How to stroke a down jacket?

The cheapest and at the same time practical variant of winter outerwear is down jacket. However, it often happens that the owner of a thing puzzles over how to get rid of unwanted folds on such a piece of clothing. Of course, the easiest and fastest way is ironing, but often a high temperature can damage the material of the jacket. On how to stroke the down jacket, causing him a minimum of harm, this article will tell.

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Basics of ironing outerwear

Outer clothing is often made of synthetics. However, this is not always a bad thing: such materials are quite strong, wear-resistant, have the property of repelling dirt, do not let the cold air inside. These additions are the main reason why synthetic fibers are forbidden to iron or allowed, but very carefully.

Be sure to consider the information on the product label. If you pay attention to the images on it, you can notice the following warnings and recommendations for ironing the jacket from Bologna:

• The icon where the iron is shown without any notation inside, means that the ironing of the product is allowed.
• A single-point iron indicates the resolution to iron a garment, but a slightly heated iron.
• If the iron shown is crossed out - ironing is strictly prohibited.
• The badge of the iron, which is crossed out from below, means the prohibition of steaming.

Important! Consider that the top cover for each jacket is different, despite the similar, at first glance, material. Do not wash and iron them in the same conditions, without studying the symbols.

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Bolt jacket

Bolone jackets are very practical in their use. It is almost impossible to get wet in a jacket made of such a material. In order not to think about the question of how to pat a jacket at home in the future, after washing it immediately shaken and dried in a straightened state.

If the drying was not done correctly and you asked such a question, instead of iron it is better to use a steamer. The best option is a vertical steamer: a powerful steam flow will smooth even the smallest creases on the material, without causing any harm to it.

Important! Such a device differs from irons with the function of supplying steam in that its sole does not come into contact with the material being processed. For this reason, the fabric does not melt or burn, preserving its original appearance.

And what if you do not have a vertical steamer at hand, but you still need to smooth out the bologna jacket at home? In this case, you can walk around the jacket and iron, but only on condition that there is gauze cloth between the device and the material. A detailed algorithm will be discussed below:

1. Spread the garment on a flat, level surface.
2. Approximately align it with your hands.
3. Armed with an iron and turn on its minimum power.
4. Place a thin cloth or gauze on the jacket.
5. Carry out standard ironing of the product.
6. When the outer side of the thing is smoothed, go to the inside - it can be ironed without lining. The inner side is needed to prevent the appearance of new creases on the garment.

Important! Before you iron the outside, look at how the thing behaves, starting to process first an inconspicuous outer piece of clothing. During this experiment, you can find out how the thing behaves when you use a particular temperature.

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Popular ironing of down jackets

If you do not have a suitable iron, you can draw hot water into the case. In order to smooth such a thing without resorting to the use of an iron, the following algorithm should be followed:

1. Hang down jacket on the hanger above the mixer with hot water.
2. Switch on the maximum hot water flow.
3. Close all doors in the room and prevent drafts. Hot steam promotes quick alignment of things.
4. When all the folds are leveled, the jacket is hung into the room and allowed to dry naturally.

If the jacket can not be hung over the mixer, use an ordinary saucepan and stove when ironing the jacket on the sintepon. For this, the following steps should be observed:

1. Fill the pan with hot water and put on the stove.
2. Turn the burner on the maximum gas.
3. Weigh the jacket over the plate and wait for its self-smoothing.

Important! Carrying out the given procedure, it is necessary to be extremely accurate. As mentioned before, down jackets are made of synthetic materials, which means they are easily ignited.

From this article you learned how to make smart ironing down jackets. Given all the above methods, you can easily perform this procedure without fear of harming the product.