My brand new down comforter has an unpleasantly strong smell of goose!?

Question

I appreciate everything about my comforter except for that awfully strong smell- how can I get rid of this strong odor?

Answer 1

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We recommend that you wash your down comforter once every few years, and only when necessary. Frequent or improper washing can damage the down clusters, stripping them of their natural oils and causing them to break. Down pillows should be washed once or twice a year, if necessary.

When it is necessary to launder your down items, we suggest that you use a professional cleaner who is experienced in cleaning down.

If you do not have a such a cleaner locally, we recommend Blanc Plume. Your down comforter can be dry cleaned, but laundering with water and gentle cleaning solutions specially formulated for down is a preferred method.

Home style washing machines are not designed to handle large down items. Washing your comforter at home can cause damage to your comforter or to your washer or dryer. We do not recommend it, but should you decide to wash your comforter yourself, follow the method described below for washing down pillows.

Washing Down Pillows: You can wash your down pillows, but we do not recommend that you do it at home, or in an agitator machine. Use a front loading commercial washer with regular non-bleach detergent.

Before washing make sure that the fabric is not too old or deteriorated from body oils, or weakened from age. After washing, while the down is wet, you may notice a pungent odor. This is natural with all down products, and will disappear when the down items are completely dry.

Be certain to dry your items very thoroughly so they don't mildew.

It will take about 3 hours to dry 2 pillows, perhaps much longer for a down comforter, using a large commercial dryer on medium heat. Commercial dryers can get very hot and burn your down comforter or pillows, so take them out and fluff regularly when drying and check for overheating. Make sure the comforter or pillows have plenty of room to toss and fluff as they dry. Put a tennis ball or two, in a clean white sock, in with your comforter or pillows to help dry and fluff the down.

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