I think I’m just a bit run down, catching blooming everything right now. I probably caught it from youngest & Co ... they’ve all been ill @Amethyst59 ... so I think you are off the hook

 

I’ve been feeling generally unwell, but was determined I would achieve today ... so I not only stripped my bed, but hauled the mattress topper downstairs as well. I know I’ve washed it before.

I huffed & puffed trying to force it in the machine, I sat on the floor & tried kicking it into the machine, but no chance. It wasn’t going to fit. So, I poured a coffee & tried to figure it out. I now had a mattress topper, which I’d only wanted to freshen,but now had trainer prints on it too Yay, more issues & less solutions

Never one to simply give in. I decided an out of the box solution was needed

Much to Pooch’s disgust, I banned him from the lounge & carefully laid the mattress topper on the lounge floor. Believe it or not ... a carpet shampooer has an upholstery attachment, that with careful usage & determination, can be used to clean a mattress topper

Said topper is now back on the bed, smelling sweet & will be staying there until I forget the trials involved in cleaning it

 

Hi @charlie10

I did think about taking it to the bathroom (I have washed duvets that way in the past, but the thought of trying to wring it out by hand, solo, was a step too far. I have nightmare memories of doing that & I just knew it wouId take days to dry. I was well pleased with myself for thinking outside the box on this one

 

Morning @2jays

I too remember kneeling in the bathroom, back breaking leaning into the bath & pounding on the blankets. Didn’t think of @charlie10’s “trample the grapes” We had a mangle at school, for washing our own “home” clothes. I did think longingly of it when trying to wring out the blankets.

Have you ever tried picking up s soaking wet king sized duvet??? Trust me. It’s not light. It holds half a bath of water

 

I now have images of @jugglingmum marching up & down the bath, knee deep in soggy duvet

I do hope he opened the window before hurling the duvet

 

I’ve bought machine washable duvets, a king size medium tog will fit in the machine (with a little huffing & puffing), but I bought a 10cm thick mattress topper on special offer. Cheaper than a new mattress, but still, at over £50, can’t throw that out @Slugsta ... although while sitting on the floor kicking it into the machine ... I did consider doing just that

I buy cheap pillows & throw them out. No matter what I’ve tried, they do not dry well after washing. Lumpy pillows are not restful

 

Ummmm ... what’s a “posser”???? I know what a mangle is, pretty sure a “dolly” is the scrubbing board, but head scratching on the other. Yes. I’m far too lazy to google it