If however you feel the need to wash the whole jacket place it in the washing machine on cold using the delicate cycle.
How to keep fake fur from matting.
Beyond the issue of animal rights fake fur offers some advantages over real fur by being more resistant to insect damage and easier to care for during moisture and temperature changes.
Wash faux fur not real fur.
Getting the fur wet even for washing could risk matting.
How to care for fake fur.
Store your faux fur in a cool dark and dry place.
The main issues around fake fur are the matting of the pile and lack of luster and shrinkage and loss of volume.
Unless you are wearing the fur every day use a 100 percent cotton bag to keep dust out of the fur.
While many faux fur coats or trimmed garments may have a tag that recommends dry cleaning only.
Faux or fake fur coats and trim on hoods and collars take a bit of extra care to keep them looking their best.
When wearing your coat do not use a shoulder bag consistently because it can wear away the fur and leave a bald spot.
If you have just a small stain on your fur jacket you should spot clean with a dab of water and vinegar.
Do not bring your faux fur to the dry cleaner as dry cleaning chemicals may reduce the material s softness potentially leading to matting and tufting.
The synthetic material will become brittle and even more matted the fur fibers may even melt.
Store your fur properly.
Doing so will keep the coat from matting and work out existing tangles.
These are all consequent to wrong washing.
Machine wash your faux fur sparingly just a few times per year as a rule of thumb.