How to wash down clothes best? Hand wash or dry clean? Can you use washing machine to wash down clothes? Recently, the temperature in many places has soared to about 30 degrees, so should thick down clothes be put up in winter? Do you know how to clean down clothes? How to clean white down clothes?
In fact, there is a small label with maintenance and washing instructions sewn on the inside of the down jacket. Careful people will find that 90% of the down jacket is marked to be hand washed, and dry cleaning is forbidden, because the liquid medicine used for dry cleaning will affect the warmth retention and aging of the fabric. The machine wash and dry, twisted down clothing, easily lead to uneven thickness of the filling, make the clothing out of shape, affect the beauty and warmth.
So, washing down clothes by hand is the right way, but there are a lot of things to pay attention to. You should pay attention to.
Hand wash down clothing method:
1. Before cleaning: prepare neutral detergent.
Buy a bottle of special detergent for down jacket, preferably neutral detergent. Neutral detergent has the least damage to the fabric and down. If alkaline detergent is used, the residual detergent will cause damage to the down clothing, and it is easy to leave white traces on the surface of the clothing, affecting the appearance.
If not, you can also use washing powder instead, but be careful not to use alkaline too much, otherwise the clothes will fade easily.
The amount of washing powder should not be too much. The residual washing powder will affect the fluffy degree of down. If you have to wash down clothes with washing powder, usually put 4 to 5 tablespoons of washing powder in two washbasins.
2. Cleaning process: control water temperature and clean with soft brush.
The best water temperature for cleaning down jacket is 30 ℃ - 40 ℃, which should not exceed the maximum water temperature marked on the label. Soak the clothes for 10 minutes first, then wash them with a soft brush. Never rub them with your hands.
After cleaning, in order to neutralize the residual washing liquid in the down jacket, drop a spoonful of vinegar into the water, then soak the down jacket for 5-10 minutes, and finally rinse it.
3. Drying process: pay attention not to wring.
After cleaning, do not wring down the down jacket, but press out the water along the clothes, and then lay it flat or hang it to dry. Do not put it in the sun, but hang it in the ventilation place to dry.
4. After drying, pat gently.
Put the dried down clothes on the bed, and pat them with a large hanger, so that they will be fluffy and soft.
Other methods of cleaning down jacket:
1. Local cleaning: if the down jacket is only partially dirty, it does not need to be cleaned as a whole. Because the general down fabric is not afraid of water, as long as a few drops of collar clean or detergent in the dirty place, a few minutes later with a wet towel dry can decontamination. If it's not clean, repeat it a few more times.
2. If the down jacket is not too dirty, dry cleaning can be used. Dip a towel in gasoline and wipe gently at the neckline, cuffs, front, etc. after the oil stain is removed, wipe the gasoline stained part with a dry towel and wear it after the gasoline volatilizes.
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Can down clothes be washed by washing machine? Down clothes are thick and heavy. Many mothers choose to wash down clothes by washing machine. Here, we suggest not to use washing machine to wash down clothes, mainly because the fabric of down clothes is very airtight and water is not easy to get in and out. There are two problems:
1. When washing, especially the down jacket of the washing machine will float on the water surface, resulting in unclean washing;
2. When dehydrating, the water in the down jacket is not easy to be thrown out, and when the dehydrating speed is large, the washing machine will even explode. This is because when the speed is too high, the water can not be thrown out, and has a great centrifugal force, which eventually leads to the 'washing machine explosion'.
Therefore, washing down clothes with washing machine is not recommended.
However, with the continuous update of technology, many new washing machines on the market can wash down clothes. Some washing machines have special down clothes, shirts, quilts and other cleaning functions. If you have to wash down clothes with washing machine, you need to pay attention to the following precautions:
1. It is better to use the roller washing machine for washing, because the procedure of the roller down jacket is very gentle, and it is not twisted and pulled. It is washed by simple wrestling and water jet. The water temperature should not exceed 30-40 ℃.
2. Optional ironing free function, after dehydration, it can reduce the pile up of down, use less detergent or special detergent, and add twice more for rinsing manually. After taking out, if there is no obvious caking, it can be dried. If there is caking, it can make down fluffy and keep warm.
How to wash down coat with oil stain? What if the down jacket is accidentally stained with oil that is difficult to remove? Because the down jacket itself is very thick, it is not recommended to wash it all, and local cleaning should be used.
First, read the small washing label on the down jacket to make sure there is a washable mark. Then the following measures can be taken:
1. Take the original liquid of special laundry detergent and apply it to the oil spot. Do not wash it immediately after application, and leave it for five minutes;
2. After 5 minutes, wash normally. If the dirt is serious, use a soft toothbrush to gently brush the oil spot;
3. After the oil spot is removed, use a clean white towel to dip in water to wipe;
4. Rinse the place where the washing liquid touches with clear water to remove the residual liquid;
5. After the down jacket is washed, it shall be put in the ventilated place for drying.
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This method is only suitable for washable down clothing;
After washing down coat, do not wring it dry, but squeeze out water;
When drying, try not to drop water in the down jacket, and put it on the opposite side of the ventilation place to dry, not exposed to the sun or dry;
When it is about to be dried, it can be gently patted with hands or small wooden sticks, which can make down return to natural fluffy state, at the same time, it is also conducive to the thorough drying of the filler to prevent mildew;
Finally, pack the thoroughly air dried down clothing breathable finishing bag and store it in a ventilated and dry wardrobe.
2. If the down jacket's washing label indicates dry cleaning, it is recommended to send it to a professional dry cleaning shop for cleaning.
How to wash the white down jacket? White down jacket is more dirty than other color down jacket, and it will turn yellow after wearing for a long time. How to wash the white down jacket to keep it white and warm? You can use medical hydrogen peroxide and washing powder with bleaching function for cleaning.
1. Prepare a basin of warm water for the normal washing of down jacket. The water temperature is about 30 ℃. Pour half bottle of hydrogen peroxide into the basin.
2. Pour in a small handful of washing powder and soak the down jacket for two hours.
3. After that, conduct normal water washing, use soft brush to clean, and never use hands to rub.
4. Do not wring, hang in a cool and ventilated place to dry. White down jacket should not be exposed to the sun, otherwise it will cause yellow or scorch of white down jacket. In order to better maintain the white down jacket, it should be dried in a cool and ventilated place.