How to wash oil stains on down jackets

With the arrival of winter, many people start to choose to wear down jackets. However, if the down jacket is accidentally stained with oil, they will wash it. However, frequent washing of down jackets will affect the warmth retention of down jackets and reduce the wearing life of down jackets. In addition, some "accidents" are inevitable when eating in down jackets in winter. When your down jacket is stained with oil, you may feel very distressed. The first thing you want to do is how to wash the oil stains on the down jacket? So here I want to teach you how to wash the oil on the down jacket?

If there are oil stains on your down jacket, don't rush to wash it with water. You should first use collar cleaner (do not add water) to clean the oily area, and be sure to wash it by hand. How to clean oil stains on a down jacket? When a down jacket is stained with oil, first spread the down jacket on the table, wipe off the dust with a wet towel, then dip a clean white towel in clean gasoline, wipe the oily area evenly and quickly, wipe each part clean, and then hang the clothes in a cool and ventilated place to wait for the gasoline to evaporate.

The first method: first soak the oily part of the down jacket in hot water at about 60 degrees, soak for a while and take it out, apply a small amount of alkali and laundry detergent on the oily part, then wash it normally, and then wash it again with laundry detergent.

The second method: Wet the oil stains on the down jacket with clean water and apply a layer of toothpaste, then blow it dry with a hair dryer, and then wash it normally to remove the oil stains.

Method 3: Buy down jacket cleaning liquid, which can be found in supermarkets. It is easy to use and does not take time.

So what does the filling of down jackets include? Let me tell you about it.

Down jackets are essential clothing in winter. The names of down jacket fillings include gray duck down, white duck down, gray goose down, white goose down, etc.

The down content refers to the percentage of down and down fibers in feathers and down. The down content stated shall not be less than 50%. The filling amount refers to the total mass of down filled in down garments. The more the filling amount, the warmer the garment.

If the oil stain on the down jacket is only local and just a little dirty, then be sure not to wash the whole piece. There is no need to do so. Just drop a few drops of Blue Moon laundry detergent on the oily areas of your down jacket, and wipe it dry with a wet towel after a few minutes.

Note 2: Washed down jackets should not be exposed to the sun or baked.

There are three taboos when washing down jackets. What are the three taboos? Let’s learn about them together.

One taboo: dry cleaning. Because dry cleaning will destroy the protein in the down jacket, thus affecting its thermal insulation performance. At the same time, dry cleaning will easily cause the fabric of the down jacket to age.

Second taboo: Avoid using alkaline detergents when cleaning oil stains on down jackets. If such chemicals are used, the down jacket will be over-degreased and become fragile and vulnerable.

The third taboo: ironing. In order to keep their down jackets neat and tidy, many girls will iron them like other clothes to make them straight. But down jackets should not be ironed in this way.

In winter, not only down jackets but other clothing may also be stained with oil (difficult to dry, oil drops, wine), etc. It is really a headache to accidentally stain clothes. In fact, we have different ways to deal with different oil stains. If it is the removal of animal and plant oil stains. To remove it, wipe or brush it with organic solvents such as solvent gasoline, tetrachloroethylene, etc. If marks appear, they can be removed by repeated wiping or brushing over a larger area. You can also apply water to the stained area of ​​the clothes and spray it off with a high-pressure spray gun.

Perhaps many people think that it is an oil stain encountered during a meal, but it may also be an oil stain left during a candlelight dinner. So how to clean it? If candle oil gets on clothes, simply washing it will not work. First, rub off the wax on the surface of the clothes with your hands, then place blotting paper or paper with strong adsorption properties on the upper and lower sides of the stain and iron it with an iron. The candle will melt when it encounters heat and the melted candle oil will be absorbed by the paper. If it cannot be cleaned in one go, repeat the process several times and the traces of candle oil will be completely removed.

After reading the methods and precautions on how to clean oil stains from down jackets that I introduced above, you now have a general idea of ​​how to clean down jackets, right? Therefore, how to clean oil stains on down jackets depends on the type of oil stains on the down jacket. Different oil stains require different methods to deal with! As long as you master the methods I introduced to you, I believe you don’t have to worry about encountering this situation in the future. You can just wear down jackets to spend the cold winter. Well, if you don't have this experience, you might be caught off guard.