 Poster: A snowHead
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I mean washing a goose down jacket as opposed to cleaning yourself enthusiastically using buffing downwards motions (although that's a good idea for a thread too). Last time I washed a down jacket I basically ended up with big blobs of feathers joined together by areas of no fill whatsoever. The thing was never the same again. Anyone a dab hand at it, knows the tricks of the trade? No major erm... stains, just could do with a freshen up/plumping up. Or I might not bother.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bode Swiller, The critical bit is in the drying. After washing all the down will be lumped together, and these lumps need to be broken up during the drying process. The best way is to tumble dry on a low setting with either some of those special tumble dryer balls in with it, or failing that an old plimsoll. It will take a long time to dry but the plimsoll/dryer balls will break the lumps up.
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Bode Swiller, use tennis balls when you wash and when you dry. It keeps the feathers from lumping up.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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snow_muncher, +1 re Rab...............also do very good repairs service
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Bode Swiller, I'm surprised a man of your means is asking such a question.
Simply take the old garment to Oxfam and then proceed diredctly to Harrods ski department and purchase a new jacket.
BTW Harrods is OK again since that nice Mr Al Thani has purchased the shop. 
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Thanks all, much obliged. I'm leaning towards the DIY tennis ball method.
Boredsurfing, one gets very attached to one's outdoor garments what?
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| Boredsurfing, one gets very attached to one's outdoor garments what? |
Until you've been through at least four rounds of elbow patches and enough darning to put the house keeper out of needle and thread there's plenty of life in the old girl yet. I'm still wearing my great great grandpapa's shooting jacket, don't you know.
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