How to wash a jacket in a washing machine?

In the cold season, outerwear is often dirty and becomes untidy. After rain or snow spots appear on the jackets, which is not so easy to remove. I don’t feel like walking in the contaminated jacket for the rest of the season, there is only one way out - to wash it at home.

How to wash a jacket in an automatic machine, which jacket can be washed in a machine, and which one is not worth it? You will find answers to these and many other questions in our material.

In autumn and winter, we wear beautiful and warm jackets with fur, from raincoat fabric, or, for example, with climate control, which in the spring need to be thoroughly washed. Of course, products that are sewn from water-repellent fabric do not get dirty so quickly. But unfortunately, many products, after walking in bad weather and completely drying out from rain or snow, get spots that are not so easy to remove. There is only one way out - wash the jacket or parka.

Wash a blown winter, Bologna or autumn waterproof jacket, of course, you can at home, for example, in a washing machine.

But it is important to remember which products with a filler of what type can be washed, and with which it is not necessary:

• Product from holofiber easy to wash in the most ordinary washing machine. It is important to remember that you need to take into account all the features of the jacket and carefully examine all the labels so that there is no miss regarding the washing mode and water temperature.
• Raincoat Jackets also easy to wash at home.

• Bologna or nylon skilled housewives cleverly wash the jacket in an automatic machine and they are not as capricious as other types of outerwear.
• Remember that jackets or parkas with leather accents, it is better not to wash the metal inserts in a typewriter, but take them to dry cleaning, where professionals will cope with the problem quickly and efficiently.
• In addition, it is important to remember that winter or autumn outerwear, which have one or another filler, do not pre-soak in powder. Usually, many who do this are afraid that the spots on the jacket will remain after the machine wash.

Before you send the product directly to the drum of the washing machine, you need to properly prepare it for the washing process, otherwise you can spoil the thing:

• As mentioned above, before you start washing, you should carefully study the label of the jacket, which stores all the important information.
• Jacket sleeves and a collar get dirty most often. As a rule, it is these greasy clothing areas that are difficult to wash off, and stains are not so easy to remove, especially from a black jacket. The usual detergent for washing dishes rescues from greasy. Put some on a clean sponge, rub the stains, and you will see how they quickly disappear.

• Glossy collars or sleeves of a jacket can be washed off with ordinary soap, preferably with laundry. You can just thoroughly lather the overgrown areas, rub a little and directly, without rinsing, send to the drum of the washing machine. If you have a special soap in your household, which, according to the manufacturers, can easily cope with various stains, you can use it. The main thing to remember is that you should not try to remove such spots on winter clothes with bleach. The stain, perhaps, will go away, but the jacket can greatly change its color and become covered with white or light spots.

• Removable collars, especially those made from natural or even faux fur, are best removed before washing. The same applies to the hood: if it is made with a fur trim, then it is better to remove it. All buttons, locks, buttons must be fastened before washing and only then send the product to the drum machine.
• Also nDo not forget to check the pockets and lay out all the contents. And also check the product for integrity. After all, small holes, diverging seams, buttons that are held on the "honest word" can finally break during the washing process and damage the product. Therefore, all minor problems should be fixed before the start of the washing process.

If the product label does not contain specific recommendations about which washing regimen to choose best, then you can follow the general rules:

• Be sure to choose a gentle washing mode. Many modern automatic machines are equipped with special programs for washing down jackets, jackets and other outerwear. Of course, washing with such a program is much easier, since manufacturers have already taken care of the quality of the wash, and the program operates in the optimal temperature regime.
• If your washing machine does not have a special program, then feel free to choose the "Manual" or "Delicate Wash" mode. At high temperatures, the filler of your favorite thing can go bad and it’s unlikely that you can recover it later. The temperature at which you will wash should not exceed 40 ° C, it is advisable to choose 30 ° C.

• As for the spin, here you can not overdo it. Four hundred revolutions per minute will be enough. It is recommended to wring out many products at a higher speed, for example, five hundred revolutions per minute. Remember that too intense spinning can damage the fabric itself, as well as the filler of the jacket. Therefore, the more delicate the spin, the better.

• In addition, you should take advantage of additional features such as Extra Rinse or Super Wash. These additional modes allow you to better wash the detergent and reduce the risk of powder spots on the jackets. If your washing machine doesn’t have such modes, then you can turn on the rinse separately again so that the jacket is exactly clean. Sometimes, after drying, stains from detergent remain on the product: all this is due to insufficient rinsing.
• And another important point that should be taken into account when washing a jacket in a washing machine is a detergent. Powders, in particular powders with whitening particles, are best discarded. Choose a gel or liquid powder. It is better not to add bleach, especially when washing a black jacket.

It is very difficult to wash a jacket in a modern washing machine with a small drum, the capacity of which is less than five kilograms. As a rule, a thing is poorly washed. This nuance is definitely worth considering.

In addition, there are some more points, as they say, tricks that will help you properly wipe your favorite clothes:

• If your favorite jacket has a filler, for example, from down or feathers, then, because of ignorance of some secrets, you risk spoiling the product. Many complain that after washing the filler gathered lumps in various places of the jacket. To avoid this, need to wash a thing with tennis balls. The balls will help during the washing and spinning to beat the filler so that it does not lose its airiness and remains uniform throughout the jacket.

• Sintepon products, as a rule, do not deform during washing. But this does not mean at all that you can use a strong spin and a higher temperature regime. Try not to spoil the thing, adhere to the general recommendations that were mentioned above.
• Product such as a parka that is sewn, for example, using nylon also needs delicate washing. In order not to spoil or damage the thing, it is worth stopping your choice at the minimum spin level or completely abandon it.
• After the thing is washed, it needs to be dried properly. Ideally, this can be done in a special drying machine, which provides a mode for drying jackets. But not everyone at home has such appliances, so you have to dry everything yourself.

Winter outerwear should be dried vertically, preferably on the shoulders.

In addition, do not dry the item over a radiator or battery. It is better to do this outdoors, but not in a strong, scorching sun.

If you are not a happy owner of an automatic machine or just afraid to wash your favorite jacket with this wonderful device of modern technology, then we have prepared tips for you that will help restore the purity of your favorite thing manually. Modern housewives know many ways that help to efficiently clean the collar without washing or to wipe the sleeves that have grown over. In general, to put it differently, at home it is quite possible to wash off the jacket.

The main thing is to know how to do it correctly:

• Before starting a hand wash, remember that the process will be long, difficult and, of course, tedious. To start, fill the bathtub or large basin with water. Water should not be too hot. Dissolve the gel in it, or you can use liquid detergent to wash the laundry.

• Immerse the product in water and leave it for about ten minutes. Then, using a regular sponge, start rubbing it successively on the outside and then inside. Start with problem areas: collar, cuffs.
• It’s good if you pre-wash problem and heavily soiled areas with household soap.
• After you carefully treat the entire surface of the jacket, you can proceed to rinse. It will be necessary to rinse several times, collecting clean water each time. This process is difficult, since the weight of the jacket, after completely wet, increases significantly.

• After rinsing, slightly squeeze the jacket so that part of the glass water. Dry the product vertically on a hanger.
• If your favorite jacket needs to be cleaned only the collar and cuffs, then you can use the usual and inexpensive way. Buy ammonia and hydrogen peroxide in a pharmacy, mix in equal proportions. Soak a cotton pad with the resulting liquid and carefully, without rubbing, wipe the contaminated area. After a dry cloth, wipe the treated surface and leave to dry completely.

And a few more useful and effective tips to help keep your jacket clean. Someone is trying to wash their favorite clothes with shampoo, someone is trying to remove stains with a grandmother's way, someone knows how to wash so that the jacket sits down, but we know exactly how and what needs to be done so that it is always clean:

• To wipe off oily stains so that there are no stains, you can use a usual solution of vinegar. In a glass of warm water, dilute one teaspoon of vinegar and one teaspoon of sea salt. Once the salt has completely dissolved, you can moisten the cotton pad in the liquid and carefully treat the stain. Stains after washing are also easily removed in this way.

• Another way to remove stains from grease and sweat. In a glass of water add a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of ammonia. Moisten a cotton pad in the solution and treat the stain. This solution helps not only get rid of dirt, but also remove the yellow spot that sometimes appears after washing or improper drying.
• Fans of forest walks often encounter such a problem as tar spots on outerwear. The most common gasoline will help wipe off the resin. Only after that you need to carefully ventilate the jacket in the fresh air.

What are the secrets of washing down jackets, you can find out from the video.