How to wash padding polyester pillows in an automatic washing machine

Like all bedding, pillows made of padding polyester require regular and high-quality cleaning. When washing them in a washing machine, the housewife faces the problem of preserving the original shape of these products.

However, following a few rules and recommendations allows you to quite successfully complete this difficult procedure and preserve the pillow for a long time.

Basic Rules

Pillows with artificial filling can be washed not only by hand, but also in a washing machine. Despite its lightness, synthetic winterizer is sufficiently dense and durable, which helps it easily withstand wet cleaning and contact with detergents.

Important! The frequency of washing synthetic padding pillows is at least 2 times a year.

Before cleaning, it is necessary to check the product’s suitability for water procedures and further use. To do this, the pillow is folded in half or compressed. Its independent straightening will indicate that the product is still quite new and has strong elastic fibers. A crumpled pillow must be replaced.

Washing pillows filled with padding polyester is carried out according to the following algorithm:

studying the information on the label: type of synthetic material, possible methods of its processing, permissible temperature conditions, etc.;
choosing the appropriate washing option;
loading two products into the drum at once;
after completing the machine washing cycle, setting the additional rinse mode in order to completely remove the detergent;
Spin the completely rinsed product using a dry towel or clean, absorbent cloth.

Important! When spinning, it is unacceptable to twist the pillow.

Before washing, each product is placed in an old pillowcase or covered.

How to wash

The most convenient way to wash the pillow is in the washing machine. The main thing is to set the washing mode and temperature correctly. Hollow fiber is washable at temperatures up to 70 degrees, but for padding polyester, temperatures above 40 degrees can be critical. If you are not sure what was used for the stuffing, then simply set the temperature to 40 degrees, for the same reason, turn off the spin cycle, since it is not recommended to wash synthetic padding pillows with a spin cycle - this filler may get confused and it will be difficult to straighten it out.

Pour detergent into the washing machine. It is advisable to wash with liquid detergents, since the powder is difficult to wash out from synthetic fillers. Do not use bleach. They will damage the structure.
Place some tennis balls in the drum. They will not allow the padding polyester to go astray. If you don’t have them, then it’s okay - if the filler gets knocked down, you can break it even after washing.
Washing mode “synthetic” or “gentle”. If you are going to wash a holofiber pillow, you can leave the spin cycle on.
Start the washing machine.
After washing is complete, remove the pillow and, if necessary, wring it out with your hands. Don't twist it. To dry faster, wrap it with an absorbent cloth for a while to remove excess moisture.
It is better to dry horizontally in a well-ventilated place, for example, laying it on top of clotheslines. This way, the filler won’t bunch up in one direction, but if it does, it’s not critical—it’s easy to straighten it out. Therefore, if you wish, you can hang it by the corners, this way the water will drain faster.
It is imperative to whisk periodically: this way the padding polyester or holofiber will dry evenly. They dry quickly, so there is no need to speed up drying.

If you decide to wash a holofiber pillow by hand, then keep in mind that it will require effort to do everything efficiently:

The water temperature for hand washing can be higher (50-70 degrees), since it will cool down during the process. There is enough water to soak the pillow completely.
The detergent is diluted until completely dissolved.
Soak the pillow, press it down, but do not wrinkle it, but gently beat it with your fists. Turn it over and hit it again. And so on several times.
Rinse. To do this well, you will have to draw clean water several times, “beating” the product. It is unlikely to be possible to do this under pressure, since the fabric will simply inflate and will not allow you to rinse the filler.
Hold the pillow suspended, let the water drain, you can squeeze it lightly. Absorb any remaining moisture with a terry towel.
Dry as in machine wash.

If padding polyester or holofiber has become tangled after washing, then you can fluff it up in several ways. Try beating the product with your hands or a beater. Some people recommend going over the damp pillow with a vacuum cleaner, moving the clumps to the right places. If all else fails, then all that remains is to tear it apart, take out the filler, fluff it up with your hands (you can additionally comb it with a wide-toothed wooden comb) and return it to its place.

Features of washing synthetic winterizer items

Wet cleaning of pillows with synthetic filling (holofiber, artificial swan down and others) requires compliance with several rules:

Do not wash in hot water;
Do not use detergents or bleaches that destroy the structure of the padding polyester. Liquid products that are sufficiently soft are well suited for this purpose.
Rinse each product with plenty of water to avoid streaks.
Avoid drying at high temperatures.

Attention! It is not recommended to soak padding polyester for a long time, since with prolonged contact with water the material loses its fluffiness.

Choice of product

It is best to clean products with padding polyester filler using such means as capsules, gels or liquid preparations. When rinsing, they are completely washed out of the loose padding polyester, which significantly reduces the risk of developing allergic reactions.

Unlike liquid products, dry powder cannot eliminate even a few thorough rinses. Residues of this drug often cause a strong chemical odor, white streaks on the surface and allergic symptoms in humans.

Important! The ideal option would be to wash pillows using products specifically designed for this purpose.

Have you ever washed synthetic padding pillows?
Of course not yet

Precautionary measures

Cleaning pillows with synthetic filling at home should be carried out in strict accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, as well as following several rules.

The main thing to remember is that the following actions are unacceptable:

using water with a temperature of 40-50 degrees;
washing in an automatic machine with a speed of more than 500 units;
use of conventional washing powders and chlorine-containing bleaches;
drying by twisting or using a machine spin, as well as near open fire and heating devices;
washing without protective cover;
placing one small pillow in a large drum;
cleaning heavily soiled areas with stiff bristled brushes;
soaking the pillow for more than 30 minutes;
hanging the pillow during the drying process, leading to the displacement of the filling to one edge;
dry wash without pre-wetting.

Compliance with all the rules will allow you to efficiently clean a synthetic padding pillow at home.

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Clean pillows are essential for good, healthy sleep. However, cleaning pillows is one of those tasks that we often forget and neglect, and this procedure is very simple.

But what should those who are poorly versed in this matter do? From this article you will learn how to wash a synthetic padding pillow in a washing machine and in other ways so that your bedding is always in perfect condition.

Preparing the pillow before washing

Before you start washing, you must carefully study the information on product labels. Next, the pillow is inspected for material tears and holes. If they are found, the product is repaired and only after that they start washing.

Note! Not every synthetic padding pillow can withstand washing in an automatic machine. This is due to the loss of padding polyester of its main initial qualities - volume and shape.

In such cases, automatic washing of the product is completely contraindicated. To clean it, you should choose another method or use dry cleaning services.

To test a pillow's ability to withstand machine washing, place it on a flat surface and place a jar or other weight filled with water on top.

After removing the load after a few minutes, pay attention to how long it will take for the product to return to its original shape. If no more than 7 minutes, then such a product will not lose its appearance after washing in an automatic machine.

Before placing the pillow in the drum, it is recommended not only to cover it, but also to tie it with ribbons in several places. This technique will prevent the movement of synthetic layers and allow the product to fully retain its shape.

Work on mistakes

If the padding polyester inside the pillow has become loose as a result of improper washing, you can try to correct the situation.

The following recommendations will help:

You can “walk” over the surface of a pillow that is not completely dry with a vacuum cleaner to redistribute the stuffing;
shake the pillow, beat its contents;
Try to straighten the padding polyester through the cover with your hands.

If the above tips do not help, you will have to act radically. To correct the result of improper cleaning, you will need to prop up the cover and straighten the contents of the pillow with your hands.

If an old pillow that has already become unusable has been washed, it will not be possible to restore its shape. The product should be replaced.

Machine washable

The simplest and most convenient way to clean synthetic padding pillows from dirt at home is to wash them in an automatic machine. At the same time, its drum must be designed for 5 or more kg of laundry.

Important! Cleaning pillows should be done in a machine with a delicate wash function and the ability to turn off the spin cycle.

Before washing, place the product in an old pillowcase or protective cover, this will prevent the filling from curling. Before washing, the pillows are moistened directly in their covers with cold water to prevent the active components of the detergent from being deeply absorbed into the fibers.

Mode

When choosing a washing mode, consider the following:

For products made from padding polyester, the optimal modes are those in which the speed of revolutions does not exceed 500 units, namely:
delicate wash;
bulky things.
Reducing the time specified by the program leads to poor quality cleaning.
At the end of the main wash, an additional rinse mode must be turned on, especially for heavily soiled items.

Important! The names of the mode may differ from one manufacturer to another, so the optimal choice is made taking into account the spin speed and expected temperature.

To prevent the padding polyester from clumping, it is recommended to place special laundry balls in the drum with pillows. At the rinsing stage, conditioner is poured into the powder compartment to prevent electrification of the padding polyester after drying. You will find the designation of icons on a Samsung washing machine with a description and photo in this article.

Temperature

The optimal water temperature for washing synthetics is up to +40ᵒС. Exceeding this indicator causes deformation of the material. Washing padding polyester with impurities is carried out at +50ᵒС. This rule must be indicated by the manufacturer on the product label.

Spin

Pillows based on padding polyester cannot be pressed by hand using the twisting method. When choosing the “spin” mode, it is best to set the value in the range of 500-800 rpm.

To increase the efficiency of washing, it is recommended to place tennis balls or special balls for washing bulky items and down jackets in the drum with the pillow.

Do you wash synthetic padding pillows in a washing machine?

Not really

Dry cleaning

If the product label indicates that it is not intended for wet cleaning by hand or in a machine, it is better to take the item to dry cleaning. Professional workshops use special cleaners that easily remove dirt without damaging the filler and pillowcase.

At home, just ventilate such a thing in the fresh air in a horizontal position, then carefully knock the dust out of it.

Handwash

If the drum volume of the automatic machine is insufficient, clean the padding polyester pillow or blanket by hand. This method is more delicate, but at the same time labor-intensive. A lightly soiled product does not need to be pre-soaked: it can be washed immediately by placing it in a basin of water.

The procedure algorithm is as follows:

Fill a large basin or ½ part of the bathtub with warm water (with a temperature not exceeding +40 ᵒС).
Dissolve liquid detergent in water in the amount specified in the instructions.
Moisten the pillow thoroughly with cold water: the product should be completely saturated with moisture from the inside.
Gently squeeze without twisting. This procedure will prevent deformation of the padding polyester during further cleaning.
Immerse the product in the soap solution until it is completely wet and leave for 15 minutes. All this time, you can move the pillow through the water to better clean its inside. When washing by hand, intensive hand movements are prohibited, which provoke deformation of the padding polyester with subsequent disintegration into individual fibers.
Remove the cleaned bedding from the soapy water and, pressing it to a hard surface, squeeze it out with your hands, avoiding twisting.
Rinse the semi-dry pillow first in warm water and then in cold water. The use of contrast will help eliminate detergent residues and prevent deformation of the padding polyester fibers.
At the final stage of hand washing, rinse the product in cold water using conditioner. This will reduce the intensity of electrification of synthetic fibers and give the pillow a pleasant aroma of freshness.

Important! The end of the wash and complete leaching of the detergent from the padding will be indicated by the absence of soap bubbles on the surface of the water.

In case of severe contamination, problem areas are treated with simple laundry soap and left for 20-30 minutes. After this time, wet cleaning begins. It is unacceptable to try to remove excessive stains with chlorine bleach, otherwise there is a high risk of damage to the product.

Proper drying

The washed pillow must be dried properly, maintaining the softness and fluffiness of this voluminous product. When drying, you must adhere to several recommendations:

Place the product on a horizontal surface after removing the bulk of the water.
Choose the most ventilated place for drying textiles - a balcony, loggia, room with an open window or ventilation system.
Avoid drying the product in direct sunlight. Under their influence, the pillow will lose its original appearance.
Every 2 hours, turn the synthetic product over to the other side and break any lumps that appear with your hands. You can finally deal with clots and lumps after the padding polyester has completely dried.

Important! The ideal solution is to place the pillow on a floor clothes dryer. This will ensure uniform air access from all sides.

How can you get rid of dust mites?

There is an opinion that synanthropic organisms (including dust mites), which provoke allergies in humans, live only in down and feather pillows. However, this is not at all true. Pests can multiply even in artificial filler, accumulating in small air pockets remaining between the polyester fibers.

You can get rid of or reduce the number of ticks that have settled in padding polyester by using one of the following methods:

Freezing bedding. For this purpose, they are taken out to a balcony or loggia and left for several hours in low temperature conditions.
Treatment with ultraviolet light or high temperatures. To do this, just take the pillows outside, place them in direct sunlight and leave for 10-12 hours.
The use of products with acaricidal additives intended for treating bedding. For example, "Akarosan" or "Allergoff". The preparations are available in the form of an aerosol or powder for adding to the water when washing.

Important! If for any reason none of the methods brings a positive result, the bedding is replaced with new ones.

How to choose?

To understand which bedding is better, you will have to look at such a control parameter as tailoring design.

A padded blanket can be made in 3 ways:

Quilted.
It is made on special machines. The padding polyester filler in such products is perfectly fixed thanks to the quilting;
Karostepnoe. It has a good thermal insulation rate and is often done manually;
Cassette. A more expensive and practical product, which consists of several separate sections or cassettes, each of which contains padding polyester filler.

The next control parameter that you will have to take into account when choosing the best padding polyester product is size. The dimensions of bedding must always correspond to the size of the sleeping place. Otherwise, the bed will be uncomfortable.

The following sizes of blankets are available on the market:

One and a half - 140x205;
Double – 172x205;
Children's - 110x140 or 120x120.

Also available on the Russian market are bedding made according to European standards:

One and a half – 155x215;
Double bedroom – 200x220;
King size – 220x240.

All sizes are indicated in centimeters.

As a cover, manufacturers often use environmentally friendly and quite practical ones, thanks to which the finished product receives hygroscopicity and good air conductivity.

To make it more convenient to cover yourself with a blanket, the following are often used for the cover:

Cotton;
Silk;
Knitwear;
Jacquard weave fabrics.

These breathe well and keep the padding inside.

How to fluff padding polyester in a pillow after washing?

Not in every case it is possible to maintain the original appearance of the pillow after wet cleaning. Even very delicately washed padding polyester gets confused and caked. To return the filler to its original state, you need to wait until the pillow is completely dry, and then gently beat it with your hands.

You can also treat the damp surface of the bedding with a vacuum cleaner with a clean attachment. This method is effective if the lumps of padding polyester are not very dense.

As a last resort, the stuffing can be adjusted by hand, ripping the pillow apart, and then sewing it back up. This option is appropriate when a large number of lumps form.

Care

To extend the service life of a sleeping model with any filling, you must adhere to the care rules and manufacturer’s recommendations:

The product must be ventilated regularly (at least once a week) in the fresh air.
In the morning, the pillow must be fluffed and turned to the other side.
The cover on a feather sleeping item needs to be changed annually, and the natural filling must be cleaned at the same period.

Regular wet cleaning and ventilation of the bedroom will help keep the product in good condition, especially for accessories with natural filler.

How to restore a synthetic padding pillow if it has become felted?

Several methods will help restore the original appearance of a pillow filled with synthetic padding that has become loose after washing.

Using a vacuum cleaner

The recovery process consists of several stages:

Lay the product out on a flat surface and identify areas with maximum accumulation of filler.
Set the vacuum cleaner to medium suction mode and treat problem areas of the pillow in different directions, having first removed the brush from the vacuum cleaner tube. To distribute the padding polyester evenly, it is recommended to cover the entire surface (on both sides).
After the filling is completely expanded, leave the pillow to dry on a horizontal surface.

Using a carpet beater or stick

Every housewife has a carpet beater. Alternatively, you can use a bat or a flat stick as a replacement.

Process the pillow according to the following algorithm:

Carefully hang the product on the rope and secure with clothespins. For the procedure, it is best to choose a place on the balcony or loggia.
Lightly beat the pillow with a beater, gradually increasing the intensity of the blows.
Periodically check that the filler has not filled any voids.
Tap until the pillow returns to its original appearance.

Important! This procedure will be relevant after straightening the padding polyester with a vacuum cleaner. In this case, you should wait until the filler dries completely.

Treating the pillow with a beater is recommended for preventive purposes, since during use the padding polyester often gets knocked down. Learn how to wash an orthopedic pillow in the washing machine and by hand, and how to wash a duvet.

If all else fails

If none of the above methods helped restore the original shape of the product, you must resort to a last resort - straightening the padding polyester manually. This technology takes a sufficient amount of time, but is guaranteed to return the product to its original appearance.

Sequencing:

Rip the pillow open on one side and straighten the padding with your hands.
Secure the filler in several places using a needle and thread.
After completing the straightening, sew the product again.

You can straighten synthetic material that has bunched up in lumps by placing the pillow in the drum of the washing machine and spinning it along with the plastic balls.

Advice! In case of an unsuccessful attempt to straighten the filler on your own, it is recommended to resort to the services of a professional seamstress, who will replace the padding polyester with a new one.

Washing pillows filled with padding polyester is a must to maintain the hygiene of your sleeping area. To ensure that bedding does not lose its original appearance after washing, you must strictly adhere to all the rules specified in the manufacturer’s instructions, as well as recommendations related to operation and care.

If you are interested in how to wash a sheepskin blanket, take a look here, and a cotton blanket here.

By hand or in a machine

When filled with organic type, the pillow can be washed in the washing machine. But organic matter does not have a long service life, so everyone must decide for themselves whether it is advisable to clean out old raw materials if they can purchase a new product.

You can contact a professional service, where the pen undergoes thorough processing.

Here is the sequence of how to wash pillows in a washing machine correctly.

The original pillowcase is opened to remove the insides.
The fluff is placed in different bags (about 3-5 parts).
The water temperature is a maximum of thirty degrees (organic matter is washed in cold water, since hot liquid has a negative effect on it).
Mode selection. Each device has its own designation, so you should choose a delicate one, for example, manual or swan-down mode.
It may seem that it is better to use the maximum spin speed, but this is not so. Here you need slow drying, so four hundred turns will do. Sometimes it is worth not using this function at all.

The choice of washing and spinning modes will depend on the filler of the product.

An important criterion is the choice of detergent. The usual powder is not suitable for this purpose. On store shelves you can find a special composition, the purpose of which is to clean down and feathers. If this cannot be found, then take a gel, liquid powder or a composition in the form of a detergent with ammonia no more than three percent (approximate calculation: for five liters you should take a cap of soap and four teaspoons of ammonia).

If you wash it incorrectly, you can get the opposite result instead of a neat “fluffy” pillow.

If necessary, you can wash the product by hand. On the contrary, fluff in such a cleansing will look better, due to the inability to bunch up. A few basic rules when choosing manual processing.

Take water at room temperature (not hotter than thirty degrees).
Choosing a container - the best solution would be the bathroom. Filling is poured into it after the pillowcase has been opened.
Soaking is allowed from three to four hours. You shouldn't do this any longer.
After a predetermined period of time, the contents of the bathtub begin to be removed. It is better to do this using a colander.
Having given away the feathers, they are packaged in separate bags.
The resulting number of bags is hung on the street, where they begin to dry.

Not only feather pillows, but also anti-stress options or bamboo filling are treated using this method.

The feathers are removed from the pillow and washed separately.

Holofiber is washed by hand. It is better to take a gel-like detergent, add it to a lukewarm liquid, and soak the pillow in this composition (no longer than one hundred and twenty minutes). Push up without force, with light movements. Afterwards, rinse again in clean, lukewarm water. Only now it’s time to hang it out to dry.

It is better to do this outside, the main thing is not to expose it to direct sunlight.

Sintepon versions of the product are cleaned according to the same scheme as holofiber.

Bamboo bedding is not processed in hot liquid (about thirty degrees). Ordinary laundry soap is suitable as a detergent. All highly foaming products are not suitable for high-quality processing. Finally, the pillow is rinsed in liquid at room temperature.

To dry, it is better to place the item on a horizontal surface.