Tips to prevent smelly duck feathers on down jackets

In the cold winter, the weather is biting and the wind is biting, and a down jacket is necessary to keep warm. There are many types of down jackets, and the biggest difference is the material of the down jackets. Some down jackets contain duck feathers, but the smell of duck feathers is stronger. If you wear it for too long, it will have a bad smell, which will affect the comfort and aesthetics of wearing, so we must clean it in time. Here I will introduce to you some tips on deodorizing down jackets with duck feathers.

1. What to do if your down jacket smells like duck feathers

1. For down jackets, it is inevitable that a new one will have some odor. If you don’t mind, the odor will not be so strong after wearing it for a few days. If you can’t stand the smell, you have to wash it.

2. Generally, newly bought down jackets have a smell. Hang the down jacket in the sun and let it cool down. Then put the clothes in a prepared plastic bag, put a few mothballs wrapped in paper in it, squeeze out the air in the bag and store it.

3. Spray perfume. If it is a slight odor that does not prevent normal wearing, but you are worried that wearing it outside will affect others, you can spray some perfume to cover up the faint odor.

2. How to remove the duck feather smell from down jackets

Warm reminder: If conditions permit, please wear gloves and masks throughout the process.

Method: Hand wash Preparation tools: basin, washing powder (silk and wool detergent), softener, some water, net bag, dryer, small stick

1. Soak the down jacket in warm water, put the washing powder and softener into the clean water, and then put the down jacket in and let it soak for 20 minutes.

2. Knead the down jacket: After soaking, knead the down jacket in water and squeeze out the air in the down jacket, then continue rinsing like this until there is no foam. Put a few drops of vinegar in the rinse water and soak the down jacket for about ten minutes to dissolve the residual alkaline detergent.

3. Drain water in a net bag: Put the clean down jacket in a net bag, drain the water and then lay it flat to dry in the shade.

4. Drying in a dryer: Put the shade-dried down jacket into the dryer for air drying. During this step, please do not hang the down jacket too close to the air outlet to avoid damage to the liner of the down jacket.

5. Pat to make them fluffy: After air-drying, you will find that the clothes are not as fluffy and beautiful as before, and the feathers are all clump together. At this time, you can hang up the down jacket, and then tap it with a small stick (you can use your hands if you don’t have a small stick), and your down jacket will return to its soft state after a while.