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Washed pillow... full of water

bonnielu — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:25:04 GMT

Help help help. Washed a pillow. Dumb me. It said I could. Now I have it.. wet and full of water. I even stepped on it on the floor, towel under it. I put it in my dryer. It went thump thump and I got it out immediately. Don't want bill for dryer.

Is there something I can do.

oh my, don't want to get rid of it. Not a wasteful person.

Re: Washed pillow... full of water

CatLoverDogsToo — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:27:19 GMT

What type of fill is in the pillow? Feathers, polyfiber or foam? Did you try running it through the washer spin cycle again?

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Q4u — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:30:41 GMT

I've had that happen and you really do need to dry it for while. The dryer needs to be balanced out with items on the other side equilivant to the weight of the pillow. I'm surprised you were able to wash it without balancing the washer.... but that's the thumping you hear is the unbalanced load.

Letting it air dry may take a long time and might promote the growth of mold/mildew so it might even be worth taking to a laundermat to dry completely.....

Good luck!

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Texas Gray Wolf — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:34:19 GMT

If this is a "My Pillow"......do another "spin cycle".....that's what I do & it still takes 2 drying cycles in my dryer......

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colliegirls — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:40:01 GMT

It takes a long time to dry a pillow completely. Put a few towels in the load with it to balance the load.

You may need to take it to a laundromat to use the big dryers, they work great.

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circles — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:54:54 GMT

I have an extra spin cycle on my washer...I always use it no matter what i have in the laundry...then nothing takes that long in the dryer...

I have several of My Pillows....I usually do two at a time..or one pillow and some towels...I leave them in the dryer for an hour and they are dry as a bone...

They may dry sooner...but I am too lazy to go to the basement...lol..before an hour...just in case they aren't done..

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:08:28 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
Help help help. Washed a pillow. Dumb me. It said I could. Now I have it.. wet and full of water. I even stepped on it on the floor, towel under it. I put it in my dryer. It went thump thump and I got it out immediately. Don't want bill for dryer.

Is there something I can do.

oh my, don't want to get rid of it. Not a wasteful person.

@bonnielu Are you sure the cycle completed? If you only had the pillow in the washing machine it may have stopped due to imbalance and didn't finish the spin cycle. Put the pillow back in and add some beach towels, then spin it again. Put all of that in the dryer and you should be in business.

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jaxs mom — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:14:15 GMT

You could put it back in the washer for an extra spin cycle. I don't know I just put mine in the dryer and it takes however long it takes.

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fthunt — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:49:05 GMT

I didn't see any comments about putting a tennis ball in the dryer with the pillow....however, a caution......pillows have been known to start a dryer fire IF it becomes lodged up next to the vent pipe exhaust. (I know a woman who made this mistagke - dryer got hot and pillow was almost dry).

About the suggestion to put pillow back in washer for another SPIN cycle. New machines lock the lid - take commands from the computer so you don't have any options to select 'another spin'.

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Peaches McPhee — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:49:30 GMT

Can you put it outside and let it "drain"?

It will take awhile, but it does work.

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Sooner — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:18:13 GMT

I found a solution to this. I have bought VERY expensive pillows and VERY cheap ones and eveyrthing in between. NONE of the ones I've bought have lasted very long.

SO, I go to tjmaxx or somewhere and buy reasonably priced name brand ones at least every 6 months. I just simply gave up on doing anything else.

I can't stand the smell of foam pillows either.

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Mominohio — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:42:16 GMT

Spin in several more times in the washer, and balance the load with wet towels or whatever if it gets off balance.

If it is warm where you are, put it in the dryer for an hour or more, then hang outside in the sunshine, then back to the dryer. You want to be sure the center is dry within a 12 to 24 hour period, or it could get mildew/mold deep in the pillow.

Several more spins should really help.

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151949 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:25:25 GMT

Just last week I washed 2 my pillows at the laundramat in the largest washer with the blanket and a mattelasse bedspread then pout them in one of those super huge dryers and they came out fabulous . I think the blanket and spread beat the pillows up in the dryer and it was good for them. They came out perfect.

At home I take spreads and pillows to the laundromat to wash. Those huge washers do a great job and the large dryers are just what you need.

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bonnielu — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:49:47 GMT

Here is what I finally did. You are right the cycles did not finish. I took it out and started to step on it. No kidding. Well that did not work. Soooo I did put it back in the washer and put it ON SPIN. It was slow at first then the washer picked up speed and all the water was spun out. I then put it in the dryer and all is well. I hate to waste things so I am going to put it back on my bed. Feel so good about this.

Thanks so much everyone....

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RedTop — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:41:31 GMT

Run it thru as many spin cycles as it takes to be able to lift the pillow from the washer without feeling like it is saturated. Each cycle will draw out more moisture. Last time I washed pillows, it took 4 extra spin cycles before I could toss them in the dryer.