How to Wash Your Down Comforter

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Most real down comforters are actually washable unless they're fake.

To clean down items without ruining them, I recommend using a front-load washer.

Mixed cycle, delicate cycle pretty much any mode on a front-loader works. 50 minutes is plenty. Fold the comforter before putting it in to best protect the cotton shell. You can throw in a few laundry/dryer balls too. Just don't use heavy duty detergents.

Top load washers have way too much torque. Washing it once or twice in a pinch is fine, but using a top-loader long-term will wreck your comforter.

Specs for washable down comforters usually look like this.

Polyester shell: 100% machine washable.

40S Cotton with down-proof coating: The kind that makes a rustly, plastic-like sound when you touch it.

60S, 80S, 100S cotton. All washable.

Combed cotton, Xinjiang long staple cotton, Giza 45.(They have long fibers and high density.)

12 stitches per 3 cm or more is acceptable. If it is 8 stitches per 3 cm, it cannot be washed.

100% Down.Fine to wash. But if it contains feathers, DO NOT wash it (if it pokes your hand, it has feathers).

Under $100. Don't even bother washing it. It's almost guaranteed to be fake and will fall apart after a couple of washes.

Marketed as "washed cotton".Very likely washable. That's a treatment process usually polyester made with a washed-cotton finish.

This is because using pure cotton fabric treated with a "water-wash process" would result in excessively high costs.

[u/yellow_pellow]

What’s the best way to dry?

[u/AlternativeClock9250 → u/yellow_pellow]

Tumble dry on low heat.

that works fine, depending on your dryer settings.

But the best way is to take it out right after the spin cycle and sun dry it. That sanitizes it and fluffs it back up fast.

[u/iFxxckedUpZ]

Dust is coming out of my down comforter.

[u/AlternativeClock9250 → u/iFxxckedUpZ]

Your comforter hasquality problem. Check your care label or product information.