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Household Hints & Help

cilla4progress

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1. A little off-topic but possibly helpful.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Wed Feb 21, 2024, 09:01 PM

Feb 2024

I recently washed some bed pillows. After letting them dry, I bagged them in vacuum storage bags (why, I don't know.. compulsive maybe? 🤣

A few days later I found they'd molded terrribly, so tossed them!

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So I want to wash three bed pillows before donating to a charity. [View all] Grasswire2 Feb 2024 OP

A little off-topic but possibly helpful. cilla4progress Feb 2024 #1

Here's the AI on feather pillows bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #2

I'd verify they accept pillows before going to the trouble. - nt CrispyQ Feb 2024 #3

I wash my husband's feather pillow AND our MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #4

Make sure they accept pillows. Some charities do not. enough Feb 2024 #5

Some charities reject all pillows. Fresh_Start Feb 2024 #6

Perhaps an animal shelter would take them... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #7

Animal shelters/adoption centers will take pillows, sheets, blankets yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #10

very interesting that charities may not take pillows. I wonder about comforters and quilts. Grasswire2 Feb 2024 #8

I've washed foam and feather pillows in the bathtub -hot water and some oxide based soap. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #9