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How to fluff a down jacket after washing at home

fluffHow to restore a down jacket after washing, and extremely unsuccessful washing, in the washing machine? Such a question can often be found at various thematic forums on the Internet. People really spoil their outerwear with their own hands, and then clutch at their heads, wondering how to return to their previous appearance. Of course, if a thing is seriously damaged by hot water or chemistry, there is already little that can be done. In other situations, you can try to return the down jacket to its original appearance. We’ll talk about this.

How to straighten down?

The damaged down-padded coat needs to be restored quickly. The faster you get down to business, the more chances there are to return things to their proper appearance. It is best if you catch yourself before the down jacket is dried, while the lumped lumps of fluff with powder residue have not yet hardened and do the following.

  1. Still wet, well, or at least a wet down jacket, you can push it back into the drum of the washing machine, put the spin at low speeds, well, say, at 500 and stick 4-5 tennis balls with it. Lumps of wet fluff will be broken by balls during the spin cycle and the filler, then, it will be easier to distribute inside.

If the fluff did not straighten out the first time, it is better not to re-spin. Do not forget that repeated spinning, even at low speeds, spoils the appearance of the down jacket.

  1. The dried down jacket is treated differently. We take a smooth stick, for example a stalk from a brush or a mop, and then balls for washingevenly and without unnecessary efforts, we begin to strike on the entire surface of the down jacket. Thus, large lumps of fluff can be broken.
  2. After the large lumps are broken, you can begin the painstaking work of disassembling small lumps of fluff with your hands. In this case, the down jacket must be periodically lifted and shaken.

In addition to down, improper washing may damage the outer surface of the down jacket. This happens in cases when such outerwear is washed with a powder, and not with a special gel. It is shown as follows. White spots and stains appear on the surface of the down jacket. In some cases, such stains appear only on the sleeves and near the collar, but more often they cover the entire surface of the outer garment.

Mistresses often try to get rid of such stains, wiping the surface of the puff with a wet rag. It seems that at first it even helps, but after just a few minutes, the fabric dries and the stains and stains come back. This is due to the microparticles of the powder located deep inside the garment. They will show through until you overdo it, and most importantly, do not rinse the down jacket several times. There are simply no other effective ways to get rid of this problem.

To prevent stains from appearing on outerwear from now on, wash them with a special shampoo for outerwear or washing gel. Reduce the dose of detergent. It is not necessary to follow the dosage recommendations that are indicated on the packaging by the manufacturer. Pour less. Rinse the down jacket longer and in large amounts of water, otherwise even the gel can not be removed from the fabric qualitatively.

We erase so that there are no problems

In order not to wonder further: how to fluff a down jacket after washing at home, it is necessary to wash outer clothing, taking into account the instructions that experts have developed on this subject. Independence, in this case, may result in damage to the down jacket. So, the rules are as follows.washing gel

  • Carefully approach the choice of detergent and strictly monitor their dosage. When washing a down jacket, do not add conditioner.
  • Before washing, unfasten everything that comes unfastened from the down jacket. These small parts can then be washed separately.
  • Wash the down jacket only with careful mode, at a temperature of no more than 400C and spin speed not more than 500-600 rpm.
  • Together with a down jacket in the washing machine must be put magnetic balls, so that the fluff remains in good condition. If there are no magnetic balls, throw balls for playing tennis.
  • To make the down jacket after washing in a typewriter look perfect, do not limit yourself to one rinse cycle. If there is a “double rinse” button on the control panel of your washer, let it go without hesitation. An extra rinse cycle will not damage the down jacket.

A down jacket is much more capable of harming high-speed spinning than rinsing in cold water.

Down-filled clothes drying

dry the down jacket on a horizontal surfaceHigh-quality washing of a down jacket is only half the battle. If the outerwear with down filling is dried up somehow, then as a result you will get a completely unbearable thing. The main requirement is that you need to dry the down jacket away from direct sunlight, a hot battery, a heater and other heat sources in a flattened state, preferably on a horizontal surface.

If you dry a down jacket in a room, then provide it with good ventilation, if on the street, wait for warm weather with a very slight wind. During drying, the down jacket should not be left unattended, in the sense that it should be shaken thoroughly and even turned over about every 2-3 hours. For too long, the thing should not be dried, in two days the down jacket usually dries very well.

Finally, the down jacket will be nice to “move away” as it should with a clapperboard for knocking out carpets. Such a measure will help whip and distribute the fluff inside. You can use a stick for this, but the clapper is somehow safer.

In conclusion, we note that if you happened to wash the down jacket incorrectly, which caused the fluff to pile up and stains appear on the surface, you need to rinse the thing again. And then do everything strictly according to the instructions outlined in this publication, and everything will be fine. Good luck

   

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