How to wash the down jacket manually?

Recently, down jackets have become more and more popular. Especially as the fashion does not stand still, it offers us more and more new models. If before the down jacket was not very smart clothes, rather warm than beautiful and elegant, now the 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 give you even more charm. That's just what to do with washing. How to wash the down jacket manually so that the fluff does not get lost and there were no divorces? This question worries more than one housewife, because I really want that this stylish and warm thing served us longer. So, let's figure out how to wash the down jacket manually.

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Preparation for washing

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

• Remove everything that can be unfastened from it, except for sewn parts.
• Empty the pockets.
• If the jacket has metal inserts that can not be removed, or other decorative elements, protect them with polyethylene or scotch tape.
• The fur must be washed separately from the down jacket.
• Inspect the product carefully 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 washing powders. Such powders create a lot of foam, which penetrates deep into the filler of the jacket, but to wash it afterwards 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 the down jacket at home should be done with a special tool designed for such a case. There is a wide range of such products on sale. If you doubt the correctness of the choice, an experienced consultant will help you in such a difficult business.
• If this is not at hand, you can use a liquid detergent for washing delicate things.
• In extreme cases, you can wash with shampoo or liquid soap.
• Air conditioning puhovikov categorically contraindicated.
• If the clothing stains, which are just so difficult to remove, grind them before washing with laundry soap and leave for a while.
• Bleaching agents, even sparing, on an oxygen base are also not recommended.

Important! For the whitening effect, experts recommend increasing the soak time or repeating washing again.

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Wash down jacket

How to wash the down jacket manually? Adhere to the following instructions, and your jacket will certainly become much cleaner without loss of appearance:

• Fill a large basin or bath with water. The water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees. Pooh 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 heavily soiled, you can increase the soaking time to 1 hour.

Important! During washing, the down jacket should be in the maximum straightened position. So on the fabric there will be no creases, and the filler will not get lost in a heap.

• First, wash especially polluted places - collar, elbows, seams, pockets and cuffs. Use the brush for a better effect, but do not rub it hard. Lather problem areas with household soap, lightly rub with a brush. You may have to repeat the procedure several times.
• Proceed quickly and neatly, do not twist the fabric.
• After washing is completed, the product must be thoroughly rinsed to thoroughly wash the detergent. If the rinse is not enough, the tissue can form a divorce.

Important! If the down jacket is not badly soiled, then you can not erase it entirely. Hang the jacket over the shoulders over the bathtub or large basin. Dilute in water detergent in warm water, foam and apply foam to especially polluted areas. Pour well, and then rinse with clean water. With this method of washing the filler will not get much foam, which then is easy to rinse out.

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How to dry the down jacket?

Little to know how to wash the down jacket at home, you also need to know how to dry it properly:

• 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. With gentle squeezing movements, squeeze out excess water.
• You can wrap a jacket in a large terry towel, bathrobe or sheet to absorb excess moisture.
• After all the water has drained, hang your jacket on your hangers, spread out and leave in a well-ventilated area, away from heating sources and direct sunlight.
• Periodically shake your down jacket so that the filler does not get stuck in the lumps and dry out evenly.
• If all the same the fluff has got lost in small lumps, use the following advice. Walk on the entire inner surface of the vacuum cleaner. This will break loose bundles of fluff.

Important! If the fluff is lost in lumps, and the way with a vacuum cleaner does not justify the hopes placed on it, you can do the following. Put the dried jacket in the drum of the washing machine along with several tennis balls, put the spin function and run it. The balls will break the lumps, make your fluffy jacket and return it to its former shape.

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Useful advices:

• Do not dry the down jacket in a horizontal position, since down can suffocate and an unpleasant odor will appear, which is difficult to get rid of.
• Do not dry the product under direct sunlight or on a battery - this will impair the heat-saving properties of the garment.
• Always carefully study the label of clothing - it indicates recommendations for leaving manufacturers. If the manufacturer insists on dry cleaning, then do not take risks, just give clothes to dry cleaners. In any case, it is cheaper.than to buy a new jacket.
• If the jacket itself is expensive with natural fur, which is not unfastened, then it should also be given to dry cleaning.

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