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Pinterest Made Me Do It :: Pillow Washing

February 17, 2014 by Ashley Mayes 7 Comments

Whew, I feel like I can breathe again. We had a crazy-full weekend. Funny though, we didn’t have plans with anyone but I had plans for all of us. I wanted to get the bathroom cabinets done (which was asking too much…but we did make tons of progress) and do a few other things around the house. We got a little bit of everything done, but nothing fully done. Sometimes that annoys me, but other times I realize that the things that we do instead are more important.

Like this:

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We went on a bike/walk at a nearby park and trail on Sunday. We finally had decent weather (I think it was upper 40s) and it felt so good to do something fun as a family. Spring….come soon, please.

Back to the post. I’ve had this pinned for awhile. It’s a pillow washing tutorial from One Good Thing by Jillee. So, please visit her site for a very in-depth tutorial on how to wash your pillows. It’s funny that I share cleaning methods, because I’m not a super tidy type person.  I like the obscure cleaning methods (like the mattress cleaning that I did) way better than just general house cleaning (which doesn’t get done all that much).  I did the lazy-gals guide to washing pillows and mine turned out well… so I’ll share what I did.

Guide to Pillow Washing Bigger than the Three of Us

Use two pillows so that they keep the washer balanced.

Wash (I used the DIY laundry soap but you could use a different powder soap) on Permanent Press/Delicate (I was able to choose both for my washer) and use cold water.

Send it through the rinse cycle twice.

Put in the dryer and dry on medium. I ran mine for 1.5 cycles and that seemed to get them very dry.

These pillows weren’t stained or anything before, but they did seem to have a freshness to them after they came out of the dryer.

I read somewhere about how many pounds of dry skin we shed a year and it totally disgusted me. I’m now feeling better about having dry skin-less pillows. =)

Linking up to:

The Makers – Persia Lou

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  1. Jul[email protected]

    February 17, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Eeeew, dry skin shedding! Yuck! 😉

    I’m off to wash some pillows now LOL

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      February 17, 2014 at 7:43 am

      I know, right? =)

      Reply
  2. Luke

    February 17, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    Test comment

    Reply
  3. Katie @ Upcycled Treasures

    February 19, 2014 at 10:52 am

    I’m all about washing pillows but am so bad at balancing the washer and it dances when I leave the room, woops. Thanks for the tips and for linking up to The Makers!

    Reply
  4. Alexis @ Persia Lou

    February 19, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Oh man. I’ve had that one pinned for a while, but haven’t actually done it. Aaaaand now that I’m thinking about my pillows loaded with skin flakes I better go do it right now.

    Reply
  5. Zita W.

    February 20, 2014 at 8:45 am

    nice tips on doing washing pillows, really at home, a manual hand wash is used, cause I am afraid that washing machine will get malfunction…

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      February 20, 2014 at 4:36 pm

      I think it probably depends on your washing machine and the options that are available. Good point, though.

      Reply

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