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Blumy




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 9:37 am
Hi everyone,
I just washed my son's down coat that I recently bought and now the down is clumpy in random places and not evened out through the coat. in some places it's not warm at all. Does anyone have ideas how I can fix it?

TIA
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Blessing1




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 9:40 am
You need to dry it in the dryer with tennis balls to even out the feathers.
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Blumy




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 9:48 am
do you know for how long?
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 9:51 am
Blumy wrote:
do you know for how long?

Put in 4 tennis balls or more and put it in the dryer for a full 1 hour cycle.
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Blessing1




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 10:31 am
Put it in the dryer on low heat till the coat is dry. It never takes an hour.
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mom2mysouls




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 10:52 am
You must dry it well. If its flat or clumped you need to refluff it by another dry.
Thats if it IS truly down. I had this with a Zara polyester filled coat where the padding was not sewn down with seams and shifted. In some areas remained thin and other areas clumped.
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Blumy




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:18 am
mom2mysouls wrote:
You must dry it well. If its flat or clumped you need to refluff it by another dry.
Thats if it IS truly down. I had this with a Zara polyester filled coat where the padding was not sewn down with seams and shifted. In some areas remained thin and other areas clumped.


The coat is from Zara. I didn't dry it at all. I hung to dry. Did you dry it with tennis balls?
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seeker




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:26 am
If you hung it to dry, that's the problem.
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Blumy




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:27 am
seeker wrote:
If you hung it to dry, that's the problem.


I figured I don't want to shrink it. Do I have to dry it with tennis balls?
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Blessing1




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:40 am
Yes, if you want the coat to be fluffy, you have to dry it with tennis balls. Otherwise it will be flat.
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:45 am
Blumy wrote:
I figured I don't want to shrink it. Do I have to dry it with tennis balls?

Yes the filling has to be banged back into fluffy place.
Try it with a new bag of of clean tennis balls (from the $0.99 store). And if it still needs help, wash it again so it gets wet again, and then dry it with the balls (as many as you have).
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mom2mysouls




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Feb 27 2019, 11:47 am
In general coats dont really shrink unless theyre cotton or have ribbing..
Zara sells both, down and poly. Check the label for materials.
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