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Advice Please. (:

diannelovestriangles — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:18 GMT

I have a bedspread that has a polyester filling/cotton outer. It has No cleaning instructions. Can this be washed or would it be better to take it to the dry cleaner?

It was a rather expensive purchase when i bought it. It would be terrible to have it ruined.

I'am asking because the dry cleaner quote was rather excessive at $75.00.

The bed spread cost me over $400 as it was custom made which i cannot get in contact with the maker as they are no longer in business. 😞 I have access to a large washer at my mums home.

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twyngwyn — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:11 GMT

you could try washing in the bath (like treading grapes) but only use WARM water and squeeze out just enough to be able to drip-dry on clothes line

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cherry*135 — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:14:49 GMT

$400 bedspread, pay $75 and get it dry cleaned.

A queen size bedspread would cost around $40+ to get drycleaned where I live.

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:20:07 GMT

I would be handwashing it in the bath as katy suggests.

Even then expect shrinkage if the cover is cotton.

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:20:56 GMT

Sorry not katy - as twyngwyn suggests.

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latina4621 — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:23:15 GMT

I would just be paying the 75.00 as if you do it and ruin it yourself, you will be kicking yourself afterwards.

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buzzlightyearsgirlfriend — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:00 GMT

I'd do it in the washing machine on a wool cycle in cold water at your mum's house and then put it over a BIG clothesline to try to make it dry flat.

Dry cleaning will make it look clean but it won't smell cleaner.

When my kitchen burned down, the cleaners took the curtains in every room to be dry cleaned. They didn't survive. Whatever chemicals the dry cleaners used wrecked the backing on the curtains.

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getting_of_wisdom — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:35:47 GMT

If you choose the dry cleaning option, be sure to hang it outside on a couple of fine days before putting it on the bed, the fumes can be harmful and any kind of filling absorbs the fumes even more. I know this from a similar experience and, even worse, I had replaced it in a closed room unthinkingly. Made me so dizzy it almost knocked me out. Dry cleaners get all kinds of health problems.

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janeababe — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:39:43 GMT

dry clean only ~ is a farce!

There is no reason why you cant clean it yourself. If it is a colour that might *run* in the wash, please use cold water.

Otherwise, warm water and a few lux flakes will do the trick. Gentle cycle on the machine will be fine.

RINSE WELL...very important.

hang to drip dry over the clothesline, or a makeshift rack using a long curtain rod between two ladders.

I would hang a sheet or similar under it first, just to protect it when hanging out to dry. You know, between the bedspread and the clothesline. ifywim.

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azureline** — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:33:00 GMT

Go to the laundromat, wash gentle/handwash cycle.... in COLD water using a woolwash. Place in a dryer on cool heat.

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twinkles**stars — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:33 GMT

agree with azure.....and please do not drip dry it as the filling will drop and you will end jp with a lumpy mess

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sandypas — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:03:05 GMT

I have washed this type of bedspread in the washing machine then taken it to the laundromat and dried it in one of those large dryers that allow it to tumble loosely - comes out wrinkle free.