Is it possible to wash soft toys in the washing machine

To think about how to wash children's soft toys, you need more when buying them, this will facilitate the process of caring for them. If the label indicates that you can wash the product, then no problems should arise in the process, another thing is when the toys can only be cleaned. Let's talk about everything in more detail.

Is it possible or not?

Toys, especially soft ones, are stuffed with a lot of dust. Microbes and dust mites reproduce easily in them, so they have to be washed and cleaned quite often, since children play with them. Is it possible to wash toys or not? The answer to this question can be found on the label or packaging for this product. If there are none, then carefully examine the product, and you will understand whether it is worth washing the machine in the machine.

Here is a list of soft toys that should not be machine washed:

• toys with glued parts (buttons, eyes, nose, beads, rhinestones, etc.);
• large-sized toys that are difficult to fit in the drum of a toy car;
• musical items, as there are batteries and microcircuits inside them;
• products made from natural fabrics, such as wool or linen, such toys lose their shape and stretch;
• toys filled with feathers, buckwheat husks or sawdust.

Note! Toys with sewn fittings and parts can be washed in the machine automatically, for this you need to use a special laundry bag.

Laundry Prep

Before you put all the toys in the drum of the machine, they must be carefully inspected. Check if the parts are torn off or if the packing sticks out of the holes. All holes must be well sewn up.

Take an old pillowcase or special bag in which to put a soft toy. If there are many toys, divide them into several washings. And vice versa, do not wash one small toy in the car, put non-shedding towels with it. This will prevent imbalance of things in the drum during washing.

To wash toys with a musical “stuffing” in the washing machine, you must first open and carefully remove the batteries and the singing module, and sew the hole.

Contaminated places can be pre-washed with soap or liquid hair shampoo, allowed to lie down, and if necessary, rub with a brush. After this procedure, the chances that the toy is removed in the machine by the machine are much higher.

We start the machine

After choosing toys that can be machine washed, load them into the drum. To wash soft toys, take a baby powder with a neutral composition, free of phosphates and other harmful substances, it is better if it is liquid, rinses faster.

Next, select the washing mode, in which the water heats up to 30-40⁰With and low spin speeds. This mode includes “Delicate wash”, “Hand wash”, “Wool”. There are rarely toys that have a permit icon for washing at a temperature of 70⁰C. After checking the number of revolutions and temperature, do not forget about the additional rinse.

Note! A useful function in the washing machine can be the function “Steam cleaning”, thanks to it you can carry out dry disinfection of toys.

We dry products

Drying soft toys after machine or hand washing is only possible in the open air, machine drying is strictly prohibited. Large toys can be hung, for example, on the balcony. When suspended, toys that are not subject to shrinkage and stretching can be dried.

If the toys, in your opinion, can stretch out, then lay them out on a horizontal dryer. Toys after hand washing can be wrapped in a terry towel, which will take part of the moisture onto itself, and then dried on a dryer in a balcony or in a well-ventilated area.

Hand Wash and Cleaning Methods

If the manufacturer recommends washing the toys by hand, then do this as follows:

• pour water at a temperature of 40⁰C, in the pelvis;
• dissolve a detergent, shampoo or baby powder in water;
• put the toy in water, taking care not to wet the glued parts;
• with a brush or sponge to clean particularly dirty areas;
• rinse the product, changing the water several times;
• hang the product on a rope and dry.

Important! Chemicals are not allowed to wash or clean a toy for children.

To wash a soft toy in a machine or manually is not enough to disinfect the product from germs or ticks, since germs die only at high temperatures. To do this, more effective methods are needed.

• The first way. You can put a small toy in a bag, tie it up and put it in the freezer for several days, at least for two. Low temperature, like high, is detrimental to ticks. Large toys can be taken out to the balcony on frost.
• The second way. Use a special lamp with ultraviolet light for disinfection, which kills microbes.

In addition, toys that cannot be wetted can be vacuumed. To do this, you need a small nozzle. It is better to reduce power when cleaning. The second way to clean is to put the toy in a bag and sprinkle it with starch and soda. Package tightly knotted and shook. Then the toy needs to be taken out and brushed from starch dust.

Thus, any children's toy can be washed or cleaned. There are different ways to do this. The main thing is to do it regularly, at least once a month, if children are prone to allergies, then wash such toys more often. And let “soft” friends bring only joy.