task. As a result, ugly white stains appear on the down jacket, which can only be removed by proper washing using the right tools:

• Ideally, a hand wash of a down jacket at home should be done with a special product designed for such a thing. There is a large assortment of such products on sale. If you doubt the right choice, an experienced consultant will help you in such a difficult task.
• If this is not at hand, you can use delicate liquid detergent.
• In extreme cases, you can wash it with shampoo or liquid soap.
• Air conditioners for down jackets are strictly contraindicated.
• If there are stains on clothes that are just so hard to remove, rub them before washing with laundry soap and leave for a while.
• Oxygen-based bleaches, even sparing ones, are also not recommended.

Important! For a whitening effect, experts recommend increasing the soaking time or repeating the wash again.

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We erase the down jacket

How to wash the down jacket by hand? Follow these instructions and your jacket will certainly become much cleaner without losing its appearance:

• Fill a large basin or bath with water. Water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees. Fluff does not tolerate high temperatures and loses its warming qualities, becoming brittle.
• Add detergent to the water and soak your jacket for 30 minutes. If the down jacket is very dirty, you can increase the soaking time to 1 hour.

Important! During washing, the down jacket should be in the most extended position. So there will be no creases on the fabric, and the filler will not pile up.

• Wash particularly contaminated areas first - collar, elbows, seams, pockets and cuffs. Use a brush for the best effect, but do not rub heavily. Soap problem areas with household soap and lightly rub with a brush. You may need to repeat the procedure several times.
• Act quickly and carefully, do not twist the fabric.
• After washing, rinse the product very carefully to completely wash the detergent. If the rinsing is insufficient, stains may form on the fabric.

Important! If the down jacket is not very dirty, then you can not wash it whole. Hang the jacket over your shoulders above the bathtub or large basin. Dilute the detergent in water in warm water, foam and apply foam to particularly contaminated areas. Rub well, then rinse with clean water. With this method of washing, not a lot of foam gets into the filler, which is then easy to rinse.

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How to dry a down jacket?

It is not enough to know how to remove a down jacket at home, you also need to know how to dry it correctly:

• Do not squeeze your down jacket by twisting. Thus, you can damage the structure of its filler, and your jacket will lose its quality and appearance. Gently squeeze out excess water.
• You can wrap the jacket in a large terry towel, bathrobe or sheet so that excess moisture is absorbed.
• After all the water has drained, hang your jacket on your shoulders, spread it and leave it in a well-ventilated area, away from sources of heating and direct sunlight.
• Shake your down jacket periodically so that the filler does not stray into lumps and dries evenly.
• If you still fluff into small lumps, use the following advice. Vacuum all over the inside. This will beat up the lumpy lumps of fluff.

Important! If the fluff has strayed into lumps, and the method with a vacuum cleaner did not live up to the expectations placed on it, the following can be done. Put the dried jacket in the drum of the washing machine along with several tennis balls, put the spin function and start it. Balls will break lumps, make your jacket fluffy and return it to its former shape.

• If there are creases on the material and the thing after washing does not look very pretty, our tips from a separate article will help you put it in order. "How to iron a down jacket?".

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Useful Tips:

• Do not dry the down jacket in a horizontal position, as the fluff may suffocate and there will be an unpleasant smell, which is difficult to get rid of.
• Do not dry the product in direct sunlight or on the battery - this will impair the heat-saving properties of clothing.
• Always carefully study the label for clothing - it contains recommendations for avoiding manufacturers. If the manufacturer insists on dry cleaning, then you should not risk it, just hand over the clothes to dry cleaning. In any case, it is cheaper. than buying a new jacket.
• If the jacket itself is expensive with natural fur that does not come unfastened, then it should also be dry cleaned.

Important! If you started a thorough washing of outerwear at the end of the season, read also about how to store a down jacket.

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In this article, we told you all the rules for washing down jackets and drying them. Carry out cleaning, adhering to the above tips, then your thing will remain warm and beautiful for a long time.