Fluffy faux fur needs fluffing up - please help

[SnowQueenVictoria]

Nursery thought they'd be really helpful and wash DD's coat after it got wet.

Well i dont know what theyve done but the fluffy faux fur looks like the remnants of a bathroom mat and not the wispy fluffy thing it once was. (The fibres are no longer separated they are all clagged together).

I havent tried to do anything with it yet - i am hoping washing it again and drying NOT in a tumble drier like they did might fix it.

Does anyone have any suggestions though?

Please help, the coat is ruined otherwise.

TIA.

brush it - bristle hair brush if poss.

How are you QV btw??

After washing it again?

Im having a good couple of days - thank you for asking

Despite DS waking lots in the night at the moment grrrrrrrrr.

Im having off moments as opposed to off days which is much better than before but still having some problems with getting out and about. Sounds daft but its just how it is. Im hoping to reply to all the lovely emails i got this weekend - i didnt want to reply until i felt much better and had something positive to say, after all, i can post on here to have a whinge and whine cant i

Its a shame you dont live down this way for our meet up on Monday .

could you blow it dry with a brush and a hair dryer?

Thought about that but didnt want to make it worse!

I will be there with you in spirit on Monday

Try brushing it, if no joy, then a cool wash and dry on an airier, then same treatment. Did they boil wash it??

Rinse it with conditioner - L'Oreal, cos you're worth it!!

airier??? wtf is one of those?

No idea what they did with it tbh! They just said it got a bit wet so they dried it. Im sure theres more to it than that though!

QV: Does the coat look different from when you normally wash / tumble dry it ?

I only ask because we've got a fake fur throw, and when washed, all the bits go clump instead of furry, but after we lounge around lazilly on it for a few days, it goes back to being super soft and fibrous and fluffy IYSWIM...

I reckon maybe just using it for a wee while, or rubbing vigorously might sort out this wardrobe disaster !

Well it wasnt like it when i first washed it. I briefly brushed it but it made no difference.

I think it's the tumble drying that does it. When our throw came out it looked buggered. Now it looks, erm, like fur again, LOL.

So if i wash it and i dont tumble dry it it will turn out better?