Kapok Eiderdowns
Dear Aunt Daisy, _ I should be most grateful if you could help me with my problem-can kapokfilled eiderdowns be washed? I have two -a single and a double, both covered in a floral satin. Being on children’s beds they are very grubby, and badly need cleaning, The kapok has slipped down to the sides from the middle of each end. I would be so pleased if I
can clean them myself; or should they be drv cleaned?
Mary of Northland
Feather eiderdowns can be washed quite satisfactorily, dried in a good breeze and beaten well with a light stick to separate the feathers. But I am afraid kapok would be harder to deal with and would get badly matted. I would suggest making fresh covers for the quilts, which can be taken off and washed like pillow-slips. To get the kapok back evenly all over the eiderdowns, unpick some of the stitching and shake and work it back into the middle. Put them out in the sun, too, like pillows — you will find they fluff up beautifully.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 23
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179Kapok Eiderdowns New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 23
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