Comments | lillibet: Dusting the Bunnies

lillibet

Dusting the Bunnies

Feb 15, 2006 17:14

I have a shelf-full of stuffed animals (soft toys) collecting dust on a shelf in my workroom. Can anyone suggest a good way to dust them? I had thought of putting them in the dryer for a few minutes, and then someone said "use low heat!" and, well, our dryer doesn't have a low heat setting. No, really--the only variable setting is time. Would ( Read more... )

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anonymous February 15 2006, 23:35:56 UTC

Depends. Is it a gas dryer? I wouldn't put them in a gas dryer at all unless you had a 'fluff' cycle. Or, you could put a couple each in a big pillow case before drying. That would protect them from scalding.

kerri9494 February 15 2006, 23:36:40 UTC

Stupid LJ. That was me.

starphire February 16 2006, 01:30:53 UTC

Perhaps it's a stupid question, but why not just vacuum them?

earthling177 February 16 2006, 06:38:12 UTC

I would think that you could probably just vacuum them too.

As for the dryer, it's highly unusual that it'd have only high heat. The dryers that used to have only one setting were usually manufactured to supply medium heat (permanent press) all the time. Some other dryers only have a timer but each cycle (usually auto-dry) has a different setting, like high for cottons, medium for permanent press, low for delicates. If the dryer was made after 1990 or so it should have at least one auto-dry setting. If you only want to dust them in the dryer, you want a fluff cycle (no heat). If you wash them, then yes, low or medium (at most) heat.

lillibet February 16 2006, 07:03:00 UTC

Next time you're at my house, check out my dryer.

deguspice February 16 2006, 14:15:33 UTC

Swiffer makes a duster. It's useful for irregular shaped objects. I haven't tried it on stuffed animals (but I probably should, I bet my bunnies are collecting dust).

dancingdeer February 18 2006, 19:39:51 UTC

http://www.stuffemal.com/misc/HowToCleanPlush.html