Washing second hand toys

[jma43]

Hi everyone!
We've been very lucky and have been gifted lots of second hand baby toys. It was through a friend.
My question is, can I put the cuddly toys in the washing machine? They all say sponge clean/surface clean only. But I want to clean them more thoroughly than that as some do look well used.
Can anyone help? Wondering whether to throw in a 30degree wash and just see what happens!

Tie them in a pillowcase, I've washed them like that and they come out fine.
Look a bit silly pegged to the line by their ears though

Thank you contactlight! Lol my washing line is certainly going to look a bit unusual! There's quite a few! Did you wash at 30degrees or hotter?

Put everything in a pillow case or one of those mesh bags and wash at 30

Or you could plonk everything in the bath/kitchen sink with a couple of milton tablets if you are worried they'll get destroyed in the washing machine. That's how we washed toys when I worked in a nursery.

I wouldn’t bother. Extra germs are good for their immune system...

Bung them in at 40C they'll be fine.
I always used to wash the class bear when it came to our house.

Stick him thru at 40, they’ll either survive or they won’t.

@Camomila wouldn't Milton fade cuddly toys? I thought it bleached?!

OP, we were given lots of secondhand cuddly toys and I washed all of them at 30 degrees in the washing machine. All of them survived!

I've washed loads of teddies in washing machine - usually just on 30. I work in a nursery too and all the teddies are washed in the machine every term :)

It probably depends on the quantities. One milton tablet to a lot of water, quick swish about and then rinse should be fine.

I'v washed plenty of soft toys at 30. If their no longer fluffy give them a bit of a blow dry and they come up like new

I wash all cuddly toys at 40 in the washing machine. Not lost anything yet! Plastic toys go in the dishwasher

Sadly no dishwasher so I'll be shoving the plastic toys in the sink with sterilizing stuff! Thank you everyone! I'm going to put a wash load on and make use of this heatwave to get them dry!

40deg wash with the dettol laundry detergent. That should do the trick.