Mouldy duvet

SusanCarter

We've been storing a 13 tog synthetic duvet in a built in wardrobe and have just discovered that it's started to go mouldy where it was touching the outside wall.

I've read the threads about getting rid of mould (lemon, vinegar, bicarb etc.) and also the threads about washing duvets/getting them washed at laundrette/dry cleaners.

As it's winter, I figure it wouldn't want to just wash the whole duvet at home as drying it would be a problem so I was wondering what would be the best thing to do? Possibilities I can think of are:

a) Hand wash the affected area using methods from OS threads on mould.
b) Get it washed at laundrette.
c) Get it washed at dry cleaner.
d) Do (a) followed by either (b) or (c).
e) Something else I haven't thought of.

Questions I have are:
1) If I did (a) would that be suffucient?
2) Would either (b) or (c) work at getting rid of the mould or would I still have to do (a) first?
3) Would either (b) or (c) work out reasonable value? (I have no idea of prices.)
4) Would washing at the laundrette make the duvet lumpy?

Any help/advice appreciated.

moggins

I've never found anything that will remove mould from a duvet so if it were me I would take it straight into the dry cleaners.

black-saturn

Does it fit in your washing machine? If it does give it a hot wash with bicarbonate of soda instead of washing powder and vinegar instead of fabric conditioner.

SusanCarter

black-saturn wrote:

Does it fit in your washing machine? If it does give it a hot wash with bicarbonate of soda instead of washing powder and vinegar instead of fabric conditioner.

Forgot to say it's Kingsize so no way it would fit in washing machine.

Do you reckon I could try doing that at the laundrette?

black-saturn

SusanCarter wrote:

Forgot to say it's Kingsize so no way it would fit in washing machine.

Do you reckon I could try doing that at the laundrette?

Yes I would give it a go at the launderette. Are you sure it doesnt fit in your washing machine? Mine is a thick kingsize one and it fits in.

SusanCarter

black-saturn wrote:

Are you sure it doesnt fit in your washing machine? Mine is a thick kingsize one and it fits in.

I'm fairly sure that if I did fit it in, it'd be jam-packed too solid for it to wash properly. Will test it when the current load finishes just to check though.

angchris

i used to wash my duvet at least once a week at the laundrette in one of their big machines with washing powder due to my cat taking a liking to having a comfy warm toilet:mad: and give it a blast in laundrette tumble driers to get rid of worst of wetness then throw it over a door to dry completely using my spare duvet in the meantime untill another "accident":rolleyes: its much cheaper than getting it dry cleaned and my duvet always used to come out smelling fresh with no lumps it depends on the filling of the duvet though i guess if its a bog standard duvet wash it if its feather dry clean. i still wash my duvet every now and then to freshen it up now the cats gone to a new home :T it drys easily thrown over my whirlygig in the garden in the summer. as you say even if you can ram it in your machine and get the door shut it wont wash properly for the sake of £2.20 or so its much easier to lob it in a bin bag and take it to nearest laundrette pop machine on go do your shopping for half hour then pick it up.

Mizz_Pink

I always send mine to the laundrette, they clean it for you for about £8.00, to dry it aswell costs extra.

It doesnt come back lumpy either.

Idiophreak

is it an expensive duvet?
if not, might be cheaper/easier to replace it, can quite often get 13 tog ones for around £10-15.

IWannabedebtfree

So sorry if this is a non OS idea, but unless it is in very precious I would leave it in the recycling bin and get a new one from Argos or somewhere cheaper. It's £12 to wash and dry one at our local laundrette (as I found out when my DD was sick on our KS duvet recently) and I got a new one for £15 at out local mill shop. They are also £20 at Argos. I thought it was worthwhile getting a new one, as the old one had had a fair bit of wear and wasn't worth paying out on, but maybe yours is in better overall nick?

angchris

you dont need to ask laundrette to wash them for £12 :eek: just put it in a big washing machine yourself! £2.20 jobs a good un:beer: