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How often to you clean/wash your duvet?

144 replies

rosechocolate · 22/10/2021 18:15

Takes a week and £32 at the dry cleaners, so not that often here. Maybe I should chance the washing machine

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Silverswirl · 23/10/2021 00:07

@Milkbottlelegs yes me! Never washed mine and I think we’ve had it 20 years! Never has occurred to me. Never washed the kids either although theirs are much newer

WhistlersandJugglers · 23/10/2021 00:24

My summer one is in the hall bagged up to go to the dry cleaners. I love changing to the winter weight one. I get them cleaned when I change over and then put the not-being-used one in the attic.

IncessantNameChanger · 23/10/2021 00:32

When one of the kids comes in and wets the bed. We did it at the laundry

GTAlogic · 23/10/2021 00:38

Unless one of the dc throws up all over one, we never wash the duvets. We do change them though from a 2 to a 7.5tog over the coldest part of the winter.

gofg · 23/10/2021 01:46

Never! When I swap them over, as I did yesterday, I air them on the clothesline, that's it.

SusieSusieSoo · 23/10/2021 05:12

My king size hollowfibre duvets go in my washing machine if Ds pees on it. There is a duvet setting on my washing machine.

On a bad week his duvet might get washed 3x

They all dry in tumble drier & his singles dry over an airer pretty quickly too except the cheap one from Asda which started to melt & is going in the black bin later today

gunnersgold · 23/10/2021 07:47

Beige colour is sweat and unlikely will wash out tbh

I used to own a chain of dry cleaners and feather duvets do fluff up again but once the outside discolours it won't return to the original colour unless it was coffee or similar spilt on it .. they can only really be washed on 40 so ot doesn't do much except freshen them up!

LovingBob · 23/10/2021 07:52

Summer one I wash in machine, it's in the wash pile now as I just changed over. Winter one I generally just air in the summer as too big for machine and change it about every three years, we use sheets as well as duvet covers so it doesn't get that grubby. When DS was young his single duvet just went into the machine as often as needed.

Notdoingthis · 23/10/2021 07:52

When I move house, so roughly once every 4 or 5 years so far. They don't need dry cleaning. The dry cleaners told me to take it to a launderette with a huge washing machine, as that's all they would do and it would be far cheaper. Better than replacing and creating more waste too.

wheresmymojo · 23/10/2021 08:01

Once in its entire lifetime - when the cat peed on it!

SapereAude · 23/10/2021 08:15

20,000 live mites in a duvet not washed at least twice a year.
Pillows even worse apparently. Creepy thingies flock to the damp caused by sweaty hair and dribbling.

LovingBob · 23/10/2021 08:17

Aren't the same mites in mattresses and we don't wash those

Keiki · 23/10/2021 08:17

Once a year on a roastingly hot day. Big feather duvet that i put in the launderette's huge machine then hang out on the line to dry. So much nicer when it's no longer yellow and sweaty.

SapereAude · 23/10/2021 08:20

@LovingBob

Aren't the same mites in mattresses and we don't wash those
Yep. Each mattress that's unwashed is apparently 1kg heavier. That's why they need washing.
ilovesooty · 23/10/2021 08:23

@Abraxan

We have washable cover less duvets so they get washed pretty frequently. Have them for every bed now. Go in the washer in a morning and then we throw it over the banister to dry during the day. Technically it can be tumble dried but we haven't done so yet. It could obviously also be dried outside.
I have those too. I dry mine on the line though.
Original poster
rosechocolate · 23/10/2021 08:25

I'm disheartened by the person saying the weird beige will stay despite a decent dry clean!

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QuickityQuackity · 23/10/2021 08:25

DH has a severe dust mite allergy so every time we duvet swap. 60 degree wash done at the dry cleaners

SalsaLove · 23/10/2021 08:29

We have a Baavet, filled with wool, and just air it out a couple of times a year. British made too!

QuickityQuackity · 23/10/2021 08:32

Apparently you should hoover your mattress every 2 weeks. And under the bed. When DH was diagnosed with his dust mite allergy I took the Dyson to the mattress. I was appalled. So. Much. Dust. So much. But all invisible as it was on the mattress. We now have a medicall level (or something like that) proper mattress cover. Just super, super fine weave so dust and mites can't get through. And if no dust hanging around nothing for the mites to live on.

Oh and just to gross you out...dust allergies are caused by a reaction to dust mite sperm/sexual activity....not the dust itself.

Sprogonthetyne · 23/10/2021 09:05

When one of the DC is either sick or has an accident on it. Roughly every few months for theirs and once or twice a year for ours (we sometimes co-sleep, especially when their poorly). We have a ginormous (11kg) washing machine, which fits them in, and even has a duvet setting especially for the purpose.

gunnersgold · 23/10/2021 09:51

@rosechocolate they don't dry clean them .. they get washed . If you have a dryer you can do it yourself

RestingStitchFace · 23/10/2021 09:57

Last time was about two years ago - was thinking about this yesterday. Stripped DS's bed and was aware that his duvet had a bit of a sweaty smell. 😳 Am thinking I best do something soon.

LovingBob · 23/10/2021 10:05

You shouldn't dry clean duvets or any bedding anyway because of the toxic chemicals used

Milkbottlelegs · 23/10/2021 11:52

@LovingBob

You shouldn't dry clean duvets or any bedding anyway because of the toxic chemicals used
The dry cleaner doesn’t actually dry clean them. They wash and dry them. Same as when you send normal shirts to be laundered.
justasking111 · 23/10/2021 12:25

@RestingStitchFace

Last time was about two years ago - was thinking about this yesterday. Stripped DS's bed and was aware that his duvet had a bit of a sweaty smell. 😳 Am thinking I best do something soon.
OH do I had to replace mattress, duvet bedding it was all so whiffy. Those yellow oils they sweat out are pungent