Balls for washing down jackets - pros and cons

The down jacket is universal warm clothing and is great for both off-season and frosty weather. On the catwalks of winter 2018/2024 and autumn 2019, an entire orchestra of stylish windproof jackets and coats flaunted. Fashion designers again remembered the natural fluff, abandoning cutting-edge synthetic materials. However, any down jacket, and especially a natural one, is capricious in washing. Balls for washing in a car will fix the matter. He beat fluff, and the best models remove static and reduce rigidity. The down jacket comes out clean, without streaks and soft, like new.

How it works

The principle of operation is very simple: the balls put in the car along with the thing begin to randomly jump in the drum. Once in a thing, they whisk it strongly, extending the down filling most effectively.

During rinsing, without ceasing to bounce, the balls wash soap suds, helping to avoid streaks and preventing caking of fluff into lumps. Thus, the balls solve three problems at once: they wash the jacket, straighten the fluff, rinse the gel and powder, preventing stains.

How many balls do you need? Optimal - three to four. They will last a long time, so they will pay for themselves.

Important
Balls shake the solution and raise a lot of foam - so you need to put less detergent.

Advantages of washing balls over stain removers and bleaches:

• universal, suitable for washing any things;
• one set lasts up to 10 years;
• do not do absolutely any harm to health and do not cause allergies;
• do not require thorough rinsing or preliminary procedures with a dirty thing.

Types and differences

Balls are different: special, their substitutes and homemade. Among the first are the best magnetic and tourmaline.

Magnetic

Magnetic balls are small balls made of plastic or rubber. Inside, they have magnets that provoke the random movement of salt insoluble molecules, softening water and significantly improving its quality. Neither the speed of rotation of the drum, nor the heat are terrible for such balls. To be afraid that they will stick together is also not worth it: the strength of the magnets is not so great. Among other things, such balls save the machine from scale and significantly extend its service.

Worth remembering
By softening the water, the magnetic ball for the washing machine not only increases the effectiveness of the detergent, but also enhances the formation of foam more than the cheaper counterparts.

Tourmaline

Tourmaline balls are another type designed specifically for washing. This is, in fact, a box with a rubber casing containing tourmaline mineral granules, silver, quartz and a porous stone, something like pumice, but with a different chemical composition - for foaming water.

The tourmaline ball is hypoallergenic and quite suitable for washing clothes of children and allergy sufferers. Such a ball acts as a substitute for fabric softener and fabric softener. Washing clothes is due to the ionization of water and foaming from porous stones.

Using tourmaline balls you can achieve:

• preservation and restoration of the color of things;
• fresh aroma;
• excellent washing quality without adding powder;
• antibacterial effect;
• long operation (up to 3 years).

Tourmaline balls are a very effective, but not the cheapest way: its cost starts from 400 rubles apiece (for 2019) in online markets.

Application Features:

1. For washing up to 5 kg, one ball is enough, more than 5 kg - two.
2. After each use, the ball must be dried.
3. The washing temperature should not exceed 60 degrees.
4. Natural wool and silk cannot be washed.

Specially designed for washing down

A ball for washing fluff is an accessory that looks very similar to a mine. Its entire surface is dotted with protrusions, round in shape, with beveled edges. Balls made of polyurethane, quite cheap - up to 350 rubles. With them, you can wash the pillows and not be afraid of lumps, since such balls are just for this purpose.

Household

Another type of special balls - household, made of PVC, resembling a hedgehog in appearance. Also a good acquisition, which has its advantages:

• much cheaper than magnetic or tourmaline;
• also universal;
• prevent the formation of spools and make things softer.

On a note
Household washing balls are bright, and this scares away the housewives. As practice has shown, the color of the balls does not affect the laundry in any way, since they are not painted, but made of colored material.

Tennis

Tennis balls as a washing accessory are used by many housewives. Their strength is durability, they are not afraid of blows on the drum and they will certainly not tear during washing. There are enough such accessories for a long time. In addition, due to the pile, they foam the washing solution well.

The disadvantage of such a replacement is a bright yellow color. So that he does not switch to clothes, the balls are soaked in bleach, rinsed several times and then thoroughly dried.

Children's rubber

Some housewives manage to use small children's balls as an alternative to special ones. Well, the idea is understandable: they jump well. However, the rubber of children's balls is too fragile and can tear, hitting a drum, in addition, they are too big in size.

From foil

This is a homemade accessory, it is pressed with your hands from ordinary foil, which is sold in any household department and is cheap. One roll is enough for four balls - this is enough for washing. Accessories will last up to six months.

The principle of such washing balls is approximately the same as that of other types: bouncing randomly, they whip fluff, shake foam and increase the flow of water through the fabric and padding of the down jacket. In addition, aluminum reduces the effects of static electricity, making air conditioning unnecessary.

From the rope

Such an accessory consists of a ball of cotton or synthetic colorless rope, sewn or tied in a nylon stocking. The casing is needed so that the rope does not unwind, and the ball retains its shape. Such a quick fix is ​​suitable for washing ordinary everyday linen, light jackets, raincoats, bedspreads. Things are more voluminous, such as pillows and down jackets, such an accessory does not extend.

Balls for washing down jackets can easily solve several problems at once: with washing, rinsing and the condition of down. Balls extend the life of a down jacket - it will serve for several seasons, remaining like new.