Washing Pillows

moggins

What about shoving tennis balls in with them to pummel them automatically?

Dormouse

moggins wrote:

What about shoving tennis balls in with them to pummel them automatically?

Don't have any tennis balls... what else could I use?

(An energetic 2-yead-old perhaps )

ukbill69

Id say go out and buy some new ones.

funky-footprints

i had a toggi coat (feathers inside) for my birthday and it advises to tumble dry with 3 brand new tennis balls.

Contains_Mild_Peril

My hubby's down-filled Timberland jacket (50p from jumble sale btw!) also recommends tumble-drying with tennis balls.

patchwork_cat

I wash feather pillows. I always tumble dry them and feather duvets , I haven't used tennis balls, but might try it next time, I just shake them every 20 mins or so and put them back in.

Dormouse

ukbill69 wrote:

Id say go out and buy some new ones.

Not very moneysaving or OS, is it? They're only a few months old

I'll try machine washing and tumble drying. Will have to get some tennis balls Thanks everyone.

HOLsale

just thought i'd mention after being redirected to this thread and the duvet washing thread that you really should be washing your pillows and duvets at least once a month or two months if you really must

a cover will NOT keep out germs and dust mite droppings etc

duvets and pillows are hoaching with nasty bacteria and really really really need to be washed after someone has had a nasty cold, the flu etc

i don't use feather pillows or duvets anymore because they are so hard to wash but a duvet isn't a huge bother. you can even wash them in the bathtub if you have too

and they don't take long to dry either

pillows are very easy

and to make things simpler, i don't even take the covers off my duvet or pillows when i wash them and they clean up beautifully

melancholly

HOLsale wrote:

just thought i'd mention after being redirected to this thread and the duvet washing thread that you really should be washing your pillows and duvets at least once a month or two months if you really must

a cover will NOT keep out germs and dust mite droppings etc

duvets and pillows are hoaching with nasty bacteria and really really really need to be washed after someone has had a nasty cold, the flu etc

i don't think i've ever washed by duvet......or my pillows :eek:
i think a trip to the launderette this weekend is in order (and am now quite scared at what might be in them!!!!)

Graham_S_4

Blimey -
I'm sure we got by in the past without washing duvets every month I'm sure i haven't caught anything nasty from mine - No offence but i still think people are too hung up on over sanitising everything ( i mentioned this last week about oven cleaning) . everyone seems to be alergic to everything these days.

Sorry to go off topic but it is one of my (very few) things that i will rant about

Cheers

Graham