Laundry Instructions to Reduce Synchilla® Shedding

Written By: Zach Mueller

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

1 - 2 hours

Introduction

The following laundering instructions detail Patagonia's recommendations on how to reduce Synchilla® fiber shedding.

The owner of the Synchilla® product should have access to a standard-sized washing machine and dryer.

Note: It is important that the Synchilla® product be washed and dried alone to allow for maximum tumbling to occur.

Wash one garment at a time in a standard-sized washing machine.
Set the water temperature to "Warm" (80–90 °F or 30–32 °C).
Set the final spin cycle to "Low" or "Short".
The garment must be soaking wet when transferred from the washing machine to the dryer.

Place soaking wet garment into dryer with 4x tennis balls. Tennis balls are advised but not necessary for drying.
Set dryer temperature to "Low" or "Warm" - Do not use "High"
Set dryer time to at least 45 minutes
Tumble drying is the most important step in reducing shedding. Air or hang drying will not reduce shedding.

Clean the lint trap of the dryer and dispose of lint in trash.
If your garment is still shedding fibers, repeat this process from the start, beginning with the wash cycle.
Testing has shown that minimal to no fiber shedding occurs in the washing step. The potential for microfibers to enter our waterways is very low. Most of the fibers are removed in the drying step and are captured in the lint trap.

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