We wash jackets and down jackets

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In the off-season, the most practical and comfortable clothes are all kinds of jackets and down jackets. They protect against cold, piercing wind, rain and snow.

Usually the upper fabric of the product is all kinds of raincoat and jacket fabrics. Inside - lining and insulation. The lining is usually viscose. And the insulation is sintepon, syntepuh, tinsulate, goose down.
It would seem that a jacket is the same clothes as any other thing. But not many people decide to wash their outerwear at home. Especially if, for example, a white down jacket. It stops not only color, but also the fear that one won’t be able to achieve the desired purity of the thing. Or, moreover, the thing will be spoiled - the insulation will collapse or become lumpy. But these fears are in vain. Almost any jacket and down jacket can be washed at home, in a washing machine. Modern powders not only wash dirt well, but also gently care for the thing. For instance, ArielIt copes with almost any impurities already at 30 ° C, while completely rinsing with water and not settling on clothes. And it can be used to wash jackets on sintepon and down jackets.
Since jackets and down jackets are voluminous things, it is better to wash them separately. The temperature regime is 30-40 ° C. Spin speed can be set quite high.To fluff did not stray into unbreakable lumps during washing in the machine, wash down jackets along with 2-3 tennis balls.

Dry jackets on a synthetic winterizer are best on a hanger, with a good straightening of the product. But down jackets are dried either on the battery (after putting a thin towel on it), or on the back of the chair next to the battery. So that the fluff inside the lining does not fall off and dries faster, and the thing returns to its previous shape, periodically shake the down jacket, approximately every 2-3 hours.

Expert Opinion
The moderator of our site, an engineer-technologist of sewing production, a sewing teacher, Svetlana Khatskevich, gives our readers some more valuable recommendations on caring for jackets and down jackets:
From my experience I can add: we take the balls for tennis! For the desktop, they are very light - not suitable.
Light things have the dirtiest places - inner racks, hem bottom hem and hem - before washing I rub either with powder, or liquid detergent, or soap. So they are guaranteed to be removed.
Sure to turn on extra rinse. Otherwise, whitish stains after drying can remain on dark things.
When drying shake the thing as often as possible, knead down fluff seals with my hands.
And after complete drying, I put the thing in the dry drum of the machine with the same tennis balls and scroll it in the "spin" mode. This also helps fluff to become more fluffy. After all, it is the air gap inside the down jacket that keeps it warm.
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Text: Svetlana Khatskevich.
Photo: PR.

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