Quilt washing
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Munro277
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Will do
Munro277
Thru Hiker
Not sure how much it should have or how to measure it but overall height seems to be 3-4” now ,took it to large dryer at laundrette and gave it 50 mins there as well as the few hours at home it’s had in our own dryer,think it’s dry few more nights airing in front of log burner 
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theoctagon
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Did you weigh it before and after this time?
Does it look like an improvement Peter?
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
A good tip for drying? Weigh your down item.. Jacket, quilt bag etc... Before washing and when you think it's dry... You've an idea then if there's potential moisture inside and out that you might confuse with slightly clumped down?
I washed my alpkit bag the other day... I didn't use a tumbler at all.. Just a good breeze and gentle shaking and manipulation of clumps... I might take it up the laundrette for a fifteen minute ride in the drier...
I washed my alpkit bag the other day... I didn't use a tumbler at all.. Just a good breeze and gentle shaking and manipulation of clumps... I might take it up the laundrette for a fifteen minute ride in the drier...
EM-Chiseller
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When I took my Rab smock to the laundrette totha day.... I put the jacket in the drier, and then proceeded to put the socks in that I'd balled up tight.... The Asian gentleman who ran the laundrette... Came over and started making a fuss in broken English.... "No no no.... No dry no dry!"
I said... "yes yes yes..... It's okay"
"no no no.... No dry, no dry... Need to open" as he started unravelling my socks.... I smiled and tried to explain but he wasn't having it. Then it dawned on him that my socks were already dry... And then he became even more confused.
Eventually he just put his hands up and conceded that he had a daft hick that was happy to pay for dry socks to ride around in his tumbler with a wet coat...
Happy days
I said... "yes yes yes..... It's okay"
"no no no.... No dry, no dry... Need to open" as he started unravelling my socks.... I smiled and tried to explain but he wasn't having it. Then it dawned on him that my socks were already dry... And then he became even more confused.
Eventually he just put his hands up and conceded that he had a daft hick that was happy to pay for dry socks to ride around in his tumbler with a wet coat...
Happy days
Munro277
Thru Hiker
yes comes in at 630 g
theoctagon
Thru Hiker
Gained or lost this time?
Munro277
Thru Hiker
Same but last time was first wash after 200 odd nights off use might have only been used 50-100 nights since last wash.
I have washed loads of Down items bags and jackets. Wilko pure liquid soap is very good and very very cheap. I don't have a tumble dryer but I do have a drying room at work! I just hang them up after a few hours give them a shake then again before I go home. Next morning they are normally bone dry. Easy way to tell if they are dry is weigh them before washing on a digital scale. They should weigh slightly less (a few grams) once dry.
I think I used a capful, maybe 50ml
30 degree delicates cycle, low heat in the dryer, plenty of taking out and shaking
Same here
Used the Wilko stuff as well, £3, bargain
Teepee
Thru Hiker
Silk. Both the wool and silk should use extra water, but the wool wash often doesnt agitate the water enough.
In case you missed it, wash it twice. Soap is rubbish at removing oils.
Tumble drying kills quilts, it will catch the loose threads in the baffles and tears them open. It's ok to do it for short periods when nearly dry though. IME, none of my down filled stuff needs tumble drying if it's clean.
Since last year, I've switched to using liquid castille soap and have getting better results from it. It rinses quicker and seems to wash better.
Padstowe
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Should I wash & rinse twice with each wash, or just a second rinse with the second wash?
This quilt is stitch through construction, do you recommend air drying instead of the drier?
Cheers
Teepee
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It's good to rinse twice, gets rid of more of the dirt. TBH, I try and do my big quilts in the bath where I can wash and rinse them without risking them as much.
Yeah, always air dry if poss I say. In summer it'll usually only take a couple of days and a breezy day will see most of my stuff a long way to dry. Lumps of wet down/thread can get tangled and in the dryer they can turn into horrific tangles inside as they knot themselves inside. Once it's more lofted and seperated, the tangle risk reduces
A sewn through quilt can be repaired easily, it's a nightmare doing internal baffles though.
Stitch through isn't any where near as succeptible to damageas baffled. It's those unseen mesh bafles with loose thread that can come undone and tangle round each other.
Must add though that it's important to get the down dry before it goes mouldy; mould will kill a quilt too.
NEEpps
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Put my EE quilt in the washing machine with some Granger Wash and Repel down 2 in 1. Didn't tumble but hung it on the line for the last 3 days, with a shake and fondle now and again to break up any clumps.
First time it's been washed and I've had it nearly 3 years. Come up an absolute treat.
First time it's been washed and I've had it nearly 3 years. Come up an absolute treat.