TIP: PILLOW CLEANING

 TIP: PILLOW CLEANING

For years the pillows had a problem: over time the sweat turned them yellow, but the filling, whether it was feather or synthetic, made them very difficult to wash and we ended up throwing them away. Fortunately, today there are washable pillows, however, to keep them in optimal conditions you have to follow some tips. Take note:

- TIP: PILLOW CLEANING and Pillows Product

• - First of all, read the labels on your pillows: even when you buy the washable ones, there may be instructions to follow.
• - The pillows should be washed at a high temperature: at least 60º to eliminate mites and microbes. This also applies to covers.
• - Do not put a single pillow in the washing machine, there should always be two so that the machine does not become unbalanced in the spin cycle.
• - To restore their whiteness and eliminate bad odors, before placing the pillows add to the washing machine water: ½ cup of detergent, two large tablespoons of dish soap, ½ cup of bleach (chlorine, bleach or substitute with white vinegar) and ½ cup of borax. Let them soak for at least a couple of hours before starting the wash cycle.
• - When the wash cycle ends, manually start a second spin to make them drier. If you have a dryer you can use it, the heat will kill any mites that have survived. If you suffer from allergies, you know how important this is.
• - Don't you have a dryer? Then rearrange the filling very well and put it to dry in the sun. The sun's rays are an excellent deodorizer.
• - Latex pillows ( memory pillows ) are dry cleaned: first vacuum them; then apply carpet cleaning foam and scrub with a stiff brush. Dry with a hand dryer.
• - One last tip: if you prefer feather pillows, then you have to unsew it and soak the feathers in the same preparation that we recommend above. Let them dry in the sun.