Problem washing quilts with cotton batting in a front load washing machine
#22
Thanks everyone for your comments. I just finished a small baby quilt that needs to be washed. Since it is small, I will add it to my next load of towels and wash on the regular cycle. I think I've been a bit timid about using the regular cycle which spins on high. So, in a few days I'll give it a try. Thanks again.
#23
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#24
I have Whirlpool Duet Washer and Dryer and I use cotton batting and successfully wash and dry quilts with no problem. If they are brand new and I am washing a quilt before I send it out, I use the "short cycle"; still comes out beautiful. Is there a problem with your washer?
#26
Yup. I had the same problem. We are staying in an apartment complex after losing our home to Hurricane Sandy and I just hate using the front load washing machines in the laundry room. I washed a quilt the other day and spent a good half hour over a trash can squeezing and squeezing. It eventually went into the dryer but that took forever.
#27
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Greenwood, AR
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I don't have any problems washing quilts in my front loader...I purposely purchased a front loader because of making quilts......that being said....I have had a problem with it not spinning dry enough....WHEN.....the lint trap is full in my washer...thank goodness for The Hubs who valiantly lays on the floor and unclogs it for me.....
#29
I have a front loader and I really love it, but I have had the same problem. Trying to wash 1 baby quilt doesn't let it spin out. Wash 2 and it was fine. Mine also has different speeds for drying- some cycles will let you change and some won't. As for not being able to add something after it has started, someone else mentioned that to me before we got ours, but I can with mine. I do it all the time. I have the Whirlpool Duet Sport. It has a pause button that will unlock the door so things can be added. About the only things the machine can't do is dye fabrics- which I never do.
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
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I wash my quilts on the gentle cycle with cold water in a front loader. When I go to put them in the dryer they are sopping wet. I've tried putting them through another spin cycle, but that doesn't seem to do much good. I end up squeezing as much water out as I can before putting it into the dryer. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there anything I can do to prevent this? Thanks in advance for your much appreciated advice.
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