After washing the down jacket at home, stains of yellow or whitish color often appear on the fabric. This can happen for a variety of reasons - insufficient rinsing, poorly selected detergent, poor water quality, and even improper drying. If after washing the down jacket there are stains, then you can try to eliminate them yourself. However, if all methods of dealing with such a nuisance turn out to be in vain, you will have to give the down jacket to dry cleaning.
How to prevent divorce
First you need to understand what can lead to dark spots on the fabric. Only after establishing the cause, it is possible to select measures to restore the original appearance of the thing. Based on practice, it is safe to say that removing stains on a down jacket after washing is an order of magnitude more difficult than preventing their appearance. It is quite possible to prevent the appearance of yellow spots if you follow these rules:
- For washing down jackets, it is not recommended to use powdered detergents. If we consider the texture of the fabric on such jackets and the density of the filler, we can understand that it will be very difficult to wash the powder. To wash such things, it is desirable to use a gel or a special concentrate.
- Before washing outerwear, it must be completely turned inside out. Together with the jacket, several new tennis balls are placed in the washing drum, which will prevent the filler from sticking together and improve the rinsing process.The appearance of greasy spots is due precisely to the fact that the filler accumulates in one place. This leads to a significant release of fat from the feather and down, which in a small amount is completely invisible.
- On the washing machine, you need to set the double rinse mode in order to surely remove the detergent residue.
- You need to squeeze the down jacket to the maximum. If water drips from the thing after being removed from the washing drum, then the spin cycle needs to be started again;
- Dry the jacket or coat only in a horizontal position. It is good to do this on a special dryer, which is pre-lined with a towel. During drying, the thing is periodically turned over and shaken so that the fluff does not cake.
It is strictly forbidden to dry down jackets in a vertical position, as well as near heating appliances. This will inevitably lead to stains.
Subject to all these rules, the risk of divorce is minimal. However, if they did appear, you can try to return your favorite thing to its original appearance, using simple and affordable means.
How to eliminate white streaks
Very often, white stains remain on dark and colored jackets. This is due to poor rinsing and the accumulation of detergent at the seams of the product, as well as in places where the filler sticks together. If a light thing is covered with such spots, then at first they are imperceptible, only after a while they become harder to the touch.
If stains appear after washing the jacket with powder, then there are two ways out:
- The jacket is washed again using a special gel and following all the rules for washing such things;
- The thing is thoroughly rinsed several times.
When such drastic measures do not help, the down jacket should be soaked for several hours in cool water, and then wash the powder stains by hand. In this case, a little liquid laundry detergent is added to the water, and then the jacket is rinsed well.
How to eliminate yellow streaks
It is much harder to remove the yellow spots that have appeared on a white down jacket than to remove white spots from the powder. If after washing and drying the jacket became yellowish, then one additional washing and rinsing is not enough. However, you need to start with just such manipulations, due to this, the spots will lighten a little, and the stray filler will disperse evenly. The main thing is to follow all the rules of washing.
After that, they begin to remove yellow spots. Their removal occurs in several successive stages:
- A mild oxygen bleach is applied to the stains, you can use bleach for children's things from birth. Also, any dishwashing detergent will give a good result.
- The bleaching agent is kept for no more than 15 minutes, then the thing is washed in the machine in the usual way, with the addition of a gel or concentrate.
- After washing, the jacket is rinsed at least three times to remove detergent residue.
- After that, the product is squeezed and dried in a horizontal state.
Do not dry down jackets in direct sunlight, as well as at temperatures below 15 degrees. This will result in spots.
If stains appear on the down jacket after washing, then some housewives resort to vinegar or a solution of citric acid, which are considered good bleaches. In a situation with winter things, these substances can only aggravate the situation and lead to even more pronounced stains.
In the event that the proposed methods do not help, you can try to remove the spots with hydrogen peroxide.
How else can you remove stains
If stains appear on a jacket or coat after washing, then you can try the following methods to remove them:
- Yellow spots are abundantly lathered with laundry soap, kept for about half an hour, and then I wash the thing.
- You can use a mixture of ammonia with hydrogen peroxide. The components are mixed in equal proportions and the stains on the fabric are wiped with the resulting solution. After that, they stand for about half an hour and rinse the jacket several times.
- You can try removing yellow grease stains with kitchen salt. To do this, it is diluted with warm water until a slurry is formed and applied to problem areas. The composition is kept for 20 minutes, after which the thing is rinsed in water with the addition of baking soda.
If no stain removal methods have helped, then you need to give the down jacket to the dry cleaner. Specialists will definitely remove any stains from clothes, but not all things after processing with reagents remain as attractive as immediately after purchase. When choosing a dry cleaner, you need to ask around for reviews from people who have used similar services.
