Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is a difference between a duvet and a duvet cover.
A King duvet COVER can likely be washed in a regular retail machine. Especially a top loader with no agitator. Because multiple people I know can wash a regular thickness Queen fiberfill comforter in such a machine.
If you do not have pets and do not have allergies, you may not need to wash the King duvet/insert very often. That is the purpose of using a cover. Those were designed for unwashable down bedding (before the modern era and dry-cleaning).
Look at the largest capacity top-loaders.
Down bedding can be washed and dried in a regular top loader washing machine.
You just need to either put tennis balls in with it while drying, or stop the dryer several times to rearrange and fluff the down comforter so it dries evenly. It might take a 2nd drying cycle depending on the size.
I usually use hot water when I wash our goose down pillows and comforters, but warm works fine too. Don't use cold water and you will be good to go.
** I don't know if you can wash them in those inefficient front loader machines that struggle to properly clean even clothing. But if you have a top loader, just throw your goose down bedding in the wash.
My experience is very different.
Comforters float up to the surface in top loaders, so they aren't thoroughly washed. In agitator top loaders where the agitator moves independently of the tub, the agitator rubs on the comforter and abrades it.
A front loader with a bulky cycle will thoroughly wet a comforter, and the tumbling action gently washes it. Floating to the surface isn't an issue.
Comforters with loose filling are never the same after being washed, and it's a waste of money to buy a good down comforter and then wash it. Since we prefer to wash our comforters rather than covering them and washing just the cover, I try to stick to comforters with batting rather than loose fill.
A blanket rather than a comforter may be a better choice, if you tend to feel warm while you're sleeping and you don't sleep in a cold room. Blanket is much easier to wash and dry.
So you are saying you never washed down before, and don't really have experience with goose down, since all your comforters are synthetic polyfill batting.
Feathers, down in particular, can be easily washed and dried in a regular center agitator top loader and regular dryer. A front loader is not a hood option for washing goosedown. You need the higher wather levels that a normal top loader washer provides, and the efficiency of an agitator. The front loaders are just not efficient enough, and don't provide enough water to actually clean the comforters.
It doesn't "float to the surface" (wtf) and the agitator doesn’t "abrade" it. Maybe that happens is you are washing polyester fiberfill comforters, but that never happens with goose down.
What do you think happens when feathers get wet? Just like feathers on birds go back to normal after getting wet, so does goose down.
Down is washable. It is from feathers. It dries with no issues and resumes its orginal texture and fluffiness. Just like you can get a feathered bird wet or even wash a feathered bird and the feathers resume their originsl state of fluff, you can get a goosedown comforter wet and wash it with minimal effort and no damage. In fact, it will look fluffier after washing. The feathers will redistribute and fill out the pockets where they had settled and clumped from daily usage.
You just need to machine dry it instead of air drying, because it can take a very long time to air dry.
You don't need to pay to have your goose down professionally cleaned. If you have a top loader and a dryer, just do it yourself at home.
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