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Lifestyle: Cleaning blankets that are used at home by hand can be quite a task. If it is immersed in water, the blanket becomes very heavy and a person cannot clean it properly. Many people nowadays use washing machines to clean blankets. But do you know whether it is safe to clean blankets in a washing machine? Do you wash blankets in the washing machine? But first, let us discuss whether this is the right thing to do.
Now, if the blanket too is to be washed in the washing machine, then there is one thing to remember while putting a blanket in the washing machine—the label. If the blanket label reads, “Hand wash only,” don’t you put the blanket in the washing machine. Well, even though the label said not to wash this blanket in the washing machine, such a blunder has been made—a lumpy blanket and a damaged washing machine with it.
Keep in mind the blanket’s weight before you wash it. If the blanket weighs over 7.8 kg if water is added, then you shouldn’t wash it in a machine. Since the machine can’t handle significant weight, it gets spoiled quickly. If the blanket is of light weight, it can be washed in a washing machine. Then, after wash, dry it in sunlight. Some people dry their blankets in the washing machine. This may damage the dryer. When washing a light blanket in the machine, care should be taken not to weigh heavy on the machine. If it is feared that it would tear the blanket, then the washing machine might be used. You can set it on a sensitive setting before running the machine.
