Steps On Cleaning Your Stuffable Animals

By Tracie Knight


Most people love stuffed toys. It is one of the valuable belongings of a person. It remind us of the moments these toys represent. Some of them bring us some of our happy memories.

We should always take care of it just like our possessions. These stuffable animals have to be cleaned regularly. To maintain their look, they have to be cleaned regularly. If they are well maintained, it will be able to last for a long time. The following are procedures on cleaning them properly.

If your toy becomes dirty, look at its label for the care directions given by the manufacturer. You need to follow these directions as they are the appropriate steps which you should do. Care directions will vary based on the material they are made of. Some of it has fur coat made from synthetic materials like the polyester. Some of it has natural materials like wool as its body cover.

You will need baking soda. The baking soda should be sprinkled on the animals. It will be kept fresh by the baking soda. Just leave the baking soda in there for more or less fifteen minutes. When fifteen minutes is done, brush them off. You should not put much force when brushing them as you could damage the animal.

Get a vacuum and turn that on. Use a hose attached on the vacuum so you can gently vacuum some of the dusts and dirt off your animals. One has to do it every week. Make sure there are no tiny objects that might get sucked off from it. The loose eyes, ribbon and bows are examples of those things.

If you see that there are soiled marks on it, you should remove that too. Remove it using a mild all purpose cleaner and a sponge. If it is heavily soiled, use a scrub to brush off the dirt in that area. If you wanted to remove spots and stains, you can use a rubbing alcohol for that one.

To wash toys on the washing machine needs to be the last option. Check its label again if you could have them wet. There are some of it that get damaged when it get wet so be sure to check that. If you really have to, place all of them one at a time in a pillow case. Use a safety pin to close that pillow case. Wash it on a delicate cycle mode. Add a little fabric conditioner so they would have fluffy coat.

Use a hair dryer in drying them. It would be best is a hair dryer is used rather than a clothes dryer since the stuffed animals are so sensitive. You need to be careful not to get it so close to that hair dryer. If one does not have dryer, he could let it be dried on air. It could take you many days to have it dried but that is the best thing to do to avoid them from getting damaged.

Our stuffed animals are among our precious possessions. Some of us consider it as one of our family members. Just like your family member, one should keep taking care of those.




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