Feather pillows

[BlingLoving]

I am embarrassed to say I have never washed my feather pillows. I did not know it was necessary. However, what were lovely soft yet firm pillows are now flat and lacking support. Will having them professionally cleaned make them a bit puffier?

If not, please recommend good new pillows. I like them to have support but they need to be feather as I need the flexibility.

[mrsfuzzy]

thank god you haven't washed them, feathers don't like the water, get themdry cleaned and repuffed, works a treat!

[amazonianwoman]

I thought you weren't meant to dry clean feather pillows/duvets??

I've washed them before in my (large capacity) washing machine on a gentle cycle. Then tumble dry then really well with a couple of tennis balls in the drier - helps to plump them again.

[BlingLoving]

I have dry cleaners advertising cleaning them. Think I will get it done professionally as we have a small machine and no tumble dryer.

[mrsfuzzy]

keep us updated on your pillow saga won't you?

[Bienchen]

They can be washed and the dry cleaners will wash them and tumble dry them rather than dry clean them.

If you have a dryer you can wash them yourself and tumble dry them.

[mrsfuzzy]

i didn't think dry cleaners washed things, that everything was cleaned by chemicals in a special machine like a giant tumble drier.

[Hopandaskip]

We wash our down duvet and it comes out fine. You just have to make sure it is really really really dry or the down rots.