Should down jackets be dry cleaned or washed? Is down jacket dry cleaning good?

Down jackets are very important in winter, but although down jackets are warm, there is a very thorny problem, that is: how to clean down jackets, should they be dry cleaned or washed? Is down jacket dry cleaning good? This should be a question that many people want to ask!

In the past, including the editor, I also believed that down jackets should be dry-cleaned. However, in the past two days, I heard what our custom-made down jacket master said to me. It is not good to dry-clean down jackets, and it is better to wash them.

Is down jacket dry cleaning good? Dry cleaning is not good, why? The master of the new workshop told me that most domestic brand dry cleaning shops currently use fully enclosed environmentally friendly dry cleaning machines to dry clean clothes. The solvent used in the dry cleaning machines is tetrachlorethylene. Tetrachlorethylene is a colorless and transparent liquid with an ether-like smell and can dissolve a variety of substances: such as rubber, resin, fat, etc. The filling of down jackets is mainly down. There are natural oils on the surface of down, which are fats. When washing down jackets with a dry cleaning machine, perchlorethylene will dissolve the oil on the surface of the down, making the feathers brittle and broken, losing their fluffiness, and affecting their warmth retention.

In addition, most down jackets are made of coated fabrics to protect them from rain and wind. The process of coating fabrics is to use solvent or water to dissolve the required coating particles (including PU glue, A/C glue, PVC, PE glue, etc.) into a salivary shape, and then evenly apply them in one or some way. Coat it on the fabric (including cotton, polyester, nylon and other base materials), and then fix it through the temperature in the oven to form a uniform layer of covering glue on the surface of the fabric. Perchloroethylene will dissolve rubber and resin. Use dry cleaning After machine dry cleaning, the coating will easily fall off, causing the surface of the down jacket to peel and become stained, causing the fabric to age. Therefore, no matter what texture the down jacket is, it should not be dry cleaned, but should only be washed.

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