AIBU to think you don't wash cushions!!

[allthegoodusersaretaken]

Came home today to find that DD16 had taken all the covers off the sofa cushions and put them in the washing machine! Fortunately they all seem fine, but surely a spin cycle would ruin them?
YABU: DD is right, they go in the washing machine
YANBU: This ruins them, they shouldn't be machine washed

I wash all my covers 🤷‍♀️

well it depedns what they are made of.

But yes, all mine are washable. They get washed about once every 2 years

What had she spilt on them that she wanted to hide?

Some need dry cleaning, depends on the fabric type.

When my kids were younger, despite the settee being covered with blankets, I washed the cushion covers most weeks due to general child ick.

In fact, I learned my lesson and bought the white ones (which I know sounds mad), because that way I could bleach them when they got something particularly horrible on them!

Wash mine regularly. This one says dry clean, but I risked it and they're fine. Most are washable and removable for that reason.

I wash mine, and I’m the least house-person. They get washed maybe twice a year.

I’m pretty manky compared to a lot of mn’ers and people I see on fb groups, and even I occasionally wash cushion covers!

@SarahDippity

I’d be wondering what prompted your 16yo DD to put cushion covers in the wash!

Yes! This!

This was literally my first thought - what has DD been up to that prompted her to wash them.

@LittleDandelionClock

I have never washed cushions. Just the covers. I am puzzled by the poll result! How can so many think your DD is right???

Because she did wash the covers. Which are washable

Your daughter is great, you are grim

Cushion covers get filthy, of course you need to wash them!

That is why they are removable, ours are washed every 2 weeks.

Covers yes if the fabric is washable.

Have had cheapish scatter cushions where the cover wasn't removable so have washed whole thing when then toddler ds spilt stuff on them. My premise was it was unusable as it was so I might as well give it a go - sometimes it was fine, sometimes not.

Of course you wash cushion covers. We wash our evers few weeks. And once/twice a year, I strip the covers off the actual sofa cushions (the big ones which are the actual sofa) and get them washed. If its fabric, It needs washing.

@LittleDandelionClock

I have never washed cushions. Just the covers. I am puzzled by the poll result! How can so many think your DD is right???

Because the OP has clarified she means the covers. Which you also do, so not unreasonable, clearly.

Do all mine on very hot days in the summer. Not heavily used as small household and a lot of cushions. Cotton, velvet and heavy tapestry covers, synthetic or duck down inner. All in the machine in batches then dry outside.

It’s lovely that she is trying to help out

Throw cushion covers? Most are washable and I give them a wash a couple of times a year.

I've just washed and ironed mine on the back of this thread

Depends. Our cushions covers have done coating on them that can’t be washed. There’s a special cleaning solution we have for spot cleaning.

I notice that if i don't wash my cushion covers in a while they have that horrible musty smell you only get in teenage boys' bedrooms, usually from unwashed hair. Which is odd as I regularly wash my hair, but I guess it's just human smell?

So yes I wash them regularly!

If you’ve got ones that zip undone and can be washed then of course you wash them!

Mine go in the washing machine