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On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:21:02 -0400, Michael A. Ball
<Guardian@wireco.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:32:26 GMT, Miss Priss
><m1sspr1ss2k6-nwsgrps@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I am wondering this too, I've a down comforter that I need to wash...
>>It's a queen size and desperately needs to be done...
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>Monique, [beautiful name!] please, don't disassemble your down
>comforter! There is not a top loading washer large enough for your
>comforter. If you have a Whirlpool Duet, Maytag Neptune or similar large
>front loading washer, you can wash it at home. Otherwise, make sure it
>is sound condition and take it to a laundromat where you can use a large
>commercial-type washer. Please, let us know how it goes--however you
>wash it.
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>The washer's design will give plenty of room, provide gentle agitation,
>and extract much of the rinse water. I do not recommend fabric softener
>for down products.
>
>Down is harder to dry than polyester filling, but well worth it! IMHO.
>
>I've a rather fancy down comforter (because I get cold easily) and I
>think it is wonderful. In fact, I suspect God uses a down comforter! :-)
>
>Thank you.
>________________________
>Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
I was instructed by a reputable outing shop how to wash my down
sleeping bag. They were very against having it dry-cleaned. Degrades
the down, they feel.
In a nutshell, you wash the down article in the bathtub with mild
soap, like Woolite or Cool Love (same thing only cheaper).
Never lift part of article by a corner, lest you tear the stitching of
the baffles (the stiching between compartments).
Just squeeze article gently through the water until you think it's
clean.
Then drain the water, gently squeeze out the comforter,
refill the tub with clean water and squeeze out as many times as it
takes.
Shouldn't take too many rinses if you use a good cool-water soap, as
above.
After thorough rinsing and squeezing out as much water as possible, do
NOT lift comforter out of tub, but GENTLY roll it into a plastic
laundry basket (not wicker, lest it tear), and lay it out in the
backyard in the sun, turning gently as necessary.
If no backyard, take plastic laundry basket to laundrymat and
tumble-dry gently (cannot remind too often <g>) on fairly low temp in
their largest dryer.
This is not nearly as complicated as it sounds, and will be kinder
to your down comforter.
Been there
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