Winter wear down jacket pleasing to the eye and warm, but washing up control poor, a little attention to the clothes will fade, down knotted, become wrinkled, lose the warmth. So, many people choose to send it to the laundry, but it costs a lot of money. Indeed, down jacket can be washed at home, below, quickly and career knowledge together to grasp the skills of washing down jacket.
Wash down jacket pay attention to matters
1. Rinse at 30 ℃ water temperature
The best water temperature for washing down jacket is 30℃-40℃. Before washing, it is suggested that everyone can carefully read the washing label on the inside of the down jacket. The hanging tag of the clothes can not only tell you the material, fabric and wool content of the clothes, but also tell you the washing instructions of the down jacket.
2. Use neutral detergent
Neutral detergent is the least dangerous to clothes and down, can not be washed with some strong alkaline laundry agent, soap, and so on, remember not to use enzyme detergent, so washing and drying will cause stiffness of clothes. If you must wash your down jacket with detergent, it is usually appropriate to put 4 to 5 tablespoons of detergent in two basins of water.
3, drying need to pay attention to
Brush clean, along the lines of the clothing backlog to remove excess water can be, we should pay attention to not too hard, will be easy to damage the fabric. Pay attention to air time, hang to dry. And be sure not to put under the sun, in a drafty place can be. Once the clothes are dry, beat them with a large hanger, all over the place, and they will naturally puff up.
The way you wash down jackets by hand
First, take a look at the down jacket on the “washing label”, whether there is “washable” words, washing temperature is a number. Then prepare warm water and a neutral detergent, such as “laundry detergent” (there is no substitute for dish soap).
1. If the down jacket is rare and dirty, it needs all washing:
Pour warm water and proper amount of detergent into a large bowl, stir evenly, and then put the down jacket in the water for 10 minutes. As the down jacket has waterproof characteristics, it will bubble when it is just soaked in water. It is good to press gradually to release the gas inside.
After soaking, use a soft brush (like a brush with shoe polish, must be new!) Average brush, like neckline, cuffs, front easy dirty places to wash more. Rare dirty places, soft brush with some detergent scrub.
Scrub clean and then rinse. Put the down jacket in a basin of warm water and press it with the palm of your hand. This will allow the water to soak into the fabric and bring out the dirt. Rinse several times until there is no foam. When rinsing the second time, a little white vinegar can be added to the water. Acetic acid can not only sterilize but also neutralize alkaline detergent, which is of great benefit to clothes!
Down jacket after washing can not be twisted dry, from top to bottom with both hands pinch, squeeze out the water.
Drying time to stop direct sunlight exposure, because UV will accelerate the embrittlement of down. Hang it in a cool and drafty place to dry. After two or three days, pat it slightly to loosen the wet and caked down. You can also shake the down jacket slightly to let air in. Remember to pat evenly everywhere, and the puffer jacket will return to its shaggy look.
2. If the down jacket is a little dirty:
Lay down the jacket flat on a counter, or hang it up, mix warm water with neutral detergent in a small watering can, spray on dirty areas, and then brush with a soft brush.
After scrubbing and cleaning, hang up the down jacket (make sure it is hung upside down where it is washed) and rinse it with the shower head. Dirty areas can be washed and brushed at the same time, until clean and free of foam.
After washing the same can not be twisted dry, dry towel can be pressed to suck out the moisture.
There are four key points for hand washing: first, the water temperature can not be too high, as usual 30 degrees Celsius is appropriate; The second is to put detergent to the right amount, stirring in warm water can be a small layer of foam, too much is difficult to rinse clean; Three is not twisted dry, to squeeze out water or suck out with a dry towel; Fourth, can not be exposed to the sun, to put ventilated cool place to dry.
Machine washed down jacket
First, zip up and button down your down jacket and put it in a laundry bag. No laundry bag can be netted. It is recommended to choose a washing machine with “down washing” effect (if not this effect, still old faithful real hand wash!). , and set the weak speed and weak water flow mode. Be sure to use neutral detergent to prevent loss of heat retention.
After soaking for 10 minutes, wash normally, but when dehydrated, stop first, and then put one or two dry towels in the washing machine or laundry bag to absorb the remaining water, which can help shorten the drying time.
After dehydration, remove the down jacket slightly and pat each part so that the inner down can spread evenly.
Finally hang in a cool, draft-free place to dry. Before drying, gently pat, to prevent down condensation, never rub.
Machine washed down jacket is mainly to stop: defleece, pile and down drilling, so that 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 pile problems.
Drying down jacket attention matters
Many people like to dry their clothes on rainy days. For down jackets, be sure to see if there is a drying label on the wash label before you act. The “low temperature drying” mode must be used when drying. It is recommended to bake for 40 minutes first, and make a central inspection. If there are still lumpy down inside the down jacket, you can take out the down jacket and pat gently to let the down disperse, and then put it in the 15-minute interval to dry until it is completely dry.
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