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How to Wash Pillows in Top Loading Washer | Clean & White Again!
How to clean pillows in washing machine or front loading washer. Are your pillows flat and discolored with stains? And after you wash them, if you hung them up to air dry, did they get lumpy? Then you need this method! Naturally whiten and fluff dingy pillows. Keep your pillows clean and lump free!
Here’s how to wash pillow at home!
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How to wash pillows in washer
What’s the best way to keep your pillows clean and white? Use the washing machine! I use a top loader but any washing machine should work.
First, every pillow is different, depending on what they’re made of. So shredded memory foam, molded foam, down, feathers and other materials are going to have varying washing directions so first consult the tag or website to see if your pillow is machine washable.
I mean I’ve seen dry clean only pillows and so we don’t want to ruin any.
But barring that, here’s what to do:
First, how to wash your pillows
If your pillow is washable, wash on the gentle cycle with warm water. Most of my pillows say wash cold but I like to use warm.
Add oxyclean to your usual detergent. Set it on the longest wash cycle. You may need to do two cycles to get the yellowing out. And the dirt on pillows can be stubborn!
Do an extra rinse cycle.
Then, use the setting that gets the most water out.
GETTING PILLOWS FLUFFY AGAIN
My tip for getting them fluffy again is not to hang dry. That’s why they’re lumpy. Use your dryer.
You can use a very low heat setting, or if you’re worried or the pillow won’t take heat, use air dry or air fluff. It will take a long time, but the spinning and air will still take less time than air drying and it won’t get lumpy.
You can use dryer balls or tennis balls and that breaks up the lumps as they dry.
It will take multiple dry cycles (especially on air fluff) but it will dry eventually.
If you don’t have a dryer take down your pillow every so often and shake and fluff it, then rehang. Moving around the fluff inside will also help get it all dried out. It needs to be completely dry or you get mold and nobody wants a moldy pillow.
Some pillows have adjustable filling, so if you line dry I can just reach in and pull apart the wool filling/fluff it up should it feel lumpy.
We love the Coop pillows. Their pillow comes with extra ½ pound of fluff so if you ever need to you can refill or refresh the foam. They’re well made and fully adjustable, which means you can add or take out the fill so your pillow is the height you want. ‘
Really quick, the Eden is their softest pillow. The Original is a medium firm pillow. And they each have a 5 year warranty so you’re not going be be buying a new pillow every 6 months or so. Totally worth the cost.
And if you don’t have a dryer you can always wash your pillows at a laundromat. They have those large ones that can fit more pillows inside.
Now if you have any pee or sweat stains on your pillow, treat that separately. It’s the same way you clean a mattress with pee. We’ll put a link to that video in the description if you want to check it out. We’ve helped hundreds of people save their mattresses with this video. It really works!
Once you’re done with whatever method you use, get waterproof pillow protectors. Then you hardly ever have to wash your pillows, you just wash the cover with your sheets and pillowcases each week. Much easier.
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