Mate I don't think a down bag can be cleaned without ruining it. Dry cleaning uses dangerous chemicals, & if you wash it, it will never be the same again.Got a Blacks Icelandic.
Was warned it needs a clean.
I thought the best would be to jump on it in the bath.
as for drying, we dont have a dryer, but nearby is a launderette...could I use their's?
I thought of dry cleaning but might be beyond my budget
Thanks for that Toddy, I was not aware that a quilted eiderdown or duvet could be washed without damage.If the seams are sound, and the down isn't crumbled to dust, then the feathers will wash fine. They're meant to stand up to rain, etc., after all.
If it's not sound then Keith's right and it'll shred and never be the same. It relies on the loft among the feathers to keep you warm.
However, failing a good couple of days blowing on the line in decent-ish sunshine, the tumble drier works to dry it. Throw in a couple of tennis balls to rattle it around and seperate any clumps of feathers that form. The laundrette's huge tumble drier sounds a good idea, loads of room and it won't take long there either so less damage likely.
It's very much worth your while going over the bag carefully and re-stitching any split or dodge seams, before you wash.
Mine just got washed in the bath with gentle shampoo. It's meant for hair, feathers are just bird hair, and it rinses out well. I just used to leave the bag to drain down over night and then put it out on the washing line in the morning.
Tennis racket?Ive washed quilts that way. It takes a lot of kicking and punching to get the down to unclump; wet down is depressing.
But the quilt was chucked so I could risk it.
However it came up just fine once dried.
I will give it a good check to see if its sound first.
No tennis balls. what else could I use?
Ive washed quilts that way. It takes a lot of kicking and punching to get the down to unclump; wet down is depressing.
But the quilt was chucked so I could risk it.
However it came up just fine once dried.
I will give it a good check to see if its sound first.
No tennis balls. what else could I use?
Thumbs up to what Toddy said ! I have done this with all of my 3 down sleeping bags several times. In fact the most popular brand/maker of sleeping bags, tents etc in Norway (Helsport) say this on their website and pamplets that follow the sleeping bags :If the seams are sound, and the down isn't crumbled to dust, then the feathers will wash fine. They're meant to stand up to rain, etc., after all.
If it's not sound then Keith's right and it'll shred and never be the same. It relies on the loft among the feathers to keep you warm.
However, failing a good couple of days blowing on the line in decent-ish sunshine, the tumble drier works to dry it. Throw in a couple of tennis balls to rattle it around and seperate any clumps of feathers that form. The laundrette's huge tumble drier sounds a good idea, loads of room and it won't take long there either so less damage likely.
It's very much worth your while going over the bag carefully and re-stitching any split or dodge seams, before you wash.
Mine just got washed in the bath with gentle shampoo. It's meant for hair, feathers are just bird hair, and it rinses out well. I just used to leave the bag to drain down over night and then put it out on the washing line in the morning.
Yep, or pure soap IIRC.Down specific.
No. They stopped doing that many years ago.Went to my local dry cleaners.
They dont dry clean sleeping bags.