How to wash a jacket, down jacket and coat made of camel hair at home?

Since washing a down jacket at home and cleaning things from natural camel hair seems to be very difficult, many people prefer to give such products dry cleaning. But to bring them back to life on their own is quite possible. The rules for such a procedure are very simple and will be understood by everyone.

Handwash

If the inscription on the label does not allow machine wash, then in this case you need to know how to wash the down jacket manually. Clothes made of camel wool are also washed only by hand.

• To begin with, you should fill the bath with warm water and dilute a portion of washing powder in it. For woolen products, we use exclusively liquid detergents.
• Dip the jacket in a warm solution and immediately start washing.
• If you wash the down jacket, then during this procedure it is convenient to use a soft sponge or brush - so you can quickly clean the contaminated areas. A jacket made of camel hair is enough to shake in water with a soapy solution.
• After washing the down jacket is completed, it should be rinsed in several waters.

Important!

Squeezing a down jacket and clothing from camel wool is highly not recommended!

When the bulk of the water leaves, the product with downy filler can be hung on a coat hanger. As you dry, do not forget to shake the fluff, distributing it evenly under the lining. The camel coat should dry on a horizontal surface. It is laid out on the fabric, carefully straightened and left for several hours.

Machine wash

Washing a down jacket at home will become very simple if the print on the label allows you to use a machine. The following tips will help you do this as correctly as possible.

• The product should rotate freely in the drum of the washing machine, therefore it is not worth hammering it with things - for one wash only one jacket needs to be cleaned.
• As you know, down fillers quickly go astray. To prevent this from happening, put 2-3 tennis balls in the car with the product.
• Before washing the down jacket, it should be freed from the hood, fur on the collar, remove the belt. Remember to also inspect the pockets.
• Too dirty areas are pre-treated with soap and water, and only manually.
• Then the product is turned on the wrong side, fastened with a zipper and placed in a drum.

Tip

The hood and belt can simply be loaded with the jacket, but it is better to place them in a special linen bag, which is usually used when washing delicate items. Thanks to this technique, it is possible to avoid tangling the belt, and it can be removed just as well!

• To understand how to properly wash the down jacket, just look at the label, where the manufacturer always indicates the permissible temperature of the water - this is usually a delicate wash at 30 °.
• Rinse the jacket three times to remove all the foam well, and it is advisable to wring the product at the smallest speed.

After washing the down jacket it was possible, it must be hung on the shoulders and periodically beat, straightening the filler. Turn the product after complete drying.

Wash-free wash

And how to wash a down jacket without streaks? This problem is solved quite simply.

• If stains remain on the product after hand washing, then the procedure should be repeated, but only using a different powder. Often, after changing the tool to a better one, the problem disappears.
• Some fabrics and fillers require a liquid detergent or special gentle powder for delicate items.
• If the insulation is made of natural fluff and feathers, such a jacket, as a rule, is not completely soaked, but the most polluted places are cleaned using laundry soap.

Tip

Use laundry soap as follows - dissolve soap shavings in warm water, froth them and apply them to dirty areas with a sponge. After cleaning, the foam is washed off. If the product is very dirty, then it should be washed over the bathtub on the shoulders, and the soapy solution should be removed with a shower.

Now let's figure out how to wash a down jacket so that it does not have stains after a machine wash.

• To avoid staining, the product is highly discouraged from soaking.
• The jacket is washed at a temperature not exceeding 30 °, in some situations cold water should be set.
• It is better to choose liquid products, since they completely dissolve and do not remain on the tissues.

On a note

When washing in cold water, granules of ordinary washing powder usually do not disperse and settle on the products!

• It is advisable to rinse the coat repeatedly so that all the foam is guaranteed to go away.

Natural fur on a down jacket: what to do?

Is it possible to wash a down jacket if there is real fur on the hood and cuffs? This procedure can be carried out in several ways.

• Using a soapy solution - even a regular shampoo is suitable as a cleaner. The detergent is foamed and applied to the fur, gently washed (it is better to do this in a small basin) and hung over the bath. Dry such clothing parts away from sources of artificial heat, periodically shaking. After the fur is completely dry, it must be leveled with a normal comb.
• Dry cleaning - this method is used in cases where the fur cannot be unfastened, and it is not recommended to wet the jacket itself. Here comes the rescue of decoy. It must be poured onto the fur and rubbed well with the palm of your hand. At the end, grains are combed out. Semka perfectly removes accumulated dust and all dry dirt.

Print complex spots

Difficult stains are far from rare. How to wash a down jacket at home and remove persistent dirt? There are several ways, and the decision will depend on the nature of the origin of the spot itself.

• Greasy areas are easy to clean with a regular detergent that you use to wash dishes every day. In a glass of warm water, it is necessary to dilute a couple of teaspoons of liquid and apply the mixture to a dirty place with a sponge. After a quarter of an hour, the soapy solution is removed using a clean, damp cloth, after which the product is rinsed with water.
• The oil stain can be removed with highly refined gasoline. As a rule, it is sold in hardware stores. But remember that this substance can remove not only dirt, but also paint. Therefore, it must first be tested in a small inconspicuous area and only with a positive result, apply to the stain!
• To get rid of persistent stains, you can use ammonia (10%). A small amount is diluted in a dishwashing detergent, distributed in a contaminated area and after a few minutes thoroughly rinsed with running water.

Rules for washing wool

We figured out how to properly wash the down jacket, now we should dwell on the basic rules for cleaning clothes made from natural camel hair. This material can be basic or serve as a heater.

• To clean a camel wool jacket, it is advisable to use only hand wash, and only if the label shows a pictogram with a basin full of water. If such an icon is crossed out, then only dry cleaning is allowed.
• If the label indicates a hand immersed in a container of water, then clothes can be washed, but only by hand.And the numbers will tell you an acceptable water temperature.
• If the percentage of camel hair is 20% or less, then the product can be washed by hand, but only in warm water and using a special powder. Such clothes may be soaked, but the water temperature should not exceed 20 °.
• A jacket consisting of 50% camel hair is strictly prohibited to wash! Such a product will lose its shape, appearance and will probably sit down. And in order to clean this clothing, it is dry cleaned.

If a small greasy speck was found on a jacket from natural camel fluff, it can be carefully removed with natural alcohol. A few drops of the substance are applied to a clean white cloth and wipe the contaminated area. It is easy to remove street dirt with a rubber sponge, and grass stains are removed with a stain remover. But first, carefully study the label and pay attention to the fact that it does not have the pictogram “only dry cleaning”.