Cleaning pillows from a feather

One of the most common and comfortable fillers for pillows is a feather or down. Cleaning the pillows from the pen should be done regularly and carefully, because it rests on your head. From a full and safe rest depends on your health, ability to work and well-being. Regularly washing bed linen, do not forget about the pillow: the longer it serves you, the more it needs cleaning. In this article you will learn: why you need to clean the pillows, what types of cleaning exist, how to clean the pillow at home?

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Why clean the pillows?

Most of the down sleeping items in our homes have been preserved since the time of grandmothers. The fact that a pillow of quality fluff is exploited for a long time. Adequate care and regular cleaning of down and feather pillows will prolong their life up to twenty years.

But we must take into account that during its use it absorbs:

• secret saliva;
• secretion of sebaceous and sweat glands;
• all pathogenic microorganisms released by a person during ailments and illnesses.

All these products of human life and untimely care for the contents of the pillow lead to such consequences:

• having absorbed the fluff, microorganisms cause a relapse of the disease or re-infection;
• in a favorable, humid environment, dust mites are created - they cause allergies and multiply very quickly.

Important! Uncleaned products smell bad. Over time, fluff and feathers are stuck in lumps. It is inconvenient to sleep on it and as a result there are: bad state of health and headaches.

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How to clean feather pillows at home?

Cleaning the pillows from the pen at home is a rather troublesome task. In the washing machine it is not washable - the filler will immediately get into a big lump, and it is not easy to dry it. Therefore, qualitatively and optimally - to wash it by hand.

Before starting work, prepare new naperniki from a dense material and proceed to washing. For work you will need:

• washing powder;
• colander;
• bags for drying.

For the right and safe, for the contents of the pillow, wash, follow this step-by-step instruction:

1. Collect the necessary amount of warm water in the bathroom.
2. Add a good amount of detergent.
3. Seat the pillow and gradually unload the napernik into the water.
4. Leave to soak for a while.
5. Take a colander and rinse the pen in rinse water with its help.
6. Fold each washed portion in a separate bag.
7. Put all the bags in the centrifuge of the washing machine and squeeze.
8. After dispensing the bags in a well-ventilated area.
9. Shake every hour to prevent the feather from clumping.
10. When you make sure that the pen is completely dry, fill the new covers with the contents and sew on the napernik.

Important! Such cleaning of feather pillows is possible only in the case when duck and goose down was used for filling. Chicken - to wash and generally to be categorically forbidden!

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Dry cleaning of pillows from the pen

Nowadays, it is not necessary to wash such items yourself. There are a sufficient number of establishments that will put your bedding in order quickly and efficiently.

How does the dry cleaning of the pillow:

1. Before your eyes, the dry cleaner will rip off the napernik and wipe the contents of the pillow in a special device for cleaning the pen.
2. The machine launches the filler in a detergent and disinfectant solution.
3. After - the pen is cleaned with hot steam, at which dust mites are killed.
4. Subsequent quartz annihilation destroys all remaining pathogenic bacteria and microbes.
5. In conclusion of this process, the filler is dried and placed in a new napernik.

Important! At the request of the client, a pillow can be made more or less. The contents of one pillow should be cleaned individually. Especially from different customers.

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Dry-cleaning shortcomings:

1. A dry cleaning worker may incorrectly pick up a solvent or unsuccessfully calculate its concentration. The filler suffers from this.
2. If the cushion cleaning equipment is not working properly, the stylus may shrink - the product will lose its original volume.

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Dry cleaning of the

pillow Another way to dry the pillows from the pen is also called air cleaning, where the contents are treated with a powerful jet of air. This method is perfect for any down.

Advantages of air cleaning:

1. The procedure takes 15 minutes;
2. Air treatment cleans the filler of debris, dust and dirt.
3. It is noted that after such an impact the product becomes lush and softer.
4. Dry cleaners provide new quality material for napernik, which is already included in the payment.

Important! Such cleaning of the pillows is accompanied by positive feedback from customers: the whole process takes a little time, and the result exceeds all expectations.

Disadvantages of dry cleaning:

• Efficiency depends on the quality of the equipment.
• Experts do not recommend treating old products in this way, due to the difficulty of contamination.

Now you know how to clean pillows from the pen in many ways. How to clean the pillows - you decide, but the conclusion from the merits and advantages of each method can be done the following:

• new items that are not more than five years old, it is nice and convenient to clean with the help of an air brush;
• for old - apply the method of aquaprocessing.