How to clean a down jacket

How to clean a down jacket
 Down jacket - comfortable, beautiful and warm winter clothing, which has already become an indispensable part of the wardrobe. But even with careful care and neat wear with time on the down jacket there are stains, greasy collar and sleeves, smudges. With this you can handle at home: wash or clean a down jacket.
 If stains have appeared on light-colored down jacket, it is desirable to wash, because after cleaning can remain divorces. Before washing, ensure that all pockets are empty. Fasten them, all the buckles and zipper on the jacket. Undo the hood and remove the belt. Remove the jacket inside out. If there are serious stains, you can apply the cleanser on them before washing and leave for a few minutes.

Wash down jacket is necessary in a delicate operation - the temperature must not exceed forty degrees. Use special detergents suitable for fluff and hair. Do not spare the water for rinsing, it is advisable to rinse 3-4 times. Put the drum of the washing machine a few tennis balls to fluff does not stray into clumps. Pressing need to speed down jacket 700-800 per minute, no more.

Dry the jacket on a special grill or spread out on the floor, do not put on a radiator, do not hang on a hanger. While jacket dries regularly overturn it and shake to stretch down lumps. Ventilate the room well, where dried down jacket. You can turn on the fan. When everything is dry, check the material water-repellent properties: drizzle a few drops on a jacket if they are immediately absorbed, apply a special impregnation.

Dark wash down jacket optional, you can clean it. To dissolve stains, use ammonia or gasoline, dirt can be removed any detergent. Then use absorbers, it may be salt, baking soda, chalk, talc, starch. If traces are not serious, clean the detergent, spreading it in the water. Several times, apply the solution on the spot, beating foam.

Greasy places remove gasoline, moistened cotton swab in it. After sprinkle absorbent listed above. Repeat this procedure several times. Or you can make yourself a good stain remover: 100 milliliters of water, add a spoonful of ammonia and a little dishwashing liquid. Whisk foam sponge and apply on the spot. Well removes traces of down jackets with normal glass cleaner. After the need to clean the surface with a sponge or cloth and repeat again.

Remember that you need to remove stains from the edges to the center, and not vice versa, so that no divorce. Before you apply the cleanser, try it on the other side of down jackets.

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