Washing Pillows

abwsco

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I would personally just go and buy new ones, I got some lovely bounce back slumberdown pillows in Aldi on Thursday £1.99 for a 2 pack

I buy new ones as well as I worked out the cost of washing and drying them was way more than buying new. Plus they never went back to their original shape.

viv0147

Well I have successfully washed the 4 pillows and I am quite pleased with the result but I have to agree it would have been cheaper to buy new ones which I will do in future. Thank you all for your advice

Ben84

viv0147 wrote: »

Well I have successfully washed the 4 pillows and I am quite pleased with the result but I have to agree it would have been cheaper to buy new ones which I will do in future. Thank you all for your advice

I worked out the other day that it's about 30p to run my washing machine on the 60 degree cycle (my machine is not one of the new energy saving ones either) and detergent is about another 10-30p, depending what and how much you use. So, unless I've missed something here, I doubt it is cheaper to just keep replacing them? Not even the super-budget ones are less than ~60p each.

The other advantage to washing them is you can invest in a better pillow, which I do find makes a difference, as it will last a few years.

abwsco

Ben84 wrote: »

I worked out the other day that it's about 30p to run my washing machine on the 60 degree cycle (my machine is not one of the new energy saving ones either) and detergent is about another 10-30p, depending what and how much you use. So, unless I've missed something here, I doubt it is cheaper to just keep replacing them? Not even the super-budget ones are less than ~60p each.

The other advantage to washing them is you can invest in a better pillow, which I do find makes a difference, as it will last a few years.

I did always dry them in the dryer as otherwise they took forever to dry and then had that horrid smell to them.

Ben84

abwsco wrote: »

I did always dry them in the dryer as otherwise they took forever to dry and then had that horrid smell to them.

I don't have a dryer, so either wash them on a hot day and out in the sun on the washing line or I put them on the radiator.

The dryer works well to bring back the volume as I remember and it is quicker. As for cost, they use about 3 kW on full, so for an hour about 30p. Even with this extra step still I doubt you'd find buying new cheaper.

Even if you used my extremely old inefficient washing machine, one of the most expensive detergents and the dryer on full for two hours, you'd still need to get the new pillow for less than ~£1.20 So, it's basically never going to be cheaper to buy new ones.

[Deleted User]

Hi I thought I'm sure someone here will know .I was given a feather pillow and would like to give it a wash would it be ok in the machine in a delicate wash or would it be better to dump it in the bath in a 'dreft' wash and hand wash it .Its in quite good condition but the cover has gone a bit dingy.I thought I'm sure someone on here may have some ideas

abwsco

I just bung my feather pillows in a regular 40 wash and then tumble dry unless it's really windy as the feathers smell if not properly dried. HTH:)

zippychick

ive merged this with our thread on washing pillows so you can read back and see what others do

ZIP

[Deleted User]

Well I washed it this morning on a 40 degree wash and its dripping beautifully on the line at the moment This afternoon when its a bit drier I shall take it to my DDs and bung it in her tumble dryer to make sure its dry.i then want to cover it with a material cover and use it in my car as a support for my back .I have a long drive to go on in a couple of weeks and a bit of support would help no end Just looked out of the window and its still dripping well but because its blowy and sunny I'm hoping the worst of it will be gone by this afternoon.The cover has come up really well and hopefully the sun will give it a good bleaching.Thanks for the tips though I just hate to throw anything away that might do a turn somewhere else