Washing own duvets and pillows?

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Just been ripped off - £20 to wash and tumble dry three pillows and £30 for single duvet and a few mattress protectors. The pillows never washed or duvet in years. He claimed he'd use special sanitiser etc and do me deal.

Works in rich area where don't question handing over any amount of money.

If I do it myself what liquid I use? That's special and kills dustmites and allergens? And best in laundrette? Just wanna make allergy free.

marcia_

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6658261/washing-own-duvets-and-pillows

do you not have a launderette near you? Several near me have extra large machines for duvets would cost about £8 to wash and dry

2childmum2

It cost us nearer £30 to wash and tumble a large duvet at a launderette near us. And that wasn't a service wash - DH sat there and watched it go round!!

born_again

Never washed duvet or pillows. Only the covers that just go in normal washing machine. Same with mattress protector.

Given cost of items. Cheaper just to buy new.

Nelliegrace

I use an old cotton duvet cover under a nice one, to give some extra protection to our feather and down duvet. DH’s pillows have a papery protective cover and a second, quilted pillow protector, and an old cotton pillow case under a newer one, and still he stains them with sweat.

Woodstok2000

I don't know that it's a rip off. We certainly don't live in a rich are and those prices are similar to what we see locally for those items at a laundrette.

maman

As above, unless you have particularly expensive duvet and pillows it would be more cost effective to replace.

Unless you have a specific reason for washing then I find regularly changing bed linen and giving the duvet and pillows a good airing (outdoors when possible) is sufficient.

Spikeygran

I've always trod my poly duvets in the bath, I get a pedicure at the same time 😁 I change to a lighter duvet for the summer so wash and air before storing for the winter. Its not just the saving in laundry money but I dont like the thought of my duvet in a machine used with other detergents etc. I air the duvet at every bedchange so barring accidents they dont get mucky.

I wash then go and do something else while its draining, and repeat with 2 rinses. Once its had its last drain I bundle it up on top of something (upside down laundry basket) to drain more efficiently, over night in the summer it will be line ready in the morning. I can get a 10.5 king in the washing machine for a spin, once stuffed in, I tuck an old clean towel over the front to protect it from rubbing on the door while spinning.

Really though if the duvet has not been cleaned at least yearly, or badly stained I would just buy a new one. You can get a poly kingsize for around £20 at that price its not worth paying for cleaning.

Brie

You can't get a good quality non poly large duvet for that price but possibly might get a single. You might manage to do everything a bit cheaper but the problem is getting them properly dry. The place I used to take our duvets to for a service wash (not the same thing I know) would always do them late in the week for pickup the following week. This meant that after being washed and tumbled things were left hanging for a few days in their back room which apparently was always very warm but also well ventilated. It ensured that when you got things home they could go right back on the bed.

I'd love to get my duvet washed but I know it wouldn't be dry enough in one day to put back on the bed and I'm not about to buy another. (superking, down)

bouicca21

I take my duvet to the launderette (too big for a domestic washing machine). The pillows I do myself in the washing machine. I suppose it would be cheaper to buy new but the thought of them ending up in landfill horrifies me more than the cost of laundering them. L’ovalisation animal sanctuaries/rescues won’t take them.

middlewife

House dust mites live in the mattress as well, you can hoover weekly, wash bedding at 60 degrees, but duvets are a challenge. Our launderette charges £50 for a super king wash and dry, it's the drying that's the problem. I have waited for a really hot day, got it washed at the launderette, taken it home wet (boy was it heavy) and line dried it for 24 hours. Single duvets and pillows I can wash at home as I have a large capacity machine, but only in really hot days as above. I have a winter weight and summer weight duvet which just gets washed once a year when it's changed