In winter, wearing down jacket looks good and warm, but it's troublesome to clean it. If you don't pay attention to the clothes, it will fade, and the down will be knotted. It will become wrinkled and lose its warmth retention. Therefore, many people choose to send it to the laundry, but it costs a lot of money. In fact, down jacket can be cleaned at home, the following, quickly learn to clean down jacket tips.
Notes on down jacket washing
1. Rinse at 30 ℃
The best temperature for cleaning down jacket is 30 ℃ - 40 ℃. Before washing, it is recommended that you read the washing label on the inside of the down jacket carefully. The tag can not only tell you the material, fabric and down content of the clothes, but also tell you the washing instructions of the down jacket.
2. Use neutral detergent
Neutral detergent is the least harmful to clothing and down. It is not allowed to use some strong alkaline detergent, soap, etc. to clean it. Remember not to use detergent with enzyme, which will cause rigidity of clothes after washing and drying. If you have to use detergent to wash down jacket, it is usually appropriate to put 4 to 5 tbsp of washing powder into two washbasin water.
3. Attention should be paid to air drying
After brushing clean, along the lines of clothing down the backlog to remove excess moisture can be noted not to force too hard, will easily damage the fabric. Pay attention to the air and hang it to dry. And must not put in the sun under the sun, put in a ventilated place can. After the clothes are dried, pat the clothes with a large area hanger, and the clothes will naturally become fluffy.
Method of hand washing down jacket
First of all, take a look at the "washing label" on the down jacket, whether there is the word "washable", and what is the washing temperature. Then prepare warm water and a neutral detergent, such as "laundry detergent" (if not, use detergent instead).
1. If the down jacket is particularly dirty, it needs to be cleaned completely
Pour warm water and proper amount of detergent into a large basin, stir evenly, and then soak down jacket in water for 10 minutes. Because the down jacket is waterproof, it will bubble when it is just immersed in water. Press it slowly to release the gas inside.
After soaking, use a soft brush (for example, the brush used to brush shoe polish must be new!) Brush evenly, such as neckline, cuffs, front, easy to dirty place to brush more. Special dirty place, can dip some detergent with soft hair brush to brush.
After brushing, you can rinse it. Change a basin of warm water, put the down jacket in the water and press it constantly with your palm, so that the water can penetrate into the fabric of the clothes and take out the dirt. Rinse several times until there is no foam. When rinsing the second time, you can add a little white vinegar into the water. Acetic acid can not only kill bacteria, but also neutralize alkaline detergent, which is good for clothes!
Do not twist dry the down jacket after washing. Hold it with both hands from top to bottom to squeeze out the water.
Avoid direct sunlight exposure when drying, because ultraviolet rays will accelerate the embrittlement of down. Hang it in a cool and ventilated place for drying. After two or three days, pat it a little to loosen the wet and caked down. You can also swing down the jacket a little to let the air in. Remember that the clothes should be evenly patted everywhere, so that the down jacket can return to its original fluffy appearance.
2. If the down jacket is partially dirty
Lay down the down jacket on the platform or hang it up. Mix warm water and neutral detergent in a small spray pot, spray it on the dirty place, and then brush it with a soft fur brush.
After cleaning, hang the down jacket (hang it up or down according to the washing position), and then wash it with the shower head. The dirty area can be washed and washed until there is no foam left.
After washing, the same can not twist dry, dry towel can be pressed to absorb moisture.
Hand washing has four key points: first, the water temperature can not be too high, generally 30 degrees Celsius should be appropriate; two is to put detergent to the right amount, in the warm water can stir up a small layer of foam, too much it is difficult to rinse clean; three is not to wring dry, to squeeze out water or dry towel suction; four is not to be exposed to the sun, should be placed in a cool ventilated place to dry.
Method of machine washing down jacket
First, the down jacket zipper up, button up, put in the laundry bag, no laundry bag can use net pocket. It is recommended to choose a washing machine with the function of "down washing" (if not, wash it by hand honestly!) And set and select weak speed and weak flow mode. Be sure to use neutral detergent to prevent loss of warmth.
After soaking for 10 minutes, wash normally, but stop when dehydrating, and then put one or two dry towels into the washing machine or laundry bag to absorb the remaining moisture, which can effectively shorten the drying time.
After dehydration, shake off the down jacket slightly and pat each part to make the inner down evenly distributed.
Finally, it should be hung in a well ventilated and cool place to dry. Before it is completely dry, you should pat it gently to prevent the down from condensing. Don't rub it hard.
Machine wash down jacket mainly to avoid: take off, pile down and down drilling, so washing and dehydration should choose a lower speed, and can be placed in the clothes laundry ball, through the movement of the ball, to reduce the pile down problem.
Precautions for drying down jacket
On rainy days, many people like to dry their clothes. For down jacket, we must first see whether there is drying label on the washing label before action. When drying, it is necessary to use the "low temperature drying" mode. It is recommended to bake for 40 minutes first, and observe in the middle. If there is still caking down inside the down jacket, you can take out the down jacket, pat it gently to let the down disperse, and then put it in to dry it for 15 minutes until it is completely dry.
