Dry Clean Only
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Sometimes you can depending on the fabric and with duvets part of the problem is getting them back in shape all fluffy after drying. I've machine washed my winter coats/jackets before with no problem.
bugsyjones
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In my book, anything 100% polyester can be washed. If it is wool or rayon or a poly-wool blend etc, it would be best to dry clean as wool tends to shrink and distort.
I have actually machine washed 100% poly suit jackets with no issues. Just have to press it when it comes out of the dryer.
Tim J.
I have actually machine washed 100% poly suit jackets with no issues. Just have to press it when it comes out of the dryer.
Tim J.
Dry Clean Only
is a manufacturer default for items that may need special care for washing. There's no bringing back a shrunken or mishaped item to the retailer if the tags directed you to dry clean only. In most cases cool water and air drying makes for successful cleaning. Letting clothing air dry gives them more texture when they've dried. Often a touch up iron is required but be very careful with any man made fabric and an iron. I wash silks and linens all the time that direct for dry cleaning. Since many items of clothing cost less than the cost of cleaning its a gamble I am willing to take. I don't ever wash woolens. Regardless of warm wash, warm rinse, blocking to dry and little or no agitation they always seem to welt and grow tighter.
is a manufacturer default for items that may need special care for washing. There's no bringing back a shrunken or mishaped item to the retailer if the tags directed you to dry clean only. In most cases cool water and air drying makes for successful cleaning. Letting clothing air dry gives them more texture when they've dried. Often a touch up iron is required but be very careful with any man made fabric and an iron. I wash silks and linens all the time that direct for dry cleaning. Since many items of clothing cost less than the cost of cleaning its a gamble I am willing to take. I don't ever wash woolens. Regardless of warm wash, warm rinse, blocking to dry and little or no agitation they always seem to welt and grow tighter.
dj-gabriele
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Excuse me, but 50 dollars to have a comforter dry cleaned?! That's hugely expensive! :O
Apart that over here the trend is that comforters are NEVER dry cleaned but wetcleaned, be them dawn filled or synthetic, but the most expensive laundry I've seen asked no more than 18 euros (25 USD)! That's a dear price! WOW!
Right now it is "high season" for washing comforters and duvets and my father struggles to keep up with all the customers, mind, ours is a smallish laundry with only 5 people working in there! But NONE is ever washed in the ILSA perc machine, they all go in the classic washing machines!
Unless your particular comforter is made of some exotic fiber, gentle wash I'd avoid it, just use standard "synthetics" if the comforter is synthetic filled, if it is dawn filled use "bulky items"/"comforters" cycle and at the end of the cycle use the highest extraction speed you can or add an additional spin. Then air-dry if the thing is synthetic or machine dry in medium/low heat if the comforter is dawn filled. Either case make sure that it is completely dry, otherwise it will stink, especially if dawn filled!
This is considering that the external is made of cotton, if it is some kind of synthetic fiber, use a medium speed but repeat twice the final spin!
Apart that over here the trend is that comforters are NEVER dry cleaned but wetcleaned, be them dawn filled or synthetic, but the most expensive laundry I've seen asked no more than 18 euros (25 USD)! That's a dear price! WOW!
Right now it is "high season" for washing comforters and duvets and my father struggles to keep up with all the customers, mind, ours is a smallish laundry with only 5 people working in there! But NONE is ever washed in the ILSA perc machine, they all go in the classic washing machines!
Unless your particular comforter is made of some exotic fiber, gentle wash I'd avoid it, just use standard "synthetics" if the comforter is synthetic filled, if it is dawn filled use "bulky items"/"comforters" cycle and at the end of the cycle use the highest extraction speed you can or add an additional spin. Then air-dry if the thing is synthetic or machine dry in medium/low heat if the comforter is dawn filled. Either case make sure that it is completely dry, otherwise it will stink, especially if dawn filled!
This is considering that the external is made of cotton, if it is some kind of synthetic fiber, use a medium speed but repeat twice the final spin!
laundromat
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I have never had any issues with washing items that are tagged "Dry Clean only" as long as they have never been dry cleaned before. I did have a zebra fur rug I found at a thrift store in Florida years ago that had its seams bust during the final rinse and completely came apart. It reminded me of a feather pillow I washed at a local Laundromat that opened up during the final spin and made a real mess.However, neither one of them was tagged DCO. I've done suede,leather,rayon,orlon,wool,and fake furs that all came out fabo but, I used COLD WATER ONLY and a real high spin to be sure most of the water was gone. I dried all but the suede and leather in a dryer set at extra gentle.Those,I line dried.
