Plush toys can get dusty or dirty for a variety of reasons, and they also absorb sweat and other odors. Just like your child’s clothes need to be washed, their plush toys need to be cleaned from time to time. Here are the 4 best ways to clean your child’s plush toys with or without water, in the washing machine or with a vacuum cleaner.
- Hand wash (suitable for small plush toys and localized stain cleaning)
- Machine wash (suitable for the vast majority of plush toys cleaning, but be careful to avoid electronic parts, and plant fillers)
- Dry cleaning (suitable for small plush toys)
- Vacuum cleaning (suitable for plush toy surface dust cleaning)
Most plush toys can and should be cleaned. Inevitably, over time, plush toys will attract a lot of dust to their surfaces. If your child has allergies or asthma, it’s important to clean their plush toys regularly to remove dust or other irritants. Of course, if they are stained or moldy, we need to clean them even more to make them cute again.
1：Hand Washes
For toys with only local stains, where dirty, where to wash, wash the local with soap, and finally wipe down with a rag, repeatedly wash down, it’s almost done.
2：Machine Wash
the vast majority of plush toys can be put into the washing machine to wash, save time and convenience. After drying twice, hang up in the sun, after hand patting, the toy will become soft.
3：Vacuum cleaner
If the plush toys are very large, use a vacuum cleaner to deal with surface dust, I have tried the effect is quite good, provided that the vacuum cleaner to clean.
4：Dry cleaning
a large packet of coarse salt and dirty plush toys together into a large plastic bag, and then the bag is tied tightly shake hard. After a while, the surface of the plush toy will be clean, and the salt can be used again and again.
Cleaning plush toys attention
1:Water temperature should be suitable
The right water temperature helps to clean the plush toys, the water temperature is controlled at 30-40 degrees.
2:The color should be distinguished
In the wash plush toys, wash the dark and light colors separately, do not mix them together, once the color is lost, dyeing to other toys on top is very ugly. Especially the pure white plush toys, stained with a few other colors are very ugly.
3:Detergent should be neutral
In the cleaning of plush toys, it is best to use neutral detergent, less damage to plush toys, will not lead to hair loss, color loss, etc.. The amount of detergent added should also be appropriate.
4:The strength should be moderate
In the cleaning of plush toys, do not too hard to grab, pinch, etc., so as not to break the toy or lead to hair loss.
5:Washing tools to be professional
Because of the soft texture of plush toys, should use soft brushes.
6:Careful to use the washing machine
Washing machine to wash plush toys, although saving energy, the washing machine’s high-speed rotation is easy to break the plush toys, so if the plush toys are not very dirty, it is recommended to wash them by hand, dirty places more than a few times on the line.
7:Dehydration and drying to be careful
Plush toys are not easy to dry, it is best to use the washing machine for dehydration. After dehydration, put the plush toys after shaping in the ventilation to dry. It is best not to expose to the sun, exposure to the sun is easy to discolor.
