How to properly wash and dry jacket to make it look as good as new

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Sometimes a single wash to spoil jacket. How to wash a winter jacket, given its filling? How to dry down jacket, so it will serve you for a long time?

Soon comes the spring and we will remove bulky down jackets to put them in a corner cabinet. But before that it is waiting for a big wash. How correctly to wash and dry down jacket?

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Examine the label

On the ethics of what you'll see from your jacket produced: down, feathers, wool and cotton - natural materials; the rest - synthetic.

There may be signs in English: down - feathers; feather - pen; wool - wool batting or wool; cotton - cotton wool; hollow fiber, polyester, dupont - synthetic materials.

Unnatural natural purified tissue and in various ways. Synthetics better withstand aggressive wash as sintepon. The product is made of natural fabric with down filling will have to be washed carefully. First, using qualitative powders, secondly, wash at a temperature no higher than 30 degrees.

Hand wash down jacket

Dear jacket safer to wash by hand. For that selected or a vertical or horizontal washing.

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at vertical washing jacket hung on hangers in the bathroom. Its horizontal wetted with water. Well wipe soiled areas with a brush. Rinse foam water jet at an angle of 90 degrees.
at horizontal washing bath or basin filled with water is not hot 30 degrees. The water was added a powder. Jacket left in the solution for 15-30 minutes, then rub the brush particularly contaminated sites. Further, it rinse in pure water.

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machine wash

Before you plunge into a jacket washing machine, Check all pockets, remove the fur on the hood and belt, fasten the zipper and turn the jacket inside out. Put a few tennis balls in the machine to fluff is not lost lumps. Select a typewriter mode "outerwear", "bulky items", "delicate wash", "hand wash". Mode should be as delicate: the temperature is not above 30 degrees, and the spin speed is not above 400-600. Preferably after further washing, rinse jacket.


The wash down jacket?

Wash down jacket only liquid detergent, not to leave stains on the product.

How to dry down jacket?

Jacket dried in several stages. In the first phase is allowed to drain all excess water. Further, it should be moved to a dry, well ventilated room. Down jacket can not be dried on a radiator or very close to it, hairdryers and other heat sources. High temperature spoils down, and it ceases to perform its function. Jacket must be periodically evert it to dry well on all sides. The filler should dry well, otherwise moisture may cause unpleasant smell from jackets and spoil fuzz.


Consider all recommendations on washing and drying of down jackets to it will serve you for many years.


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