Such clothes, like down jackets, tightly entered our wardrobe and today is distinguished by its versatility and unpretentiousness. Nevertheless, after a while you will notice the appearing shiny areas on the sleeves, near the pockets and fasteners, which means it's time to wash and peel the down jacket.
How to remove stains before steam?
Of course, you can turn to dry cleaning and thus get rid of the complexities associated with cleaning the product. But quite realistically, at home, to return the down jacket to a commercial appearance. To begin with, especially soiled places can be treated with a liquid detergent or, if the contaminants are very strong, with a solvent. Soak the product is not worth, after that you can hardly beat the wet and caked down.
Place the down jacket in the drum of the washing machine, pre-turning it inside out, which will help not only to preserve its color, but also prevent damage to the hardware from the drum machine. To wash it is necessary on sparing program, with temperature no more than 30 ° С, and pressing 600-800 rpm. To prevent the appearance of lumps, place 3-4 tennis balls in the drum of the machine, making sure that they are not shed when washing.
Before decoating the jacket after washing, place it on a grate or any horizontal surface and circulate the air in the room, for example, with a fan or simply opening the window.
Is it possible to steam down the down jackets?
Of course, it is possible, but there is no special sense in such processing, with proper washing, the product very quickly assumes the previous form, the fluff dries up and the volume returns, just shake the down jacket a little. So the use of a steam generator or a similar function in a modern iron is not necessary, whereas a winter coat, for example, will necessarily have to be kept clean to maintain its cleanliness and shape.