How Down Comforters Are Made
The loft of the filling determines the weight as well as the level of insulation.
How down comforters are made. Given that there is no magical factory in the sky that makes feather and down the fluffy insulating undercoating of quill less feathers located underneath the tougher outer layer of feathers belonging to ducks geese and other waterfowl it s most likely that the heavenly filling in your comforter and in those pillows was directly plucked from a real live well ideally not live bird. Filling comforters are filled with layers of natural material such as down feathers wool or silk. The down and feathers first have to be plucked.
What are the different types of down filling. Pin the seams while the comforter is spread out and the down is evenly distributed. It takes the down from approximately 75 birds to make an average comforter.
The highest grade of down used to make the most comfy and costly bedding involves a practice called live plucking. It can be used as filling comforters pillows and such. The art of pillow and.
Alternatively polyester batting is used. Down feathers are mainly sourced from geese but can also come from ducks. Using a scale on the machine we carefully weigh the down to be sure each comforter is perfect.
Then they are washed and disinfected and dried in the sun for a few days. To make a comforter the down travels from storage bins through a series of ducts then into silos. Where are the down and feathers used in clothing and bedding sourced from.
Down is a fantastic insulator that is soft fluffy and durable. The silos spin the down so it stays separated and fluffy and able to move easily through the aptly named gooseneck right into your comforter. That s when feathers and the undercoating of geese and ducks are pulled off.