Can I was dralon curtains?

vet8

I have a whole set of heavy dralon curtains which are years old but still in good nick. I can take them apart and make the 4 pairs I need for my new living room and they will fit well, but they are pretty dirty.
Can I wash them? I know dry cleaning costs a fortune and I think it never really cleans things all that well.
These have no washing instructions, but the couple of times I have cleaned them in the past I have taken them to the cleaners.
Edit - Excuse the idiotic typo in the heading - idiot!!

McKneff

Ive never had a problem washing 'dry clean only' curtains.
Just was one first to see how it goes

maman

I think Dralon infers that they are synthetic rather than a natural fibre so they should wash well.


I'd suggest a cool wash and maybe a washing liquid. Don't overfill the machine, a low spin speed and a good drying day.

Serendipitious

If they're too big for a normal washing machine, try one in a machine in the launderette, if you have one nearby.

I've never dry-cleaned curtains. In 2004 the dry cleaners estimated £50 minimum (due to the size) of some curtains which had only cost £40 to buy, so I thought it was worth risking them in the wash, and they lasted another ten years, being washed twice a year.

imho

If the curtains have linings I find it's the linings that shrink when you wash curtains.

vet8

I have washed the first curtain by hand today (my washing machine is knackered, but that is another story!) and so far they look good. It is certainly a lot cheaper than dry cleaning and saves me having to drive into town with them.
Thanks for all the comments.

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As dralon is synthetic material I would have thought they should be fine

suki1964

imho wrote: »

If the curtains have linings I find it's the linings that shrink when you wash curtains.

Mum has always unstitched the linings off curtains then just tacked them back so they can be washed separate

I just don't ever do curtains