Peculiarities of care of soft (plush) toys: useful tips

Toys such as a teddy bear, a white bunny or a bright parrot are the favorite friends of small children. Soft toys are loved not only by children, but also by many adults. If toys are used by a child, they often get dirty. The child may decide to feed the toy with porridge or forget to wash their hands after drawing, and the toy will get stubborn stains. How to properly clean stuffed toys?

Ways of caring for soft toys

Depending on the materials and design of the soft toy, there are several ways to clean it:

• Washing in the machine is possible if the label is marked accordingly. If you wash a stuffed toy that is not designed for this purpose, it can quickly lose its appearance, fade, the padding can be knocked over or the fur can become covered in lint. In addition, large toys can not be washed in the machine. Soft toys can be washed in the machine on a gentle cycle. You need to rinse them additionally, removing the remains of detergent.
• Washing plush toy by hand, use a delicate detergent and water about +30. You can add a little vinegar or citric acid to keep the bright color of the material. The product does not need to twist. You can gently squeeze and spread the fur, or let the water drain off.
• It is best to dry the stuffed toy in a special dryer for clothes. If there is no such machine, the toy should be placed outdoors or near a heat source. The toy is periodically turned over for even drying.
• Dry cleaning children's toys is better not to carry out, and to use aqua-cleaning in water with a special agent. After that, it is washed in a machine.
• Quality washing is carried out as dirt, when spots appear. Soft toys need light cleaning every 3-7 days. They are wiped of dust with a damp sponge, you can with a soap solution.
• Soft toys of large size, such as teddy bears 160 cm or more can be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner with special attachments.

If the toy is built in a talking or musical block, you can not wash it in water, otherwise this detail will break. Metal from moisture will begin to rust and ruin the appearance of the toy. If it is necessary to wash such a toy, it is carefully ripped open at the seam near the location of the sound element. It is removed, at the same time change the batteries. After washing the device is inserted into place and stitch the toy.

Knitted toys or products of elastic plush not dry in suspension, so they do not stretch. They are spread out on a flat surface and periodically turned over.

Additional care

In winter, soft toys can be exposed to the frost before washing. In 2 hours at -5, the dust mites die. If a damp item is left out in the cold after washing, the yellowed white material or fur will bleach. In summer, you can disinfect toys in the sun.

If your child is allergic to laundry detergent, you can soak the toy in warm water with baking soda, scrub the stains and then expose it to the sun or frost, depending on the time of year. This would be an environmentally friendly cleaning of the stuffed toy.