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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:51:09 -0400, Michael A. Ball
<Guardian@wireco.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:58:00 -0600, "Lobo"
><lobo119@doodah5doodah.gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Mom told me I had to take the feathers out of the pillows, put them in a
>>pillowcase, tie or sew it closed, wash them, then put them into new ticking.
>>There must be an easier way ... cannot I just throw them in the washer on the
>>gentle cycle, then dry them with a tennis shoe like I do my down coat?
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>>Potential problem is the ticking smells funky ... that sleeping man smell.
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>What in hell is "...that sleeping man smell"?! Do we smell bad when
>we're asleep!?
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>Just wash the pillow in the gentle cycle, dry with low heat and no
>tennis shoe. Unless you really trust the existing ticking, you might put
>a second pillow cover on, as a back-up, until the pillow is dry again.
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>"The greatest thrill isn't to kill, but to let live"
>James Oliver Curwood, author of The Grizzly King
what is ticking ??
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Re: down pillows - how to wash?
