Britons 'sleep in dirty duvets'

[Moggy]

Damn it, i thought i was clean

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Do you wash your duvet - if not then you should.

I don't think I've ever washed my duvet, I'm not sure it would it even fit in the machine.

I change my sheets every couple of weeks. But ewwwwwwww

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/5170400.stm

!!!

 

[EastEnder]

Damn it, i thought i was clean

Not a chance.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Christ; and here I thought I was a pig...

We change the sheets and pillowcases every week. The duvet/comforter is washed 4 times a year, maybe more. Sometimes, we'll just throw it in the dryer for a spin, to freshen it up a bit.

We've done this with both synthetic comforters and down duvets. The down will stand up just fine to washing; just think, it used to get wet when it was still on the duck or goose with no ill effect.

Eventually, though, after a number of years, it will start to lose feathers. When it loses quite a few feathers, it's time to get a new duvet.

 

[LDR]

You should never get a duvet dry cleaned, the fumes from that can kill you, least that's what they told me when I took mine in to get cleaned. I'd hope they're just washing it for you.

I take to the dry-cleaner and they clean it for me.

I've got know real idea what goes on behind the scenes with my duvet.

 

[madzone]

just think, it used to get wet when it was still on the duck or goose with no ill effect.

Because whilst it's on a duck they lubricate it with fluid from an oil gland.

 

[blues]

Always cleaned my duvets at least twice a year at the launderette, and occasionally in the bath as well if a new kitten arrives and can't remember where the loo is! Takes an age to dry if home washed tho, so generally take a trip to launderette if I can. They just don't fit in home washers/dryers!

 

[Numbers]

Duvet cleaned twice a year, bed sheets changed twice a week...

 

[tangerinedream]

Duvet cleaned twice a year, bed sheets changed twice a week...

Twice a week!!!!

Really?

 

[bluestreak]

i can't believe some of you people and your obsession with cleanliness.

you can't trust clean people.


still, they're making themselves unable to resist germs and bugs and so they'll all die off soon.

the mucky will inherit the earth!

 

[Skim]

This thread has caused me much soul-searching

I need a new duvet – and fast. Is the John Lewis sale still on?

 

[LDR]

Twice a week!!!!

We change our sheets once a week, more if sex is particularly messy.

The number of English girls I’ve lived with that never seemed to change their bed linen really surprised me.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

i can't believe some of you people and your obsession with cleanliness.

you can't trust clean people.


still, they're making themselves unable to resist germs and bugs and so they'll all die off soon.

the mucky will inherit the earth!

Changing the sheets once a week is not an obsession with cleanliness.

 

[madzone]

I refuse to wash mine too regularly on the grounds of it being environmentally friendly to be dirty

 

[EastEnder]

Changing the sheets once a week is not an obsession with cleanliness.

It is for bluestreak.

He's dirty.....

 

[Termite Man]

Is the John Lewis sale still on?

Yes it is !

 

[madzone]

Think of all the water, detergent and electricity that you lot are using. Global warming is obviously down to your superclean beds

 

[Orang Utan]

This thread has caused me much soul-searching

Me too - I think it's time I changed my sheets

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Think of all the water, detergent and electricity that you lot are using. Global warming is obviously down to your superclean beds

Then get the shit drycleaned.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I refuse to wash mine too regularly on the grounds of it being environmentally friendly to be dirty

You won't have many friends if you smell like a midden.

 

[madzone]

You won't have many friends if you smell like a midden.

At least I don't smell of Lenor

I have loads of friends - maybe they smell as bad as me.

 

[madzone]

Then get the shit drycleaned.

That would make me very ill

I'll just stay grubby, in my luvly grubby bed.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

but not your actual duvet, right?

i have once washed a duvet. I had been stored in my mum's garage while i was between houses and it smelled damp - otherwise i wouldn't bother.

You have to go to the launderette where they have those special machjines, and it costs a fair bit. some duvets need dry cleaning - and that's even pricier. sod that for a game of soldiers. Bring on the dust mites.

Cheaper to just buy a new one

 

[nadia]

Really should do mine
sheets get changed about once a fortnight

 

[tangerinedream]

Think of all the water, detergent and electricity that you lot are using. Global warming is obviously down to your superclean beds

Maybe David Cameron should come out and say, 'as well as my windmill and solar panel and cycling, my bed fucking stinks and is all crusty - Vote for me'

 

[nino_savatte]

I can't ever remember cleaning my duvet....... can you do it in the washing machine or does it have to be dry cleaned?

You can dry clean duvets but you can wash them too. You have to go to a lauderette as the average doemstic washing machine isn't big enough to cope with a duvet.

 

[suitgirl]

i cant believe any of ye dirty feckers who've never cleaned yer duvets! smelly hoors the lot of ye!

 

[nadia]

If i had one of those grrovy dyson washing machines I would do it

 

[Numbers]

Twice a week!!!!

Really?

absolutely. nothing as nice as fresh sheets. I love our bed so it makes sense to us to always have it fresh.

 

[nino_savatte]

I change my sheets once a week: it's the way I was brought up.