Clisbyclark
05-31-2016, 15:43
I recently bought a third-hand Flight Jacket that was a few years old and was not impressed with the down distribution and loft at all-it was a 40*. To be fair, I probably didn't let it loft enough after unpacking from shipping. So I decided to wash it using UGQ directions of 1/4 cup woolite in my front-loader Kenmore. It took less than 30 minutes to wash-which was definitely the easy part! Following the wash, I delicately transferred it to my Front-loader dryer and did a timed dry (80 mins was the max it would allow) on Air Dry setting with the 8-10 tennis balls recommended by UGQ. The tennis balls were LOUD! After every 80 minutes I removed the quilt and fluffed by hand-spilling tennis balls everywhere in the process. I believe it took me 4 sessions, but the quilt did dry and looked AMAZING!!! I already put it in the gear closet or else I would take pics. Loft was spectacular and it was easy to get the down distributed evenly. This would be a bigger hassle if I had to go to a laundrymat, but I won't hesitated to wash any of my other quilts as soon as they seem like they need it.