Comments on vailian: ExPat Query

Thanks for the tips! Will try them out, and let yo...

2008-02-18T23:37:00.000+01:00

Thanks for the tips! Will try them out, and let you know the results!
It is actually a jacket belonging to my younger son, now residing in Minneapolis, and my girlfriend saw me wearing it and said it is too young for me. Humpf. I intended to wear it, notwithstanding. Humpf.

I just asked DrH and he pulled out a Daunenwaschmi...

2008-02-14T23:13:00.000+01:00

I just asked DrH and he pulled out a Daunenwaschmittel which he bought at a big camping shop here.

So I guess I'm not adding anything new to the other commenters, but it makes me feel important to expound as if I have knowledge.

I googled Feinwashmittel + Daunenjacke and got thi...

2008-02-14T22:36:00.000+01:00

I googled Feinwashmittel + Daunenjacke and got this:

Wasche die Jacke mit Feinwaschmittel bei 30 Grad. Dann lass sie mehrmals schleudern auf höchster Tourenzahl.
Gebe sie danach in den Wäschetrockner auf geringster Temperatur. Füge 2-4 Tennisbälle
mit in die Trommel. Durch die geringe Temperatur, musst Du den Vorgang des öfteren wiederholen. Mit meiner Adidas Daunenjacke habe ich dabei gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Den Tip erhielt ich von einem Modegeschäft. Wünsche viel Erfolg.

You can find Feinwaschmittel next to the regular detergents and I've heard the tip with the tennis balls in the dryer before - keeps the down from going lumpy. Assuming you have a clothes dryer, that is.

you can get some stuff called Nikwax - probably in...

2008-02-14T19:11:00.000+01:00

you can get some stuff called Nikwax - probably in a shop that sells camping equipment because people use it for washing sleeping bags. However, I'd be very careful about washing anything down-filled because my experience has been that it can go a bit 'lumpy'. I'd be tempted to dryclean it.

http://www.outdoortrends.de/pflegen/hersteller/nikwax/?adword=Google/Nikwax/Global/Nikwax&secondary=on