I have washed mine many times, hung on the line to dry and just give it a good shake or manually try to separate feathers, every hour or so till it is dry. It has worked fine.
bluefrog2,
Nov 4, 8:48am
You can. But I'd take it to the dry cleaners too. If you don't dry it properly, it will go mouldy inside.
oh_hunnihunni,
Nov 4, 9:27am
You need a good hot sunny day so it pays to be sure you're getting one before you stuff it in the machine, but like maclad, I've done my two several times a year for the past decade and have had no issues. Mind you, they aren't overstuffed, and I do beat them up on the line, never had any issues with mold or clumping. And the nice lavender woolwash detergent I use makes them smell delish.
Beats chemical cleaners hands down.
torst,
Nov 6, 3:39pm
Absolutely you can. When we bought our last washing machine we got the biggest available just so we could wash feather duvets. Come summer I wash all my feather duvets and pillows. It can be tricky to get it balanced but it is so worth it. If the weather isn??
yjeva,
Nov 6, 3:45pm
Some dry cleaners will not do them because of the risk of getting feathers in their machines.
maclad,
Nov 6, 4:08pm
There is nothing nicer than bedding dried in fresh air on a lovely sunny day. Smells great, better than dry cleaning.
rojill,
Nov 9, 8:31pm
Just washed two feather duvets this week. Picked a fine sunny day with breeze. They were dry in 3 hours but left them out for 5 then straight onto the beds. Fluffed them up several times and again when putting on beds. Much better for it. No lumping of feathers evident.
inthecity,
Nov 17, 12:57pm
FYI everyone.
I washed it and it came up a treat. Thank you.
maclad,
Nov 17, 2:29pm
Good for you now you know you can do it again when necessary. They smell so lovely when dried in the sun.
texastwo,
Nov 18, 8:06am
Buy a silk duvet - washing no problem
happen,
Jul 29, 8:04am
I have been washing my feather duvets for many years, I do finish them off in the drier though, just for 20 minutes or so. We have had some of our duvets for 25 years or more.
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