Thread Number: 73119
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Washing pillow mishap |
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Post# 965869   11/3/2017 at 20:41 (2,337 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Washed a small/standard bed pillow and a mattress pad in the F&P TL. Blood stain on the pad, sweat stains on the pillow so needed enzyme soak. Brief "Handwash" (very mild) agitation to mix up the detergent, Biz, and STPP, then 2 hr soak which does 5 agitation strokes (forward-back-forward-back-forward ... back-forward-back-forward-back ...) every 1 min. Very little roll for the duration. The pillow stuffing got rotated 90° inside the ticking. That happened in the past with pillows in the Neptune TL so nevermore pillows in it. Should have used the Calypso (it does very nicely with pillows) but another load was running in it and I wanted to get everything done. |
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Post# 965881 , Reply# 2   11/3/2017 at 22:56 (2,337 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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I've washed pillows in an SQ top loader with little trouble for the most part. I only once had an issue, for which I blame the pillow more. The SQ shredded it, the moral of the story is don't be a sucker and buy a "My-Pillow." The pillow was lousy anyway and the machine did me a favor and decided it was low quality enough to get rid of.
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Post# 965882 , Reply# 3   11/3/2017 at 22:57 (2,337 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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Post# 965886 , Reply# 4   11/3/2017 at 23:32 (2,337 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)   |   | |
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I've been trying to talk myself into tossing my pillows in the wash, I usually do it once or twice a year, been busy so have not. I only use feather pillows and they tend to flatten out with use, love them fresh out of the dryer. |
Post# 965923 , Reply# 5   11/4/2017 at 06:37 (2,336 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 967031 , Reply# 7   11/9/2017 at 13:45 (2,331 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey)   |   | |
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I've been washing pairs of pillows in standard size (24-inch) front-loaders for years without any problems (apart from when one feather pillow burst, jamming the machine solid!). Sometimes the foam-padded ones have ended up tangled inside the fabric, but it's easy enough to untangle them. |
Post# 967033 , Reply# 8   11/9/2017 at 13:49 (2,331 days old) by brucelucenta ()   |   | |
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Washing pillows is another job that front load machines tackle with ease and are far superior doing it. Not so with a top load machine for various reasons. |
Post# 967059 , Reply# 10   11/9/2017 at 18:03 (2,331 days old) by SPACEDOgb (Lafayette, LA)   |   | |
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When you pay almost $200 for a pillow you tend to keep it for a while lol |
Post# 967067 , Reply# 11   11/9/2017 at 18:36 (2,331 days old) by johnrk (BP TX)   |   | |
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then you deserve to be married to it...still doesn't make it less nasty. |
Post# 967071 , Reply# 12   11/9/2017 at 19:08 (2,331 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 967100 , Reply# 13   11/9/2017 at 23:03 (2,331 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)   |   | |
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If you use cheap foam pillows by all means toss them every few months. I prefer a feather/down pillow with their cost I'm not about to toss them, washing is not that difficult. |
Post# 967124 , Reply# 14   11/10/2017 at 06:52 (2,330 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 967125 , Reply# 15   11/10/2017 at 07:13 (2,330 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 967198 , Reply# 16   11/10/2017 at 18:12 (2,330 days old) by jkbff (Happy Rock, ND)   |   | |
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I wash my MyPillow pillows once a month. I drool when I sleep. LOL
You should see the looks on customers faces when I say that... and then its like.. yea, I can relate.. They wash pretty nice in the neptune I'm using. Loved washing them in the Miele.... I wash two at a time so things don't walk around. Ran them in the samsung top loader I just threw out and they'd just float and bob the entire cycle.... Run them through the dryer on two 60 minute cycles on low with 3 tennis balls and they dry pretty good. |
Post# 967202 , Reply# 17   11/10/2017 at 18:46 (2,330 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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I’ve always washed our pillows. My current Maytag Centennial HE TL does a nice job on the bulky cycle, hot water. As it fills, the tub revolves so the pillows get thoroughly satuarated and stay under the water during the agitation, no billowing, like in traditional TL’s. I wash two cal king pillows at once, no extra rinse. They have never gone out of balance. I run an extra spin after the cycle is complete to get them as dry as possible before putting them in the dryer. I dry them with six wool dryer balls for 60-70 mins on high and they are completely dry and fluffy. I never use fabric softener anymore, just wool dryer balls, with a few drops of Mandarin Orange essential oil.
Eddie |