To clean down jackets, machine, hand or dry (professional) washing is used. The first method is the most convenient, fastest and cheapest, therefore, in the absence of a manufacturer’s prohibition, it is used for cleaning.
To choose the right down jacket washing mode in LG machines, you need to know the program parameters and care rules for different types of filling.
We will tell you below what mode to wash a down jacket in an LG washing machine.
Popular questions from down jacket owners.
Now the word “down jacket” is used to describe any outer winter clothing, be it a puffy down jacket (which is a real down jacket), an ultra-thin uniclo down jacket, a jacket with regular padding polyester or with modern bio-down filling (also a variation of padding polyester) . They need to be treated completely differently. What is good for clothes with padding polyester is death for a real down jacket. We will talk about real down and feather products.
Which down jackets can be washed
Most things with down inside require dry cleaning , but if the manufacturer indicated on the label (on the inside of the jacket) icons schematically depicting a bowl of water, it means that they conducted tests and if all the rules for washing a down jacket in water are followed, nothing should happen to it .
If there are no signs allowing you to wash a down jacket at home (or there are signs prohibiting it - a bowl of water crossed out with two lines), it is better not to risk it and take the clothes to the nearest dry cleaner.
Sometimes there may be text on a label instead of icons, which makes it much easier to understand what to do with it.
