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Can i wash this duvet in the bath?

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RudeElf · 09/04/2016 16:37

It is a heavy kingsize. I managed to squash it into my 7kg machine but it was making this vile noise as it turned so i took it out.

It needs washed and i'd rather not pay £12 at the dry cleaners.

Can i wash it in the bath or will i never get it dried? Would i be able to squeeze enough water out to get it into the washing machine for a spin?

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FelicityR313 · 09/04/2016 16:39

Not unless you have a ten man squad with you. It absorbs its size in water. Is impossible to manoever, squeeze, rinse. Don't do it. Believe me £12 is a bargain to save your sanity.

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RudeElf · 09/04/2016 16:40

Gah. Thought so. Dry cleaners it is then.

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FelicityR313 · 09/04/2016 16:41

A bold part of me wants to see you try though lol.

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RudeElf · 09/04/2016 16:48

well inappreciate your kind honesty in not sending me off to do it!

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RudeElf · 09/04/2016 16:48

I appreciate

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Thebookswereherfriends · 09/04/2016 16:54

I tried washing a single duvet in the bath and it took 2 of us to squeeze it out even a bit and then 2 to carry it downstairs in a tuff tub, 2 of us to get it on the line where it stayed for 3 days in the summer and still needed a day inside in the conservatory. It's really not worth it!