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My wife has a dearly loved soft toy (from the Disney store if that makes any difference) that quite frankly is in bloody good need of a wash. As a man with no kids and so no experience in this area I wondered what the correct approach to washing said item is? I ask as, if I was to wash it and it was damaged in any way, I would likely be killed.
Thanks all!
By hand with laundry soap in the sink. Then a good rinsing and hang to dry.
Good luck!
You're overthinking it.
Get it in the machine. Start with the gentlest setting.
Yeap washing machine, gentle wash if need be. We've done it hundreds of times, nothing fell apart yet 🙂
Get it in the machine. Start with the gentlest setting.
Remember that washing machines measure gentleness on a percentage scale, so you'll want to set it to 90.
Remember that washing machines measure gentleness on a percentage scale, so you’ll want to set it to 90.
Haha! Whilst I'd disregard this I'd definitely just chuck it in the machine. Research how easily a replacement could be obtained, just in case. My son now has 3 'Horace the Hippos' just in case...
30º delicate cycle in the washing machine, spin it as fast as you like and have a little think about getting a wife who isn't psychopathically obsessed with soft Disney character toys.
With 2 dogs and a large selection of soft toys, they frequently all get chucked in the washing machine and hung on the line to dry. Came home to find one of the dogs barking at the washing line indignantly. Some favoured toys are 20+ years and 2nd generation.
Come see yer dad... W<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">rap it tightly in a pillow case or similar so that takes the abrasion. </span>
Always do my lads toys in a pillow case. Might not be as clean as possible but gets the job done.
I had a teddy bear when I was very young that I was inseparable from. One day my gran chucked it in the washing machine, I was absolutely beside myself with worry. She then hung it on the washing line pegged out by its ears and I had a full-on meltdown that it'd "hurt." To placate me she ended fashioning some sort of harness arrangement so it could be supported under its arms instead.
Whether your wife will have a similar reaction or not, I couldn't speculate.
Our dog's soft toys just go in the washing machine, then either on the line or, at this time of year, on the radiators to dry. Trouble is, she does help herself to them before they are dry sometimes.
If in doubt, I'd definitely hand wash, then spin in machine.
In the washing machine, on the gentlest setting in a pillow case.
40 degrees, in a pillowcase then spun at 'ninja-speed'. (your washing machine may not have that setting).
It'll come out virtually dry and ready for bed! I know this as Rooy (spl? Rooie), my sons toy looks like he's been 20 years in the Gulag as opposed to 8 years in his bed. Washing once is fine, 20 times is fine, 200 times? It's going to be noticeable.
My dog has - touch wood - never destroyed anything (except the edge off a wall as a puppy, of all things).
Except for her soft toys; anything we give her is shredded in about 30 mins. Even those indestructible bits of knotted heavy duty rope - hamster bedding within the hour.
This concept of washing her toys is therefore totally alien.
+1 to the having a spare for the kids though. We have 2 donkeys still on near continuous rotation, and my daughter's 14 in 3 days time. I suspect she thinks there are 2 of them, but we've never broached the subject. She doesn't know there are actually 3 though, and the one that she left on a bus never got found, when I brought him back from town he was actually the spare and I'm just a good actor about how hard I'd had to look for him. And then we watched him like a hawk until D3 could be sourced....... but that's another thread - what's the most over the odds you've ever paid for anything on ebay.
She surely knows and is humouring you.
dogs toys, in machine and hang out by lugs tails etc..
#ScarredForLife
My Zaphod Beeblebear is looking a bit grubby and dusty around the edges, and needs a bit of a wash, but I’ve never wanted to put it in the machine, in case one of his heads or arms came adrift; I’ll give the pillowcase trick a go, or maybe just stick him in a bowl of warm soapy water and give him a gentle scrub, he’s been sat on a hifi speaker since 1985 so it’s just dust.
Ok, that gave me the giggles, thanks for that.
Good work bearnecessities.