How to clean feather pillows at home?

At the moment, you can buy pillows with absolutely any filler. But like our moms, dads and grandmothers, the choice often falls on the feathers. And in this article we will tell you about all the subtleties of care for pillows with feather filler. Namely:

• what methods exist for cleaning these pillows;
• how to clean feather pillows at home;
• how to wash them in a washing machine.

Let's get started.

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pillow cleaning methods Basically, we all love feather pillows because of their long life. But there is one important detail - a fountain product will serve you as long as possible, if you clean it once in six months. You can give the item to a dry cleaners where professionals take care of it, and here's how they will do it:

• To begin with, all feathers from the pillow will be seized and treated in an organic solvent that will remove dirt, dust, mites, microbes and various smells. This, of course, is very good, but there is a downside to the coin - this solvent can easily spoil the feathers.
• After the feathers have been processed, they are dried and ventilated. This, too, may not be very good on feathers, because they can dry out and become smaller, which means that your pillow will lose its former softness and size. And this is undoubtedly a minus.

There are also other ways:

• Dry cleaning. This is a simple procedure in which feathers are cleaned of dust, dirt, debris with the help of a strong air flow, while they are still swelling.
• Also with the help of ultraviolet lamp, feathers are cleaned of dust mites.

Further simply feathers are packaged on new napernikam, on a result on an exit we receive very soft and pleasant to the touch a product. Cool, right? But for this event we will have to give a good amount of money - how much we will not say, it depends on the place where you do it, everywhere in different ways.

But, if you have a limited budget or simply do not want to pay for cleaning your pillow, now we will share with you how to clean the feather pillows at home yourself.

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Clean the pillow at home

Yes, if you still decided to clean the pillow with your own hands, then you have chosen, perhaps, the best way to care for such an important household item. Yes, of course, you will have to be patient enough, but the result is worth it, believe me.

The washing itself is not difficult, the most difficult is to dry everything, especially since it should be done as well as possible.

Important! It is worth noting that in the composition of such pillows you can meet not only the feathers but also the fluff of birds, therefore - cleaning should take place in several stages, between which we will make time intervals.

What kind of feathers are washable?

Initially, you have to find out from which pen your pillow consists. This can be seen on the label of the product.

Important! You can wash feathers and down only waterfowl! If it consists of chicken feathers, then you can safely dispose of it.

Why is this categorical? It's simple: a chicken feather dries very badly, and later turns into chicken. Therefore, chicken feathers and down are strictly forbidden to wash.

Do you erase everything or extract the contents?

Many people are wondering - is it possible to wash the pillow completely without removing the contents? It is possible, but there is one "but": during the washing it will become so heavy that you can not reach it by hand, you simply will not have enough strength, and you will not be able to erase it in the machine.

No, you can, of course, wash in the machine, but in this way you will not achieve the desired effect, and get rid of only dirt and dust. And plus when washing in a typewriter, all the feathers are stuck together, they will collapse into lumps, from which it will simply be impossible to get rid of. Because of this, just a pillow will go to waste. But our task is to clean the product, and not get rid of it, right?

As a result of the answer to this question - it is better to wash separately. How? Now we will provide you with a step-by-step instruction for the restoration of feather pillows by hand.

Important! The pillow should be washed in the warm season.

Washing stages:

1. The first step on the way to a clean cushion is the creation of a soapy solution. This solution includes:
   • one bar of "Soviet hardening" laundry soap, grated on a large grater;
   • one teaspoon of ammonia;
   • water.

Important! The pelvis for the solution must be sufficiently voluminous.

1. Next - the most "painful" procedure. We rip off the napernik. And it does not matter what your grandmother made it. Just imagine how much mud there is in it.
2. After the napernik has been ripped off, we take and in small portions place feathers in the solution prepared by us.

Important! Do not shove everything at once, otherwise - your bath will turn into a chicken coop.

1. Then two or three hours rest, while feathers are soaked in water.
2. After we have gained strength, we take our palms, and just rub the feathers between them, rinse them. A sieve, colander or running water can help in rinsing.
3. We wash out the washed feathers in small portions into gauze pouches.
4. Closed tightly, and better - sewn gauze pouches are placed in a washing machine and put into spin mode, preferably in a gentle mode. It's over, it's all possible to skip, and let them just lie dry, but it's long, and you run the risk that feathers can simply zap.
5. The final drying should be carried out in a well-ventilated place where there is sun. At this bag must be shaken regularly and turned at least three times a day.
6. Well, the last stage is washing the napernik. After drying the feathers and how the napernik will dry up, just put the feathers back, and very tightly staples the napernik.

All, congratulations, your pillow is perfectly clean, without losing it in its softness and size, which is very important.

Wash the pillow in the washing machine

If you are frightened by such a laborious process, or you just do not have much free time, then you can wash the feathers in the typewriter. But for this you need to take into account a couple of very important factors that will protect the washing machine from failure and a pillow from the appearance of lumps:

• The first is the presence of a special cover, without which everything will simply break and clog your machine with feathers.
• The second - gauze pouches, in which we will add small portions of feathers, should be made incredibly durable. This can be done by simply folding the gauze in four, or even five, and six layers, and very firmly sew.
• After you have washed the feathers in gauze pouches in a typewriter, you simply lay them on a flat surface that is ventilated and onto which the sun is falling. But at the same time you have to turn over the bags very often and make sure that they do not have lumps in them, smoothing them.
• After all has dried, fill the napernik and tightly, with thick threads, sew it.

This is it, you have a clean pillow and pleasant dreams. Of course, you do not deserve other dreams after the work done. Relax fully, and with pleasure on your fresh feather pillow.