Thread Number: 31103
Is there a way to wash pillows in front loader without them becoming unusable? |
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Post# 469676   10/16/2010 at 10:26 (4,902 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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I have 2 King sized pillows that I have washed several times. I usually will wash one at a time with some sort of blanket and by doing this they wash and dry perfectly fine! That said, I have two smaller pillows that I've washed (same inside stuffing) and one came out perfectly fine, the other one ended up completely out of shape to the point of no return. I also had a friend who gave me a large leather sofa yesterday and it came with three pillows and I HAD to wash the pillows. They came out fine. Is there a "best way" to wash pillows in a front loader? If so, please let me know.
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Post# 469683 , Reply# 2   10/16/2010 at 11:30 (4,902 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)   |   | |
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Post# 469696 , Reply# 3   10/16/2010 at 12:59 (4,902 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Post# 469792 , Reply# 4   10/17/2010 at 00:00 (4,902 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 469801 , Reply# 5   10/17/2010 at 02:21 (4,902 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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....I will never wash pillows in a front load machine again....
- They go out of shape to the degree you need new ones - and they often cause the rudest out of balance situation.. I prefer to put them in the bath or laundry tub with some detergent and hand wash them.... Then carefully squeeze the water out....rinse...and squeeze... Finally, put some towels on the (clean) floor...lay the pillows on them and more towels on top and walk over them.... |
Post# 470088 , Reply# 7   10/18/2010 at 12:26 (4,900 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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Post# 470126 , Reply# 8   10/18/2010 at 15:01 (4,900 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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My Maytag is a cousin to your Duet. I have washed the throw pillows from the couch as well as the fiber filled bed pillows with no problems.
I used a cool water setting and a slow tumble (gentle) when it came spin time, it struggled for a bit so I just opened the door and repositioned them and away they went. Some I have dried in the dryer on low, others I have hung on the line. Both methods came out fine. The bed pillows I had to reposition the stuffing before drying, but they weren't too mishapen. |
Post# 470179 , Reply# 11   10/18/2010 at 20:48 (4,900 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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I use tennis balls in the dryer too. I have for a while. Like I said though, 2 of the exact same pillows were washed, one of which came out of the wash great, the other very lumpy and not fixable. (I tried).........At that point the one pillow was so lumpy that using tennis balls in the dryer did absolutely nothing. That is what prompted me to start this topic. I wasn't sure why this sometimes happens and other times not. I thought perhaps there was a method to do this. I'm still going to try the rubber bands
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Post# 470239 , Reply# 12   10/19/2010 at 02:35 (4,900 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Usually what I do is use a small enough front loader to where they get saturated with the soap and water but don't actually tumble around. It seems everything comes out during the spin cycles. Even pretty dirty ones come clean. So you may want to try that. I'm not saying over stuff it of course. I usually put 3 maybe 4, depending on the size, in a double load plus. I'll double check the washer size for you and let you know, just to give you a better idea. I hope this helps! I've had success doing it like this.
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Post# 470315 , Reply# 14   10/19/2010 at 13:17 (4,899 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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I can't sew (LOL)
At any rate. What I have found that works MOST of the time is throwing one pillow in along with say a mattress pad from the bed or a blanket from the bed etc.....this sort of keeps the pillow from tumbling too much but they come out really clean. I like to use to hottest water possible so I don't use delicate. This seems to work 80% of the time, but there's that gamble that it will lump up. The sofa pillows came out fine albeit I could feel on one of the sofa pillows a small lump where it tried to get out of shape a little but not noticeable and you can barely feel it. The spin cycle on my Duet had a little trouble but ultimately it balanced the load and reached max spin speeds. This is what prompted me to post this because I know I will want to wash the sofa pillows again in the future and I wasn't sure they would be ok through another wash..........I couldn't imagine trying to wash pillows in a TL washer with an agitator though. |
Post# 470326 , Reply# 15   10/19/2010 at 14:12 (4,899 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 470330 , Reply# 16   10/19/2010 at 14:33 (4,899 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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Post# 470558 , Reply# 17   10/20/2010 at 16:16 (4,898 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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