Washing Pillows

mrs_baggins

had the day off today as car is off road so thought I would do a few jobs and stay away from the PC! Washed a feather pillow and hung it outside. Just bought it in as dont think it will dry much more and its still quite wet. The label has washed off so dont know if I can put it in the tumble drier or not. I would imagine not so is it best just to leave it lying around for a couple od days giving it a good shake every now and then?

Penny_Watcher

You need to try really quite quickly I think. I once left a feather pillow to dry for a few days and had to throw it away. The smell was unbrearable. _pale_ Think concentrated wet dog.

Now I leave them to dry in the sunshine and wind as long a possible, then onto the radiators in winter or on lowest setting on the tumbel dryer until the pillow is bone dry. As you say keep shaking during the drying process.

mrs_baggins

yeuch! wet dog! will get them dry somehow then!

janb5

A friend has passed on this tip to me which is very useful. I have always avoided washing pillows because when I came to dry them in the TD they became mangled and unuseable.

She has suggested tacking around the edge of the pillow as well as a cross tack across the pillow so that the filling is secure. I did this today and although a tad laborious, it did result in lovely clean pillows. HTH anyone else. Previously I just chucked them out every year!

Thriftylady

do you need to buy a big massive needle for this ? I'm very interested, I'd love to wash the pillows without ruining them as OH drools in his sleep, like Homer Simpson !!:D

Pink.

Hi Jan,

I have merged your great tip with the washing pillows thread so it can be found more easily.

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ariba10

Thriftylady wrote:

do you need to buy a big massive needle for this ? I'm very interested, I'd love to wash the pillows without ruining them as OH drools in his sleep, like Homer Simpson !!:D[/QUO


Perhaps if you wore a more sensible nighty????

janb5

No, an ordinary needle is fine! I used brightly coloured thread so I could see where I had tacked. Make sure that the bit around the edge goes through the wadding as well.

Please could anyone show me the post which explains how to do posts in bold. Thanks!

whatatwit

A nappy pin in each corner works just as well.

The earlier post about the cost of washing duvets in a launderette is spot on as regards price.

The pillow/mattress protectors that are like a J cloth fabric, shrivel in a hot dryer, as do some of the duvets with this sort of fabric.
I think they are sold as 'anti-allergenic' referred to as 'paper' duvets in our shop.

tawnyowls

Yes, I had one of those duvets - rubbish! I have got some of the papery pillow protectors (came free with the pack of pillows), and they're fine for guest rooms, but don't really protect against the OH's sweaty neck! Argos sell quilted cotton protectors, both pillow and duvet, that are very good.