Feather pillows

[BlingLoving]

I am embarrassed to say I have never washed my feather pillows. I did not know it was necessary. However, what were lovely soft yet firm pillows are now flat and lacking support. Will having them professionally cleaned make them a bit puffier?

If not, please recommend good new pillows. I like them to have support but they need to be feather as I need the flexibility.

thank god you haven't washed them, feathers don't like the water, get themdry cleaned and repuffed, works a treat!

I thought you weren't meant to dry clean feather pillows/duvets??

I've washed them before in my (large capacity) washing machine on a gentle cycle. Then tumble dry then really well with a couple of tennis balls in the drier - helps to plump them again.

I have dry cleaners advertising cleaning them. Think I will get it done professionally as we have a small machine and no tumble dryer.

keep us updated on your pillow saga won't you?

They can be washed and the dry cleaners will wash them and tumble dry them rather than dry clean them.

If you have a dryer you can wash them yourself and tumble dry them.

i didn't think dry cleaners washed things, that everything was cleaned by chemicals in a special machine like a giant tumble drier.

We wash our down duvet and it comes out fine. You just have to make sure it is really really really dry or the down rots.