Washing quilts

grastgirl

We do have a launderette not that far down the road, so I should be able to take it there, really need to check they're washable, but they're hollowfibre, so they should be OK. I suspect I've been in the "always mean to take it but then forget until it's time to change them over brigade", but I'm a housewife at the moment, so I thought I should try to do things properly.

I suppose the next question is, how do you store them? They seem to take up so much room in our house.

Tabatha_Kitten

Im lucky because I have one of those "ottoman" style beds which lift up completly and the whole of the underneath is storage. Dont know where on earth I put thing things like duvets before I got it as we have no airing cupboard !
The dry cleaners delivered my duvet back in a big tough plastic bag with a handle and press studs to close so I leave it in there.

taplady

I tend to buy new ones and my dogs have the old ones as they love sleeping on them. When they get dirty form the dogs I bin them. I also take other peoples old ones for the dogs as we get through quite a few.
I have wshed the lads duvets at work as we have a big machine but it wouldn't take a kingsize winter one.
Pillows go in the machine but this is hit and miss whether they come out any good. I also use pillow protecters and wash those regularly.

newlywed

I rang an ad in the yellow pages for someone who comes and picks up the duvet from you, cleans it and delivers it back a week later all for £10.

Launderette costs £7 for the large washing machine they say you can only do quilts in - that doesn't cover the cost of drying either :rolleyes:


I use pillow protectors for pillows and they get washed every fortnight.

daska

I have a kingsize 4.5 tog duckdown duvet which I use all year round. It cost me £12 to leave it on a service wash/dry at the local launderette. As it would cost £150+ to replace it's worth looking after! Having said that, if I had to replace it I would save up for another down one or possibly even silk - light as a feather.

HoneyB17

Can I ask to thise of you who can wash them in your washing machine what size your washing machine is. We have a Kingsize duvet and a 7kg washing mashing, would I be able to do it myself instead of sending it to the dry cleaners?

OrkneyStar

I don't wash the double myself as it is too big to dry, so dry cleaned after use. Currently have 2 summer quilts on just now though....warmer than one thick one.....mmmmm.

sarahsarah

HoneyB17 wrote: »

Can I ask to thise of you who can wash them in your washing machine what size your washing machine is. We have a Kingsize duvet and a 7kg washing mashing, would I be able to do it myself instead of sending it to the dry cleaners?

I would like to know this too, am going to be getting a new wasing machine in march so would be good to get onw big enough?

Little_Maya

I have 3 summer duvets (i.e 4.5 tog) instead of a summer and a winter one. I use 1 in summer, 2 in spring/autumn and all 3 in winter. I've sewn some ribbon on the corners and about halfway along the edges to tie them together, makes it easier to put the duver cover on.

They're thin enough to put 1 at the time in a standard washing machine without any issues and they dry really quickly (I put one outside this morning, obviously it's not very warm at the moment, it was cloudy with a light wind... fully dry in less than 4 hours!) Saves the hassle of going to the laundrette/cleaners with the stuff

Edit: I'm talking about the super-cheap hollowfibre stuff, no idea if feather ones would fit in the machine or not!

Caterina

laurel7172 wrote: »

... though it was still functional, now clean and GEFJM (good enough for just me). However, when the cat blessed it with a spectacular vomiting session a couple of weeks ago, I gave up. Wrong time of year to dry it, too much effort to have it fail...

I feel your pain! My cat did the same thing on mine and this was the REAL reason why in the end I decided to take it to the laundrette, otherwise it might have lasted me another year (or more?) unwashed :rotfl: hehe