I picked out this… thing. The duvet cover had eaten everything in the machine and turned itself into a postmodern textile art piece.
when you put predator and pray in the same fish tank
Duvets are the worst, it’s like the ultimate boss fight for my dryer
You have to button them (duvet covers) up again before you wash them. I regret it every time I don’t.
Yours have buttons?!
clarifying - duvet COVERS, not the duvet itself.
Of mine, some (more expensive) have buttons, some (IKEA) have poppers, all of them have something though?
Mine are fairly cheap (but feels good) and all they have is just a narrower opening on the foot end. No buttons of any sort. Old, new, doesn’t matter. None have buttons.
You have to do them with just like the fitted sheet and pillow cases.
I still think one swallowed a pillow case and now I can never find the matching one anymore.
Ugh fuck duvet covers they’ll eat themselves even if they’re closed and the only thing in there
You can also use a laundry mesh bag, put either the duvet or the rest in the bag and it will not happen. Laundry bags are also useful to protect clothes with elastics from being stretched and damaged.
If you washing machine has a Bedding setting then try using that. It prevents this from happening, at least of front loading machines.
Mine has one that says waterproof… What the hell is that for?
Cleaning things that are hydrophobic
Well, yeah waterproof, but I guess what I mean is how is that cycle any different?
I assume the soaking cycle times are different? I feel like they would be longer in this case? I don’t know the chemistry of detergents, water, and hydrophobic molecules (used in clothing) but I assume the automation either increases soaking time for stain penetration or decrease it if it doesn’t matter. ,
Aha, I’ll check it out. Thanks!
You’re my hero heydo
First thought: “why are they holding their baby like that?”
After scrolling down: “oh”
It’s official. You are the chosen one, and this is your legendary weapon.
Well okay then I guess
Wash separately
My washing machine ones created a giant extremelly heavy clump of sheets, started shaking like crazy and with the vibrations drove away from the wall which resulted in the dryer on top almost falling
I have a combo machine that used to do the Melbourne Shuffle until I put it on rubber feet and lowered the centrifuge speed. Now it is happy twerking mostly in place.
I might consider that… Although it only happened once, so we’ll see if something similar happens again :D
Hmm I need to move mine out of the tiny closet they put it in to redo some ductwork I did poorly when the outside duct froze closed over the winter. Moving them at all was a bitch to the point I taped ratchet straps in place for the next time I needed to move them, but the tape failed and now the one strap is behind the machine. I can get another one behind it, though it will be at risk of messing up the duct where it comes out of the dryer. I’m tempted to knock out the wall beside it and install another door for maintenance access because of how annoying they are to move.
you pulled out the washing machine’s intestines
Or it made a perfect rotisserie chicken holder.
I got some silicone rubber bands from Amazon a few years ago and I use them to tie the four corners of sheets and blankets together before washing and drying. Does a great job keeping them from entangling other items in the machine.
Wait, there are laundry machines that stop when something’s wrong?
This just happened to me.
Damn, me too!
