Washing Quilt
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Washing Quilt
Hi everyone. I just finished my first year making quilts and I'm hooked. I never really thought I'd enjoy quilting as much as I do. My question is how do you wash quilts? Do you dry clean them, take them to the Laundromat to use the big washers or hand wash? Thank you, oh I love all the help and advice that I've gotten on this board
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I just put mine in the washing machine on a cool 40-60 wash and with colour catchers in. No problem . When you give a baby quilt some are washed weekly . Placemats runners etc ar all the same. If you have used cotton fabric and not mixed with other fabrics no problems. Wait those what others say.
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I don't prewash fabrics, so I like to use the large front-loaders at the laundromat for the first wash of a quilt. I use Synthrapol and hot water. The big washers use enough water so that any loose dye is diluted a lot, and the Synthrapol keeps loose dye particles suspended in water so they get rinsed away instead of settling into fabric. I move the quilt to a dryer as soon as it is finished because I don't want damp fabrics sitting against each other.
My home washer is a front-loader, and in my opinion they do not use enough water to dilute any loose dye sufficiently. (Mine is an Asko, which is pretty small.) It is fine for a quilt that has been washed enough times that I am sure there will be no dye bleeds. My home dryer is too small for a large quilt; I would run the risk of burning the quilt and/or burning out the dryer.
My home washer is a front-loader, and in my opinion they do not use enough water to dilute any loose dye sufficiently. (Mine is an Asko, which is pretty small.) It is fine for a quilt that has been washed enough times that I am sure there will be no dye bleeds. My home dryer is too small for a large quilt; I would run the risk of burning the quilt and/or burning out the dryer.
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