Does anyone know how to go about cleaning Goosedown Jackets? Mine got a little smelly, muddy etc in the weekend.

 

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Katherine Given, kgiven@xtra.co.nz

Ahhh yes there is a way to do this. Nikwax do a product called downwash which you can use in your regular washing machine. However for drying them you either have to put them on a horizontal drying rack and turn them frequently or take them to a laundry/ somewhere with a large tumble dryer and tumble dry them with a tennis ball to stop the down from clumping. Did mine not too long ago for the first time and it worked really well. There are of course official down-washing places, but these probably cost loads!

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Darren ap Dafydd (Welsh Rambler)

I dunno, but I recently had my down sleeping bag and gore tex rain jacket professionly dry cleaned (sleeping bag cost $25 and the jacket cost $13) and that did the trick. The sleeping bag had never been cleaned its 10 year life, it smelt soooo good afterwards. I assume that a down jacket wouldn't cost that much. Take it to a dry cleaner, see what they say. there's a Taylors dry cleaner opposite Moore Wilsons on Taranaki St

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Sammy Roo