Cleaning Feather Pillows

[youngkiwi]

I am curious about the best way to clean high quality feather pillows. I have several with fillings of 100% goosedown, in a fitted cotton satin cover.

Not sure if dryclean is the best way to go. Always noticed how clean the pillows are in hotels, perhaps they dryclean on a regular basis, but I have heard negative things about drycleaning pillows, not to mention being able to find a reputable drycleaner.

[LinkPopularity]

problem could be that the feathers will stick together, put a tennis ball in them.

[geriatrickid]

Not to be a smart ass, but large hotel chains cycle out linens and bedding. These items are sold off to jobbers who then recycle them or in turn sell them to other entities.

[simcity]

I am curious about the best way to clean high quality feather pillows. I have several with fillings of 100% goosedown, in a fitted cotton satin cover.

Not sure if dryclean is the best way to go. Always noticed how clean the pillows are in hotels, perhaps they dryclean on a regular basis, but I have heard negative things about drycleaning pillows, not to mention being able to find a reputable drycleaner.

It is going to sound strange but I have down duck and goose ( 2 of them ) every so often i put them into the washing machine and after in the dryer ( under a zip protection bag ), evry time they come back better / lighter !

Lately i bought a LATEX pillow , fantastic .

[Scott]

I don't have any here in Thailand, but used to wash them in the machine and dry them in a dryer. I have hung them out to dry--not as good, but with a little time they get nice a fluffy again.

[Carmine6]

They have special detergent for down. Not sure if it's easy to find in Thailand. I think the point is regular detergent takes the oil off the feathers so they get brittle or something.

However, given the choice between a less fluffly pillow due to regular detergent and sleeping my face in a fluffy dry cleaned pillow, I'd take the regular detergent. I don't know what's in the dry cleaning chemicals. You could always try just washing in plain water first and see if that doesn't do what you want.

[Havy]

They have special detergent for down. Not sure if it's easy to find in Thailand. I think the point is regular detergent takes the oil off the feathers so they get brittle or something.

However, given the choice between a less fluffly pillow due to regular detergent and sleeping my face in a fluffy dry cleaned pillow, I'd take the regular detergent. I don't know what's in the dry cleaning chemicals. You could always try just washing in plain water first and see if that doesn't do what you want.

I have always washed my down pillows in the washer with a detergent similar to woolite. In the dryer I place a few tennis balls with the pillows and it fluffs them right up.

[chownah]

Goggle "how to clean down pillows"

[zzdocxx]

Interesting. I bought a down comforter one time, and after a while I noticed it smelled like a wet dog. Always wondered what to do about that.