Would you tumble dry....

lostinrates

I have a cotton doule sized quilt from idea I think that I use as a sofa throw. It needs a wash, as the dog with a broken leg has been allowed to sleep on the sofa over night recently. But, I need it back on the sofa by tonight.

I am a tumble drier novice, having only had one for a year.

I will wash the quilt at 40, is there any reason I could not tumble dry it?

rising_from_the_ashes

Does it have a care instruction label anywhere?

If it's similar to a duvet (?), I'd put it in the TD - if not 100% sure, I'd probably stick in for a short time to get the very wet off and then hang over a door somewhere warm in the house.

I use 4 tog duvets for the dogs beds & all wash & dry really quickly / well (whether TD or over doors)

System

i always wash and tumble dry mine.

esmf73

Yes, I do this frequently with my sons duvet as they wet their beds occasionally

lostinrates

Thanks all,

I didn't get to this today.....hopefully tomorrow. It's not a duvet, but a thin quilted, um...quilt....like a very thin bit of wadding between two pieces of cotton, and no care label. Not sure why not.

Nicki

I'd tumble dry a duvet without a second thought. I might not tumble dry your quilt though based on your description. I think there might be a risk of the wadding distorting or going lumpy or shrinking.

Is it not possible (given that you say it is thin) to dry it over a radiator, even if this means you can't use it for one evening if you only put your CH on in the evening. If you really can't sit on the sofa without a throw for one night, you could make do with a sheet or duvet cover perhaps which could easily be washed and tumble dried just til the quilt is back in use again?

lostinrates

Nicki wrote: »

I'd tumble dry a duvet without a second thought. I might not tumble dry your quilt though based on your description. I think there might be a risk of the wadding distorting or going lumpy or shrinking.

Is it not possible (given that you say it is thin) to dry it over a radiator, even if this means you can't use it for one evening if you only put your CH on in the evening. If you really can't sit on the sofa without a throw for one night, you could make do with a sheet or duvet cover perhaps which could easily be washed and tumble dried just til the quilt is back in use again?

We don't have central heating. . We will do soon though, maybe I should delay washing it for a coue of weeks.

Sadly a sheet opr duvet cover would not be thick enough. (we are living on a building site ATM, these throws get some serious testing)

sarah222

If you need a dog blanket go into a local charity shop and ask if they have any. We take donations for a well know one and know if they get old blankets with no care labels they keep them for dog blankets. You may have to pay £1-£2 each but it may cost you more to tumble dry the one you have. We got a couple of old what I call waffle blankets they literally look like a thick potato waffle and are really spongey and warm our dogs love them.

Nicki

Not sure if you have washed it yet, lostinrates, but I got my new tumbledryer today and was reading the instructions for it. It advises not to tumbledry anything which has a foam wadding because it is a fire risk, and not to tumble dry duvets or pillows without first checking all the stitching on the seams is intact for the same reason. Oherwise, the instructions for that machine seem to suggest that pretty much anything is fair game at a low heat. Hth