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To ask if I can wash a king sized duvet in the bath?

97 replies

Placeboooooooo · 21/01/2018 21:56

DD (4) has been on a mission to fuck me off this week.

To cut a long story short she has drawn massively bushy eyebrows on my faux tapestry of a young man serenading his betrothed, she’s drawn eyebrows on my cushion that had a stag on it and she’s even drawn eyebrows on the fucking cat.

Needless to say she got a bollocking and didn’t take kindly to that either so what does she go and do? She pisses ALL OVER MY FUCKING DUVET. I’ve been quoted £30 at the laundrette but the bloody thing only cost me that two weeks ago Angry

Can I wash it in the tub? It’s only a synthetic one so no goose feathers etc.

Thanks in advance.

OP posts:
thisismytemporaryusername · 21/01/2018 23:02

DonnyandVlad I have done this - cut in half and sewed poppers along each edge. It was a mess and didn't work! CircleofWillis My daughter when 3 once found my new magazine that I'd just bought, put it on the floor and pee-d on it because I was on the 'phone to a friend. Normal I thought?!

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 21/01/2018 23:09

DonnyandVlad I have done this - cut in half and sewed poppers along each edge. It was a mess and didn't work!

Grin are you him? Wink

Roomba · 21/01/2018 23:10

I couldn't even wash a 13.5 tog double duvet in my 9kg machine. I could just about squeeze it in but it refused to wash it as it unbalanced the machine so it just beeped and refused to fill.

In my city there was only one laundrette that had a special super large washer/drier but that closed. All the other just have normal sized machines though the driers are fairly big. It would cost more than a new duvet to actually dry a king size duvet there though!

Jassmells · 21/01/2018 23:13

Shower off the offending area rather than wash whole thing?

RecalibratedMilkshake · 21/01/2018 23:13

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Cinnamus · 21/01/2018 23:14

To be honest I think a ruined duvet is the least of your worries. Her behaviour sounds horrendous and you called your own daughter a cow, which personally I find very shocking. Time to deal with the cause of the problem, not the symptom...

BulletFox · 21/01/2018 23:15

Me too!!!

I feel like we were promised a tippexed cat which hasn't materialised!

Viviennemary · 21/01/2018 23:18

Not in this weather. I washed a single duvet once in the bath on a hot day. And that was bad enough. And hung it out in the garden to dry. Never again. It's annoying to decide what to do if cleaning costs more than the duvet.

BlackeyedSusan · 21/01/2018 23:18

put water and soap in bath first. then duvet, walk up and down on duvet, or better still get dd to walk up and down on duvet. leave to soak for up to half an hour , walk up and down on duvet again.

take out plug, allow to drain. leave a while for water to drain out naturally, then fold and squish small sections to get out as much water as possible. (walking on it)

I then run the shower over it to rinse it through. a good walk up and down on it again to squeeze out the water helps.

leave to drain.

drying:

put clothes horse in bath. lift a foot length of duvet onto the bottom rung, allow that to drain free of water for about half an hour, then hoik it up a bit further. if you try to do the whole thing it is far too heavy, let gravity do the work for you.

keep squeezing out the lower edges of the duvet every time you pass, this will speed up drying.

eventually it will stop dripping and you can dry over a clothes horse somewhere else. (or banisters or a door, )

in summer it is best done outside.

Weedsnseeds1 · 21/01/2018 23:20

I've done this. You will never get it dry. Even after about three days in the line it was still sodden. I then shoved it in the tumble drier and destroyed the belt.
Launderette with industrial washers and dryers is the only waySad

BlackeyedSusan · 21/01/2018 23:21

oh and I have washed just the wet corner of a duvet before.in a bowl, in situ. dryed the damp bit near the radiator. was dry by evening. (put the damp corner in a towel and walke d up and down on it to squeeze out the water. )

Eatalot · 21/01/2018 23:21

Uni I work in has cheap industrial sizes washing machines and dryers for halls of residence. Anyone cab walk in and only £1 for was and 20p for 15 mins drying. If there is a uni near you worth a look.

BlackeyedSusan · 21/01/2018 23:22

ahhh, weeds and seeds, you were doing it wrong thats why... Wink

MummySparkle · 21/01/2018 23:24

Grin at randomly washing a duvet in uni halls!

I've had 2 single duvets in my 6?kg machine. Unfortunately I didn't bank on quite how much shower gel the DCs had squeezed into their bedding. My washing machine started foaming out of the drawer Shock Pretty sure I had a thread about it on here at the time - I had no idea what to do!

Allaboutthatcake · 21/01/2018 23:28

Stop referring to your child as a little cow place.

Buy a new - cheap - duvet:

MarieNostra · 21/01/2018 23:31

I just don't get these types of posts.

Either it goes to the local launderette and dryer or it is replaced.

There is no way a KING size would fit in a domestic machine and dry quickly.

FGS.

ForagingForFaerieGold · 21/01/2018 23:34

You must have an extremely placid cat. If anyone tried that with mine, they'd be cut to ribbons. And possibly in the emergency room Grin

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 21/01/2018 23:36

No need to get so wound up marie Confused it’s not that big a deal.

BulletFox · 21/01/2018 23:36

Fairie yeah I'd be mangled beyond recognition as well

MarieNostra · 21/01/2018 23:44

Donny,

I know, but honestly. King size in a domestic machine or in the bath? And drying it too.

Whoa!

Just a lot of trouble for a similar replacement price surely!

I am sorry that I should post my views now. Ha ha. Not allowed anymore. Madre de Dios!

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 21/01/2018 23:46

Oh you can post your views. I just don’t understand why your views are so intense. About a duvet.... Confused

DesignedForLife · 21/01/2018 23:47

I washed mine in the bath, took a couple good windy days for it to dry. Wouldn't try it with a winter duvet though.

movingtowardsthelight · 21/01/2018 23:51

Don’t put it in a domestic washing machine! I did this years ago and even though it was a super large capacity drum it tore big holes in it.

Every time we had (thankfully mine are grown now) pee accidents, I put it i a large bath full of hot soapy water. Tread it like grapes at wine making.

Release water and carry on treading. Refill bath with warm clean water and repeat. Many times to get soap out.

Then finally tread it until all possible water has been removed.

Then the fun starts......

It will weigh as much as a body. Put lots of polythene on the floor and heave it out of the bath. At this stage you can pas it out with dry towels and roll the whole thing whilst treading on it to squeeze out water.

Then drag down stairs and to a sturdy washing line.

You’ll need help to get it on top of the line. The weight won’t allow you to peg it up normally. You can peg and secure the bits that hang down on all sides.

If it rains, cover with the polythene and peg securely. It does dry.

I did this for years until I discovered the local laundrette had a supersized machine and dryer. It took an afternoon to get it washed and dry, and cost me nearly £20 but was so much easier.

BulletFox · 21/01/2018 23:54

Donny I'd have quite firm opinions about a large duvet as well :)

Launderette. It must be cheaper than a new one.

Mine is single and I think it cost £25, it's not a special one. I'd try to rewash it rather than get a new one though, unless it was utterly buggered.

MarieNostra · 21/01/2018 23:55

Donny is funny.

Either launderette or buy another.

Everything is so complicated here when there are so many easy solutions!

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