Washing pillows

I gave up washing, I buy new. Profligate

Shinamae

They never turn out right so I just buy new ones once a year..

Wow and it all goes into landfill- once a year.

Use protectors and wash those.

I'm a dribbler.
I dribble through the protectors, unless I spring out of bed and immediately strip it, like the time I did in 1998.

If they get twisted I just cut open the cover, untangle then sew the cover back up. It won't be noticed under a pillow case.

BlueBelle

Theres only me and I ve never sweated in my life even when I lived in the tropics ?

Ladies don't sweat, they glow.?

I put my pillows on a delicate wash with comfort added to keep them smdlling fresh...I plump them up and then sit then on my whirling to dry....Do this every 3 months.

I wash mine about every six months, they’re all feather and down, or down. I wash them at 40 and they need a long hot tumble dry, but come up like new.

MissAdventure

I'm a dribbler.
I dribble through the protectors, unless I spring out of bed and immediately strip it, like the time I did in 1998.

you can buy allergy protectors which are practically waterproof, but still breathe.

I may have to look at those, but so far my pillows have stood up to washing.
They must be about ten years old now.
All the ones I had before didnt last.

I don’t even glow narda I don’t have greasy hair or dribble i shower and wash my hair everyday I have a proctor then a pillowcase which get washed regularly so my pillows are fine

I’m another one who has never been successful with washing pillows, so I’ve given up.

They aren’t expensive to buy new, even good quality ones so that’s what I do about once a year.

I once read a tip that you should stitch through them to keep them in place in the washing machine. If you use a long length of double thread and a heavy duty needle you can sort of "quilt" them with large tacking stitches.

I've done this in the past JackyB - stitching in each corner - but to be honest I can't face doing it now (I am getting very lazy in my old age!)

Oh no.
Who wants to see before you can even wash something? It's all wrong!

Sew. Not see.

I can’t say I’ve had any problems with feather or synthetic filled, washing them on a low setting, drying outside and shaking them about a bit to settle the filling.

There’s no way I’d be throwing them into landfill every year, even if replacements were free.

I used to wash my feather pillows on a windy day and just hang them out then air them for a day or so.

A protector helps Bluebelle. You didn't mention that in your first post.

A person can be very clean and still have pillows that need freshened.

OK, if the sewing is too much (which I can quite understand) how about holding the innards in place with a few large rubber bands round the pillows before popping them in the machine?

MissAdventure ten years, that's very good, what brand are they?

I washed four synthetic pillows yesterday. Two at a time, 30 min, 40° cycle. Pulled them into shape and dried them outside. Was pleasantly surprised with the result.

"If someone sweats a lot pillows will get marks." That is why I get 3 cheap pillow-cases and sew those on, apart from the outside one. This helps the feathers not come through, too. I still have feather pillowcases made by my granny, from her hens' feathers. Every so often, I change the inside pillowcases.

Oh gosh, I must be a very dirty person! I have never washed a pillow in my life. I have clean thick quilted protectors and clean pillowcases, so it never even occurred to me that the pillows themselves could get dirty. Somehow we don't seem to have come to any harm though

I use quilted pillow protectors which are washed monthly. Pillows themselves are therefore only washed once per year. Feather so fluff up nicely, though do take ages to dry.