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05-04-2012 at 8:36 AM
CBKMRB
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How often do you wash your bedding? Pillows?

Just curious what others do. 

I have a king size bed so when I do my bedding it is at least 2 loads of laundry.  When I do my pillows it is 2 or 3 more loads (I have a lot of pillows).  I do the bedding a lot more often then the pillows. 

 
05-04-2012 at 8:39 AM
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Usually every other week for the sheets. I think you're supposed to do it weekly, but I'm just not that great of a housewife. 
 
05-04-2012 at 12:15 PM
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Weekly.

Except the pillows.  I guess I buy the cheap ones because by the time I think they need to be washed, they are all flat and worthless so I go buy new ones.  


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05-04-2012 at 12:51 PM
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Weekly for the sheets and comforter, I wash my pillows every three weeks or so. It depends. I go to the laundry matt though, I know I am one of the few people that LOVE the laundry matt go in get done go home I can was ten loads in two hours.


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05-04-2012 at 12:56 PM
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I wash the sheets weekly; the duvet cover, blankets, shams, and pillow/mattress covers monthly; and the feather pillows maybe twice a year.  I have zip-up dustmite/bedbug barriers on my pillows, so they stay pretty clean inside those.  I'd probably like to do it seasonally, but It takes forever to dry the pillows and the feathers are smelly when they are wet, so I don't do it very often.  My new 100% down pillows and comforter say dry clean only, so I might take those in seasonally.

 
05-04-2012 at 8:02 PM
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Every Sunday. Clean sheet night on Sunday is a good way to get back to the workweek in my house.  

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05-04-2012 at 9:31 PM
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I wash the sheets weekly. 

The blankets and comforter - maybe once or twice a season. 

Pillows - I get new ones about twice a year.


 
05-05-2012 at 12:18 PM
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Sheets at least every week, sometimes twice, blankets and mattress pad twice a month, I replace our pillows every other month or so.
 
05-05-2012 at 4:25 PM
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Sheets -- weekly

Duvet cover, extra blanket, shams -- monthly

Pillows, duvet, and mattress pad -- a couple times a year


 
05-05-2012 at 8:12 PM
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Sheets - weekly

Blankets - monthly 

Pillows - every few months 


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05-05-2012 at 8:52 PM
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I wash bed sheets once a week, comforters every two or three weeks and never pillows. I keep them in these dust/bug protector covers and one of the gifts my Mom gives us kids (there are six of us) every Christmas is four new pillows. So I just throw away the old ones. 


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05-06-2012 at 7:44 PM
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I've never washed my pillows.  Haven't ever really thought about it. Hmm. I have not been able to find a pillow that is comfortable for me - easy to be too fat or too thin.  So I buy a pillow or two every year. I wash sheets once or twice a month, more in the summer.  We shower before bed, again in the am and of course again if we work out if it's not before the morning shower, so they don't get very dirty.

 Pillow cases get washed once a week and I'd do it more if I had time.  I hate thinking of laying my face where my hair products have been. 







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05-08-2012 at 6:46 PM
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Sheets - Weekly (Sunday night) or friday with we're going to be gone for the weekend

Comforter/Duvet - Every other week

Pillows - I throw them out ever 3 months and buy new. I just buy cheap target pillows. Throw pillows don't get dirty  

 
06-05-2012 at 12:28 AM
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I usually do not get time in working days so I wash my bed sheets and pillow covers in weekends. I take boiled water,mix washing powder in it then dip my bed sheets and pillow covers into it for 4-5 hours then after it brushes them an wash them with clean water.

 
06-06-2012 at 5:13 PM
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Bi-weekly. I always try to get it done weekly, but then I normally forget :( 

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06-07-2012 at 3:36 PM
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Sheets I try to do weekly but with the king bed I get a little lazy and it's usually every 2 weeks.

I have 2 kinds of pillows: down and tempurpedic so both are a pain to wash but the covers get washed about once a month.The duvet is every couple of months

The comforter (also down) should be dry cleaned at minimum once a year, but 2 times is best for it.


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06-09-2012 at 1:49 PM
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06-12-2012 at 11:14 PM
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We change our sheets once a week. Pillow cases sometimes twice a week, if not once a week. Our comforter, once every couple weeks.


 
06-14-2012 at 1:53 PM
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Sheets once a week for sure. The comforter & matress pad once a month if not more.
 
06-18-2012 at 8:48 AM
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Sheets: twice weekly

Blankets/comforter: weekly

Pillows: I steam clean these weekly

Mattress pad: weekly

Mattress: steam clean and vacuum weekly

Yes. I have germ issues.  :) 

 
06-18-2012 at 9:09 PM
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For the sheets and pillowcases, I try to wash weekly, which means I wash every 2-3 weeks. 

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06-19-2012 at 12:41 AM
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My mum does mine, but she always does it while im not in and she uses the same sheets so I can only tell when I get into bed i its all soft :D

She does it once a week, usually on a sunday morning, love my nice cozy bed on sunday nights ^_^ 


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06-19-2012 at 10:39 AM
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I wash it every alternate week
 
06-20-2012 at 4:37 PM
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I try to was my sheets and blanket every 2 weeks. I should do it more often just don't have the time. 

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06-25-2012 at 5:18 PM
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Alright I would consider myself a pretty sanitary person (okay a neat freak), but washing pillows? Do you mean pillow CASES or the actual pillows? Am I supposed to be washing my pillows? omg. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS??

 
06-27-2012 at 10:44 AM
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I wash our sheets and pillow cases at least once a week...normally I don't make it more than 5 days before I feel the need to wash them.  Mattress pad, blanket and comforter are at least once a month.  Pillows are done seasonally.

This all changes if one of us has been sick...if that's the case, everything gets done.  We are lucky to have have a high efficiency washer-top loading with no agitator and dryer.  I try to flutter along with FlyLady so usually Sunday morning is usually when I wash the sheets because DH is home and he will move them to the dryer.  (He can't be trusted to not put clothes and delicates in the dryer that shouldn't go in!)

06-27-2012 at 10:59 PM
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07-01-2012 at 3:33 PM
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How often do people change their pillowcases? 
 
07-02-2012 at 8:46 PM
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Weekly for me! I can't sleep if I go a day over  :P
 
07-05-2012 at 11:42 AM
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I have pets so I wash the comforter monthly so I can get the hair off. The sheets, I do about twice/month. I've never even washed the pillows b/c they are cheapo pillows from Wal-Mart, although after reading this I think I just might!! I have a cal-king so everything has to be in multiple loads too and I should do it more often but it's too much work. I also think it's good to have a spare sheet set for emergencies. You should really put a waterproof matress pad on the bed too, keeps out a lot of stuff you don't want getting on your nice mattress! They don't sound like a tarp anymore either, they are made from treated fabric now. :)
 
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