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I now have 2 Navy M1941 jackets and i would like to wash them. Has anyone tried to wash one before? I am afraid the wool lining would shrink. Is dry cleaning better?
I had 2 jackets, one i dry cleaned and the other I washed myself. Hands down the gentle wash wins. I will not dry clean a jacket like this again. The fading is way worse on the dry cleaned jacket plus there was absolutely NO shrinking of the one I washed by hand. Another plus of washing it yourself is the smell. The one I washed myself ended up smelling like clean laundry the one that was dry cleaned stinks up to high heaven of chemicals. I am now considering washing the one that was dry cleaned.
THe conclusion of this is that if there is no Mouton on the collar a gentle wash may be the best solution for those jackets.