I picked out this… thing. The duvet cover had eaten everything in the machine and turned itself into a postmodern textile art piece.
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- Heydo@lemmy.worldEnglish7 days
If you washing machine has a Bedding setting then try using that. It prevents this from happening, at least of front loading machines.
Well, yeah waterproof, but I guess what I mean is how is that cycle any different?
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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. ,
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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.
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I recently got a used washer that doesn’t have the center column and instead of doing this, blankets now form a bubble or mushroom shape across the whole drum
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That’s exactly why I always tie a knot in the middle of large things like this lol
I never had duvet covers do this. Fitted sheets however 💀. Now, I put them into a big laundry bag I’ve bought at a large coffee roastery.
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You know. I didn’t think about doing that for the dryer. The fitted sheets always eat the rest and then I have a jelly-roll style sheet conglomeration.
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You have you keep it somewhat loose, just make it so it can’t easily catch other things
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It took me time to find the opening and then to accept that it isn’t ripped anywhere. My only explanation is that it took a tumble into the fourth dimension.
Ugh fuck duvet covers they’ll eat themselves even if they’re closed and the only thing in there
7 daysYou have to butten them up again before you wash them. I regret it every time I don’t.
- jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish7 days
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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I might consider that… Although it only happened once, so we’ll see if something similar happens again :D
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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.
