Washing Comforters/Bedspreads: What's Your Process?

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Comforters and blankets:

The big King comforter or the King quilt(that Katie made me) go to the laundromat.
Wash: 40# SQ on hot(50C)and special cycle for more rinsing.
Dry: 75# dryer for 30 min @ med heat.
Most blankets: warm wash in the WP and regular dry temp in the MT.
WK78
 
Washing Bedding And Duvets

place in machine, select "cottons 60o" put 90ml of Tesco Bio Powder in soap draw, cap of low scent conditioner in, close draw and switch on, come back 75 minutes later and its done, dryer (reversing) will take 45 mins for cupboard dry or 35 for ironing dry.
Best option is to spin at 800rpm and put on line, for even less creasing.

Easy
Gary
 
Washing Bedding And Duvets

place in machine, select "cottons 60o" put 90ml of Tesco Bio Powder in soap draw, cap of low scent conditioner in, close draw and switch on, come back 75 minutes later and its done, dryer (reversing) will take 45 mins for cupboard dry or 35 for ironing dry.
Best option is to spin at 800rpm and put on line, for even less creasing.

Easy
Gary
 
Bedding And Duvets

Place in machine, select "cottons 60o" put 90ml of Tesco Bio Powder in soap draw, cap of low scent conditioner in, close draw and switch on, come back 75 minutes later and its done, dryer (reversing) will take 45 mins for cupboard dry or 35 for ironing dry.
Best option is to spin at 800rpm and put on line, for even less creasing.

Easy
Gary
 
In Spain I have a king size synthetic comforter that I can just about cram into my Miele W1 washer.  After the 1600 RPM spin, it fits easily in my Miele T1 heat pump dryer (although it fills the drum) and it dries completely no problem (although ends up very creased).  However I do always use it as a duvet by putting it inside a duvet cover (which I iron), so it doesn't get washed often.  We also have a double down duvet in the guest room and that gets the same treatment.

 

I'm currently in Goodyear, AZ with a Maytag Neptune washer and gas dryer.  The washer copes fine with comforters and bedding.  The dryer can dry comforters just fine, but they always end up creased and so I try to iron it once on the bed.  The dryer does tend to ball other bedding, just like my Miele in Spain.  I have also washed a comforter in an older Maytag belt drive TL.  Works ok, but I think a FL is better for comforters.

 

I am very envious of Gary with his 1980s British Hoover vented dryer that reverses every 37 seconds.  I would love one of those.  Although the Maytag gas dryer, with its 6400-Watt burner and fast airflow, does dry very quickly but it can leave duvet covers and fitted sheets in a tangled mess!

 

Mark

 

P.S. I prefer to have a fitted sheet on top of the mattress protector and then a duvet or comforter inside a duvet cover.  I just can't get along with bedspreads and top sheets between me and the comforter -- hotels often do it that way and the whole bed ends up looking like a war broke out after I've tried to sleep in it.  How about you guys?

[this post was last edited: 9/4/2015-00:40]
 
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