CHEMICALS - Damage to fibres can occur when in contact with acids, bleaches and detergents. If contact does occur, soak thoroughly in cold water.
SAND AND GRIT - Sand and grit increases the abrasion on cotton fibres and can reduce the lift of the jacket. Please brush off all sand, grit and mud once dried.
CLEANING - We recommend dry-cleaning wherever possible. Should you be unable to dry-clean your garment we recommend the following instructions:-Gently brush or sponge off any dirt.
- Close the zipper/fastener.
- Turn the garment inside out.
- Wash separately.
- Machine wash in warm water on a gently cycle using pure liquid soap.
- Ensure all residue soap is removed from the garment, re-rinse if necessary.
- Reshape the garment on a hanger and allow to dry naturally avoiding direct
- sunlight.
Iron carefully on a warm setting – this reactivates the DWR treatment.
Ventile can be either dry-cleaned as detailed below* or hand washed using Grangers 30 Degree Cleaner as detailed on the Grangers website www.grangers.co.uk.
*Professional dry-cleaning in: perchloroethylene, hydrocarbons. Mild cleaning process with stringent limitation of added humidity and/or mechanical action and/or temperature. Commercial stain removers on a solvent base may be used with some restrictions. A trail on a concealed part of the article is advisable beforehand.
REPROOFING - Your Ventile® garment may eventually require a reproof. Either use a product such as Granger Extreme Waterproofing for Naturals, following their instructions or a specialist reproofing company familiar with Ventile®.
If you wish to wash your Ventile garment we recommend Nikwax Tech Wash or pure soap, however please hand wash or ensure that there is no residue of detergent in your washing machine.
Conventional detergents destroy the water-repellent finish on all waterproof garments.
To reproof your Ventile® garment, we also recommend washing in Nikwax Cotton Proof.