How to Refluff a Washed Wool Quilt

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  SF3 on 26/05/2022 - 22:52

  Wool Fill Quilts
  Like their cotton counterparts, wool fill quilts should also be washed before use— separately. However, how to wash your wool quilt is slightly different — some wool fill quilts are machine washable, some others are dry cleanable. Check your care label before washing.

  For those that are machine washable, our recommendation is to do so in an industrial size machine or take it down to your local laundromat. Set the machine to the wool cycle wash and use a wool-specific detergent and line dry your quilt in the shade if possible. Do not tumble dry, iron or steam. Plump your quilt regularly to retain its loft.

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  dust on 26/05/2022 - 22:59

  +2

  Dryer on no heat with a tennis ball inside? (That's how you refluff down blankets/jackets.)

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    ultravanilla on 27/05/2022 - 08:41

    2 or 3 tennis balls in a big laundromat dryer for 20-30 mins does the trick. Also, avoid really cheap tennis balls or you'll get a nasty industrial rubber smell in the quilt.

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      dtc on 27/05/2022 - 09:09

      Not sure the tennis balls are needed; I've never used them. the industrial dryers are big enough that the jacket or quilt gets enough impact / shaking just from dropping from the top of the cylinder to the bottom. I cant see that a few tennis balls will do much for a large quilt.

      Not that it will hurt or cause an issue and perhaps it helps. but if the OP doesnt happen to have a bunch of quality tennis balls around, wont matter

      anyway, agree that large laundromat dryer is the way to go. Keep the temp lowish

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        furyou on 27/05/2022 - 10:45

        So just the motion needed, not the heat?

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          dtc on 27/05/2022 - 11:06

          @furyou: you need the heat to dry it (I guess if there is no heat it would still dry but take much much longer). You need the motion to 'fluff' it, which also helps dry things like down or quilts as it gets rid of clumps and the middle of a clump will never dry. The tennis balls help out the fluffing by adding additional impact, which is good in a home dryer but in an industrial dryer probably isnt needed because the drum is so large

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            furyou on 27/05/2022 - 11:10

            @dtc: It's already air dry, just like a lumpy pancake now.

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              oscargamer on 27/05/2022 - 11:24

              +1

              @furyou: Need to employ a fluffer…..

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              dtc on 27/05/2022 - 13:18

              @furyou: oh, ok - yes, in that case, you need to break up all of the lumps and that is through motion. Shaking it for an hour might do it… However you may find that washing it again and then using a big dryer is better because some of those lumps may have hardened as they dried and its hard to break them up. Washing will break them all up and you then just need to dry it properly

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  Euphemistic on 27/05/2022 - 08:12

  +1

  Shake the s#|+ out of it?