Cloud 9 How to wash?

[DvlshAngel985]

Hey all you cloud 9 lovers out there! Is there a special way to wash the cloud nine without hurting or ruining it? Kaji got one recently (Thanks P and Uni!!) and it needs a bit freshening up. Any tips or advice? Thanks!!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Mine would practically shut down my washing machine as I never could balance out the weight and it got vicious, causing machine to make a lot of racket and dance around on the floor and it's very heavy duty. Had to stop Tibbe from using it because of that. Scared my washer couldn't take it and never could get enough towels, etc., to balance it without adding a bunch of them and that was a big hassle as I never had to wash that many - always had to rewash a bunch of clean ones. I guess my washing machine is too old to handle it or something. I hate it, too, as Tibbe loved that bed!!!!!!!!!! It was the best bed he ever had but just too hard on my washing machine.

[ladyjane]

Jeanie, you are the first person I have ever heard say that. Did you just put it in by itself? There is NO reason for that to put a machine off balance because it is incredibly lightweight...but you cannot wash anything that will stay put on one side of the washer because that will put the machine off balance.

I wash my Cloud Nine beds all of the time and have never had an issue. I either do two at a time or put something else on the other side when washing. They are not heavy BUT they will stay put in the one side, therefore you need something to put on the other side.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

Hey all you cloud 9 lovers out there! Is there a special way to wash the cloud nine without hurting or ruining it? Kaji got one recently (Thanks P and Uni!!) and it needs a bit freshening up. Any tips or advice? Thanks!!

You won't ruin it! Just toss something else in with it..towels or something. I usually wash mine on gentle cycle.

These beds fluff up wonderfully when dried in the dryer!

[DvlshAngel985]

Well this is sad news. We have new-ish machines in my apt building. I hope I don't break them. Thanks for the honest feedback Jeanie. I'll make sure to be careful.

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

You won't ruin it! Just toss something else in with it..towels or something. I usually wash mine on gentle cycle.

These beds fluff up wonderfully when dried in the dryer!

Dry on low or medium heat? I swear I love this thing ssooooooo much I want to be as careful as possible. And yeah, Kaji likes it too. I'll have to order him one of his own.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

Well this is sad news. We have new-ish machines in my apt building. I hope I don't break them. Thanks for the honest feedback Jeanie. I'll make sure to be careful.

Well, maybe it is honest feedback....BUT I caution you to not just take her word for this. I have never heard such a thing with these beds. Perhaps you should just wait to get other feedback and then weight it all. If Jeanie lived close to me, I would visit her and help her figure this out because honestly this is one of the best features of this bed....the machine wash and dry is so easy!

[107barney]

I wash all five of my cloud nines in my front- loader machine every week. No problems here. Love the beds. I wash on normal using hot water cycle and add 1/4 cup borax and then I dry on permanent press/normal heat.

[ladyjane]

Jeanie, did you buy your bed from YHR? There are people selling copies, but I don't know what they stuff them with.
Would love to speak with you and see if we can help you figure out why you had such problems.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

Dry on low or medium heat? I swear I love this thing ssooooooo much I want to be as careful as possible. And yeah, Kaji likes it too. I'll have to order him one of his own.

I use medium heat. They dry quickly .

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

Jeanie, you are the first person I have ever heard say that. Did you just put it in by itself? There is NO reason for that to put a machine off balance because it is incredibly lightweight...but you cannot wash anything that will stay put on one side of the washer because that will put the machine off balance.

I wash my Cloud Nine beds all of the time and have never had an issue. I either do two at a time or put something else on the other side when washing. They are not heavy BUT they will stay put in the one side, therefore you need something to put on the other side.

Of course I wash it with towels but I can't get enough in there to keep it from causing my machine to make the worst noise jerking it off center as it spins, no matter how many big towels I stuff in there. I have to add 6 or 7 big towels and it got to be too much trouble and wearing of my towels to re-wash towels and dry them that often. Sob. My old machine just isn't up to it! Hated to lose our Cloud 9 bed but after 4 washes, we had to throw in the towel. Tibbe missed his Cloud 9 so much for so long.

Yes, I bought it from YHR. Loved that bed. It let Tibbe lay up high off floor and still have lots of "nesting" material to dig around on. Soft as a cloud, too!

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Of course I wash it with towels but I can't get enough in there to keep it from causing my machine to make the worst noise jerking it off center as it spins, no matter how many big towels I stuff in there. I have to add 6 or 7 big towels and it got to be too much trouble and wearing of my towels to re-wash towels and dry them that often. Sob. My old machine just isn't up to it! Hated to lose our Cloud 9 bed but after 4 washes, we had to throw in the towel. Tibbe missed his Cloud 9 so much for so long.

Yes, I bought it from YHR. Loved that bed. It let Tibbe lay up high off floor and still have lots of "nesting" material to dig around on. Soft as a cloud, too!

Maybe too many towels...they are heavier than those beds.

I am SO sorry that happened to you.

[Doodlebug]

I would suggest buying a second one and washing them together to balance the load. And wash on gentle cycle maybe? If you have a cotton bed you might want to get a fleece bed for warm winter days. I hope you can figure something out because these are such nice snuggly soft beds. We love ours.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Linda, I tried every combination from one to 6 towels to try to balance that dang machine! Was too scared finally to keep it up but it's not your's or the design's fault - it's that old machine. It's a true working antigue. It was my mom's and from when I was a teenager! An old Kenmore and from our old home from when I was young. I love the old thing and it's only been repaired 3 times in all of these years and works like a charm from my kid brother's school clothes to my things now(!) except for on that big ball of polyfill. BUT IT IS THE MACHINE - not your YHR Cloud 9. It's a machine from the 1960's and amazing that it works at all and it does. I told my mom I would always use it and I do! Just doesn't have the spin ability to handle this situation for some reason. Amazing it still works after the lifetimes and moves it's been through!

As soon as it "dies", we're getting Tibbe a new Cloud 9 bed in a heartbeat!!!!!!!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

I would suggest buying a second one and washing them together to balance the load. And wash on gentle cycle maybe? If you have a cotton bed you might want to get a fleece bed for warm winter days. I hope you can figure something out because these are such nice snuggly soft beds. We love ours.

I would but am just too scared to try that much in it. I would love to be able to have another Cloud 9 and we will one day as soon as we get a new washing machine. But right now, we're nursing this "old" girl from the old days along gently. No one can believe her age and how well she usually does.