What means to wash the down jacket?

Many people in the wardrobe have a down jacket. This is such a practical, easy and convenient thing that allows you to always look beautiful, even in the strongest cold, while actively resting, conform to the business dress code at work. Thus, universality is the most important feature of such outerwear. But when winter comes to an end, and often several times in the cold season, the question arises: what means to wash down jacket? We will deal with suitable cleaning agents for this purpose.

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What is not worth erasing the down jacket?

Some housewives, trying to quickly deal with this issue, erase a thing in ordinary powder. As a result, a number of problems arise that will not be so easy to solve.

What happens to the down jacket when washing with ordinary powder?

• The color of the outer clothing changes.
• The product loses its shape.
• Pooh is going to lumps.
• Appear whitish stains.

Summing up

You can not wash the down jacket with an ordinary washing powder, because it contains components that damage the outer clothing:

• fluorescent dyes;
• oxygen bleach;
• enzymes and surfactants in large quantities.

Important! Natural fluff has natural properties, due to which it saves heat. And using ordinary powder, you simply kill these properties, and fluff will less effectively warm you. Pooh absorbs water very well with the powder, but it's very difficult to rinse it out.

To properly care for such clothes, you need to use a special tool for washing down jackets in a washing machine.

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Wash bags for down jackets

Please read the label carefully before choosing a product. There will be recommendations for washing your particular product:

• at what temperature it can be washed;
• can be washed in the washing machine;
• how to dry.

Modern manufacturers offer a large assortment of various products for washing down products that retain its structure, while removing all impurities. It can be balms and shampoos, capsules or gels for washing.

Liquid powders for washing down jackets

They are available in the form of shampoos or balms. When choosing, see that the label indicates that this liquid is for washing items from the fluff. In the composition of such a shampoo or balm there will be substances preventing glueing of cotton. Thanks to them, the fluff will not be collected by lumps.

Important! All the information on the composition and method of use will be indicated on the label. Well, if the composition includes lanolin, which gently cares for down.

Gels for washing jackets

These products have a water base, so they easily dissolve in water and provide excellent quality of washing. Dosage is calculated individually, depending on the hardness of the water. The higher the stiffness, the more means you need to use.

Important! If the jacket is heavily soiled, the gel can be applied directly to the stains.

Capsules

This is a new wonderful tool for washing down jackets in a washing machine, though quite expensive. The advantage of capsules is the ease of use and rapid dissolution in water. They provide a very good quality of washing - both surface fabric and filler.

Capsules are placed directly into the drum of the washing machine along with the down jacket, so they start acting immediately, as water enters the machine.

Important! Do not use ordinary conditioner and conditioner. They are very poorly washed out of such clothes and leave behind themselves white stains.

Popular tools:

• Woly Sport Down wash - shampoo for cleaning down jackets, which surprises with its efficiency at a very low price;
• Heitmann - a gel for washing down coats of German manufacture, which has proved itself well when processing down and feathers of various types;
• Domal Sport Fein Fashion - users enthusiastically note that it's liquid for washing down coats and sportswear perfectly restores the color of products, preserves all the properties of down, economically consumed.

Important! From domestic products, good reviews were obtained by the products of the trade marks "Aistenok", "Laska", "Ushasty nanny".

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How can I replace special tools?

If you do not have the opportunity to purchase special tools, do not worry, they can find a worthy replacement:

• You can use for children's washing down clothes for children's laundry detergent. It is perfectly washed away from the tissues.
• Liquid detergent for baby clothes is also suitable for washing such products. Due to its composition, it gently cares and is easily washed out.
• Tools for delicate fabrics of silk and wool well wash the dirt and do not glue the down filler.
• Laundry soap is suitable for partial washing of especially polluted places. It does not give copious foam and is easily washed off with water. It is necessary to take an ordinary brown soap without perfumes and additives. Before use it should be moistened and a small layer of foam should be beaten on the bar. This foam to put on stains, and then to wash. The combination of laundry soap and means for washing down jackets allows you to remove even persistent dirt in cold water.

Important! Strictly observe the dosage of detergent for washing down jackets. His overabundance would rather hurt than help.

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How to wash the down jacket in the washing machine?

In order not to spoil a good thing, it is best to use the recommendations and useful advice from experienced professionals.

Important! Some believe that it is safer to wash down jackets manually. But professionals consider hand washing unproductive and labor-intensive. In addition, subsequent long-term drying without spinning can lead to an unpleasant odor.

Therefore, it is better to wash the down jacket in the washing machine, just observe a number of precautions when washing:

• Regardless of the volume of the washing machine, only one thing is erased.
• Before you start washing, turn the thing inside out, close all the locks and pull the contents out of the pockets.
• Unfasten the hood, fur, belt - they are best washed by hand.
• Wipe the stains with soap and clean them with a brush.
• In a drum together with a jacket to put special balls for washing which can be replaced usual tennis balls.

Important! Downy products are washed on a delicate regime at a temperature of 30 degrees.

• It is advisable to put extra rinse.
• It is necessary to press at the lowest rpm( 600-800).If the products are not squeezed, but leave to drain, then the fluff will lump the lumps, the thing will lose its appearance and form and lose its qualities.
• Dry in the street, hanging on a hanger and shaking it periodically, so that the fluff does not get lost.

Important! Do not put down products on a heating source, for example, on a battery - the quality of the fluff spoils and it ceases to warm.

• If the product remains a divorce you need to put it on a plentiful rinse or re-wash.

Important! If on your down jacket there are insets made of leather, suede or velor it is better to give and dry clean. It is difficult to choose a means for purification of such dissimilar tissues.

Not recommended:

• Pre-soak the down jacket in water.
• Putting other things together with him.
• Wash items from down in intensive washing and squeeze at high speed.
• Frequently wash similar products.
• Use plastic balls when washing.
• Iron with iron.

Important! Down jackets are best washed in summer in hot weather, so that they dry naturally. Just do not dry under the direct rays of the sun, otherwise - some places will burn out.

We hope that now you will not have any questions about the care of down jackets, because you have all the necessary information to properly wash them. So - even the harshest winter you will feel warm, cozy and look beautiful at the same time.