duvets, wash or dry clean

My dry cleaner washes mine ( if that doesn't sound odd ).

I’ve just bought a ‘Supremely Washable’ 7.5 tog from M&S.

They used to sell anti allergy duvet covers/protectors but no one sells them any more. You can buy mattress protectors but not duvet protectors. I don’t know why they suddenly stopped selling/manufacturing them.

I get mine dry cleaned at our local Morrisons. They roll them up clean in a zipped cover . The clean one goes on the bed at the next bedding change and the one on the bed goes back to the shop to be dry cleaned in turn. So each season approx every 6 months they get cleaned and the container stores the spare. I find it a good system .

I once washed a feather and down double duvet in the washing machine. Disaster! The weight of a shopping wet duvet sheered the bolts on the machine clean off. Both machine and duvet were ruined.

Take it to the laundrette! They wash and dry it. It costs about £20

I used to put mine in the bath and walk up and down on them, then dry them on the line, but mine aren't feathers and down. It was fun! No bath now so will have to think of something else.

Amazon have this spray for a quick refresher
www.amazon.co.uk/QuickQuilt-Anti-bacterial-Bedding-Disinfectant-Sanitise?tag=gransnetforum-21

If you do wash it I have seen a tip that suggested putting a tennis ball in an old sock, tie the top so the ball can't get out, and put one or two of those into the machine too - they will help to stop the down clumping together.

Can’t use down quilts as OH and both son in law’s are allergic.

I washed the lighter one in the machine and once washed the larger one in the bath, put it in a sulo bin liner and threw it out of the window. It was a nightmare to hang on the line dripping wet, so didn’t bother again.

Since we moved and no loner have our own garden we’ve been taking the super king size quilt covers to the local dry cleaners/launderette. They charged £8 for two so well worth it.

Mine are synthetic and I steam clean them over the washing line.

I don’t use down ones and as we like a light 4.5 tog all year round I pop it in the washing machine every 3-6 months when the weather is good enough to get it dry on the line.

Wash, but they're never as soft afterwards. (down ones)

I never wash or clean them though my summer one is very thin and may fit into my new washing machine which is a bit bigger than the old one, so may wash but not too worried.
Ooh just spotted, don’t wash them if they are feathers and down, they could and probably will, go all clumpy.

You’re not supposed to dry clean duvets - the fumes from the chemicals are toxic.,

I take ours once a year to be laundered - they’re too big for my washing machine.,