Can you fluff pillows in the dryer

Alina Bradford. Throw your pillow in the washer, by itself, with your regular detergent and some fabric softener. Set your washer to the Sanitize mode or on the hottest wash cycle your washer provides. Choose the fastest spin cycle, too. You want as much water wrung out of the pillow as possible before it goes in the dryer. What soil setting you choose depends on how dirty you think your pillow is.

Make sure to set it high enough. When the wash is over, put your pillow in the dryer with a dry, clean bath towel. This will speed up the drying process.

When washing down or feather pillows, make sure to wash two at a time for balance and use cool water, gentle, additive-free soap and the fastest spin speed available. Run an extra rinse cycle to remove all the soap. Remove the pillows and place them in your dryer with two or three tennis balls, a pair of clean flip flops or a clean, small stuffed animal. Do not use heat, though.

Instead, put the dryer on its air cycle. The tennis balls will prevent clumps and fluff up the pillows. These tricks can work on couch pillows sometimes as well, but make sure to always read the label first. Do this only if the material is machine washable, though. In some cases, you can also remove pillow covers, spot clean them and replace their filling. The experts at Slumber Yard suggest rotating the mattress itself, as this can redistribute the weight.

Washing your pillows occasionally is a must. Not simply to rid yourself of the dirt and sweat you lay your head on every night, but also to bring back its fluff. When the pillows spin inside the washing machine, they automatically get a chance to regain their fluff, since the machine does the manual kneading and massage for you.

Once washed, you can either fluff a pillow in the dryer or dry them naturally under the sun. It is always advised to avoid using heat dry method for it may burn the pillows or leave a lasting unpleasant odor in your pillow.

Air drying your pillows will suck out all the moisture and will also knead the filling to give it a new look. This requires placing two or more tennis balls in the dryer along with your pillow. The tennis balls are basically there to continuously keep your pillows fluffed up.

They prevent the pillow filling from forming clumps and deflating. You can also manually massage the pillow after every spin so the pillows retain their fluff. If you however, want to make pillows fluffy again without tennis balls, or fluff pillows in the dryer without using tennis balls, you can use a couple of other options.

A pair of flip flops washed of course works as a good alternative.