Help me save my down jacket

[RE8ELD0G]

After this meet at white rose wood i washed my very smelly down coat.
On a 30 heat with barely any powder.
Its now dried and all the down is in lumps around the coat.
I have tried fluffing it up and shaking it about but its not doing anything.
Is there any way to save it of is it dead??

 

[Toddy]

Tumble drier on cold, put in a couple of tennis balls if you can lay your hands on them, if not use the measuring cap things from the top of the soap liquid for the washing machine.

Pull it out and give it a shake every five minutes or so.

atb,
Toddy

 

[Limaed]

Tumble drier on cold, put in a couple of tennis balls if you can lay your hands on them, if not use the cap things from the top of the soap liquid for the washing machine.

Pull it out and give it a shake every five minutes or so.

atb,
Toddy

+ 1. It might be still damp even if it doesn't feel it, I've washed a few that needed to go back in the dryer several times.

 

[RE8ELD0G]

I dont have anything suitable to use as tennis ball surrogates but its back in the drier and will keep giving it a shake.

Thanks

 

[Chris the Cat]

Clean plimsolls or light weight trainers.

C.

 

[RE8ELD0G]

yeah had the trainer idea a few mins ago.
it seems to be correcting its self now and starting to gets its fluff back
cheers guys, i thought i had ruined it.

 

[Toddy]

Kids cleaned wellie boots, or rubber dog toys.
It just needs something with no sharp edges to rummel around in the machine with the jacket to give the down a knock about to help de-clump it.

M

 

[Teepee]

Soap has a hard time removing grease and oils compared to detergents. The salt and dirt mostly goes in the first wash. Very dirty down often needs 2 washes to get it back lofting fully.

Tennis balls are good but the best are those childrens plastic toy balls with holes in them, they do a quickerr job of declumping and drying the down.

 

[Old Bones]

Clean plimsolls or light weight trainers.

Poundland do those dryer ball things cheap, which are better than using trainers. I tried this trick with a pair of my wifes Reebok trainers a couple of years back, and the soles curled up like Turkish slippers. Fortunately she was probably going to buy a new pair anyway, but I did get grief for it, and it proably would have been worth spending the extra 5 minutes finding the proper things to use!

Really, you should using something like Down Wash, since its kinder to the down than soap powder, but I'm sure it will be OK. Sounds like the clumps are beginning to break up anyway.

 

[sxmolloy]

Really, you should using something like Down Wash, since its kinder to the down than soap powder

+1 to that. Nikwax Downwash is the business. Glad you managed to revive it.

 

[birchwood]

You can seperate the clumps by hand .best done while watching a film
One hand either side and tease the clumps apart. Then tumble as the other guys said.
I got a waistcoat recently that was all lumps but it has come up really well.

 

[RE8ELD0G]

Thanks for all the help.
Its back to normal loft now with no lumps.
I used it over my Buffalo at the weekend instead of under it like i normally do and it stank of wood smoke.