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Down Bedding gives you cleaning advice for your natural bedding comforter, pillow and down blanket to preserve the quality of this exceptional down. Good down quality implies good cleaning.
How to wash a comforter?
The advice given here are valid for comforters manufactured by Down Bedding. They are comforters filled with new and high quality down. For this reason, our cleaning advice are not relevant as far as synthetic comforter or comforter filled with recycled material (feather or down) are concerned. Comforters filled with recycled feather and down are more delicate to wash because those feathers and down already are brittle and fibrous. They have been weakened by a first use and by recycling.
Washing:
Your comforter is machine washable at low temperature (warm or cold). Twin size comforters usually fit in a 12kg washing-machine. Double, queen and king size comforters require 24kg washing machines.
We advise you to add washing balls to your load to prevent down or feathers from being stuck on one side of the washing machine. Be aware that there is no need to insist on pushing the comforter into the washing machine if it is too small. To be properly cleaned, the comforter has to be tossed. In any case, once the comforter has been washed, we recommend you treat it with an anti dust mite product. Should you require more information on that matter please check the following website :
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Please note that you should check out any tear in the comforter before inserting it in the washing machine. The spinning during the washing cycle could emphasize those tears and seriously damage your comforter. We recommend you to have it repaired before cleaning.
However, we do recommend you to have your down comforter dry cleaned by a professional. They are very well equipped for that kind of cleaning.
Please note that in order not to damage the down quality of the comforters, we strongly advise that you dry clean every comforter and down blanket.
Drying:
It takes a long time for a comforter to dry, that time is necessary and very important. You should never use a comforter when it is still wet. Down and feathers could actually moisten your bed when the comforter is laid on the bed, and then create moulds effects.
Down Bedding comforters are anti-mould treated, it is then risk free, however your comforter will be fully effective when completely dry. Comforters dried in a dryer are not guaranteed and we strongly advise you against dryers that damage down quality.
When possible, in summertime, we recommend you to hang out your comforter in a sunny and windy location. In wintertime, place your comforter in a heated and aired room. Once the comforter is dry, it has to be ruffled, i.e. you have to shake it vigorously to separate down and feathers that might be stucked in a same area of the comforter.
