Best way to clean "surface wash only" soft toys

Katgoddess

Any ideas? They are my own toys that I purchased new and as SIL has just had a new baby, they will be lent to either her or MIL for the little one to enjoy. It's a Tiny Love baby gym if that makes a difference. The play mat can go into the washing machine on a hand wash cycle, but the soft toys and the "arms" are more delicate.

Curious_George_2

if its any help i saw one of the staff at my local surestart center wipes everything down with some antibacterial wipes, even the soft items

come to think of it i saw the woman who works the toy library doing this too

Greener_Grass

Baby wipes are really good at cleaning! I use them to clean stains off my sofa

Katgoddess

Curious_George wrote: »

if its any help i saw one of the staff at my local surestart center wipes everything down with some antibacterial wipes, even the soft items

come to think of it i saw the woman who works the toy library doing this too

LOL. I work for my local surestart children's centre and that is exactly how I clean toys. It's how the play workers do it anyway.

My in laws are fussy though, and I'm worried they are going to dunk the toys in pure milton which would bleach the colour out. MIL has done that before with something she brought from a charity shop. :rolleyes:

I've just got the toys out, and it does say "hand wash only" so I'm going to risk the hand wash cycle in the washing machine. I'll put them in a laundry bag though.

Thanks :beer:

apples1

I have always washed toys like this in the machine in a net bag on delicate cycle - never had a problem.

SwipernoSwiping

Me being a person that dislikes throwing her money instantly in the bin, when I clean my daughters toys, ( plush covered battery operated for example) I use an old towel or dish cloth dampened with a mix of warm water and tea tree oil ( kills anything naturally pretty much). The cloth doesn't break up as much as a wet wipe does, leaving little bits of stuff behind.
You could just use dettol or something like that instead of the tea tree oil, but I found this cleans better. (Two "luv 2 luv" bears look brand new) Beware though as you could "de flock " some things.
She had a felt Leap Pad <?> catapillar that was soft cloth clean and this worked fine though.

Ruby_Moon

I always bung them in the washing machine on a 30 wash, no spin. Never had problems.

bestpud

Same here - I've always machine washed them and never had a problem either.