How To Machine Wash Down Jacket

Remove all the items from jacket pockets zip up any zippers and close any flaps.

How to machine wash down jacket. Go to your washing machine preferably a front-loading machine though I have used a top-down machine before with no issue but the agitator of a top down can potential ruin the down feathers and put your jacket into the washing machine on gentle to normal wash setting with cold water. Make sure the pockets are empty. We hope this look at fluffing up a down jacket has been helpful.

Air drying a down jacket should take about five hours. If you dont have a front-loader Richardson said its a good reason to bake brownies for a friend and borrow their front-loading washer for the afternoon. Heres a step-by-step on cleaning a down jacket or vest.

Every thirty minutes give the jacket a fluff. Close all zips pockets and Velcro fastenings. Turn your jacket inside out and tumble dry on a cool setting with clean tennis balls to help break up wet down clumps or alternatively hang dry your jacket or place it on a flat surface to dry.

Best practice is washing each jacket separately. To boil all this down here are the 3 steps you need to remember for washing your puffers. If the manufacturer recommends machine washing of your down jacket it is quite simple to care for it.

Wash on cold water using the delicate cycle. Use a down-specific soap like Nikwax Down Wash. Rinse your washing machine out before use.

Fill Your Washing Machine. If its available select the extra rinse option. Drain out any soapy water from your tub sink or basin.