Working my way through the house doing my fall cleaning, got to my bedroom today and tossed the pillows in the wash. I always check the ticking and make sure it's in good enough shape to survive the washing and drying.
Tossed 3 pillows in the Duet, set it of steam and sanitize cycle - took 2 1/2 hours but they came out fine.
Tossed them in the dryer with a couple of tennis balls as I usually do, set it for 99 minutes, then another 90. Went to take them out and what do I find --- a mass of feathers.
Apparently the stitching on the seam of one of the pillows decide it had enough and gave out. About a 3" opening. What a mess to clean out. Only about 15% of the feathers came out of the offending pillow, but it looked like a sea of feathers in the dryer. Replaced most of them in the casing, will sew it up later. Vacuumed out the remaining feathers, cleaned out the lint filer area what a pain, but I do have nice fresh pillows to sleep on...
Tossed 3 pillows in the Duet, set it of steam and sanitize cycle - took 2 1/2 hours but they came out fine.
Tossed them in the dryer with a couple of tennis balls as I usually do, set it for 99 minutes, then another 90. Went to take them out and what do I find --- a mass of feathers.
Apparently the stitching on the seam of one of the pillows decide it had enough and gave out. About a 3" opening. What a mess to clean out. Only about 15% of the feathers came out of the offending pillow, but it looked like a sea of feathers in the dryer. Replaced most of them in the casing, will sew it up later. Vacuumed out the remaining feathers, cleaned out the lint filer area what a pain, but I do have nice fresh pillows to sleep on...
