[pct-l] washing sleeping bags

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

I regularly wash my down sleeping bag with NIKUWAX down wash once in a
year. Some times by hands in a bathtub, other times by washing machine
gently.  And, let it dry naturally in the out of house for several days. I
do not use dryer and tennis ball. I always succeeded.


2013/4/5 Susan Alcorn <backpack45 at yahoo.com>

> John asked if anyone has ever successfully washed a down sleeping bag--and
> my
> reply is yes. Not sure why you had disastrous results, but I have used your
> method (described following) with minor differences, and all went well.
> After
> washing, I lay the bag out on our picnic table on a sunny day to do some
> initial
> drying. Then I put it in a commercial dryer--with the tennis ball--until
> fluffy.
> Has anyone else had good or bad experiences washing their bags?
> Susan "backpack45" Alcorn
>
> "I always use a silk sleeping bag liner. I use one because I am very
> reluctant to ever try cleaning a down sleeping bag again.  About 10 years
> ago I attempted to clean a high end bag that was 20 years old at the time.
> I used the special down soap, I hand washed it in the bathtub, I dried it
> on low in a commercial drier at the laundromat with tennis balls, I did
> everything by the book, and essentially I ruined the bag.  It clumped so
> bad that it is now unusable.  It doesn't really matter because I have since
> moved on to much lighter sleeping bags, actually I use a quilt from
> enLightened Equipment now, but it still irritates me that I couldn't clean
> that bag properly.  Has anyone actually successfully cleaned a down
> sleeping bag?  Incidentally, I am very impressed with the enlightened
> Equipment RevelationX 20 degree quilt.  It is a true 20 degree quilt. I
> think their 30 degree quilt would be a fine 3 season quilt for me, but I am
> a warm sleeper.
>
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