Grease stains on outerwear almost always occur as a result of regular wear. Even if you treat things carefully and meticulously, oil or cosmetics may accidentally get on the fabric. You can actually remove these stains yourself using available products. As a rule, you always have at least one cleaning product at home.
Cleaning Rules
The main advice that housewives follow is: the sooner you start cleaning after the stain appears, the higher the chances of success. Basic rules to follow to remove grease stains from a down jacket:
- To prevent streaks, it is advisable to wash down jackets with liquid concentrates. Dry on hangers.
- If lumps of filler have formed, it must be disassembled manually. It is important to do this while the item is drying to prevent streaks from appearing on the surface of the item.
- You can use a stain remover suitable for your specific fabric type.
- After washing, you should rinse the down jacket 2-3 times.
- Peroxide cleanses the blood well. You need to moisten the stain with the liquid. The item can be washed after 20 minutes.
- Rub stains from household or cosmetic oils without pressing, so that the grease does not penetrate into the deep layers of the textile.
- A fresh stain should be blotted with a dry cloth, then treated with a detergent.
How to wash 100% polyester
This fabric can be added to natural fibers to improve wrinkle resistance and elasticity. 100% polyester can be found much less often. You need to clean it with the following means:
- light things - active powders that do not include chlorine;
- colored - preparations marked “Color”;
- dark - liquid laundry detergents for black.
Attention! Products made from polyester are washed at a temperature of 20-40 degrees. Some things are marked “60”, which means that this temperature will also be acceptable. Before you start washing, turn the item inside out so as not to cause rapid wear of the “face,” and when rinsing, use rinse aid to remove the static effect.
Preparing for cleaning
An important step in cleaning a down jacket is preparation. Before removing contaminants, you need to:
- Mechanically remove dust and dirt.
- Try to determine how old the stain is.
- Prepare the necessary supplies and tools.
- Test the product to be used on a small area (preferably inside the jacket).
Advice! Before removing stains by any means, you need to study the information on the label.
Finally, a bonus - removing grease stains in bulk.
You suddenly decided to wash all (or almost all) things whose “reputation” has already been thoroughly “tarnished”: kitchen curtains, tablecloths and, of course, long-suffering towels. Then here is a slightly paradoxical, ancient, time-tested method for you. We remove greasy stains from vegetable oil using vegetable oil (sorry about the oil)).
This method is good only for dense natural fabrics - linen, cotton, calico, in general, for the kitchen - just right.
The recipe is:
- 10 liters of water
- 200 grams (cup) of washing powder
- 2 dining rooms
