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10 Musts for Spring Cleaning – Wash Throw Pillows + Blankets
April 9, 2013
This is my last ‘must’ for spring cleaning, but it’s an easy way to freshen up your rooms and bring on the spring in your home.
Gather your throw pillows and blankets – separate into lights and darks. Check the tags and make sure that they are machine washable. {I usually wash pillows and blankets on the gentle cycle.}Â Use your favorite detergent and launder as recommended. Sometimes when I wash pillows I need to spin them a second time because they don’t always get all of the water ‘squeezed’ out the first time. Curious about my method for washing pillows and blankets? Check out this post. Here are a couple guidelines….
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if a throw pillow has a cover, remove it and launder the cover separately from the pillow
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even if the pillow insert cannot be laundered, it can be tossed in the dryer on high heat with some clean tennis balls to ‘fluff’ it up
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wash pillow covers inside-out on cold and gentle if needed
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dry pillow cases in the dryer on low or no heat to ensure no shrinking or line dry
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can’t remove the cover? and you cut off the tag? try washing on gentle/cold – chances are it’ll be fine.
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Lisa Says...
Love your tip about drying on no heat for the pillow covers so that they don’t shrink. I wash all our blankets every 2 weeks and throw pillows once a month. My fiancé threw the pillow cases in the dryer while I was at the gym and shrunk them down and they would not fit. Luckily I was able to wash and stretch them back out to fit. Well lucky on his part I was looking forward to making a trip to homegoods for some new ones.
Audrone Says...
Thanks for posting about this Becky, great tips. Spring cleaning shall begin:)
julie Says...
Waiting to hear about the detergent you used! 🙂