Do you air dry your pillows and comforters under the sun?
By neelianoscet
@neelianoscet (9615)
Philippines
May 19, 2010 11:50am CST
Pillows and comforters basically are easy to care for and the drying method could varies between two. A comforters could be dry for almost four hours and pillow for almost two hours. However some prefer to hang it on the clothesline while other people would decide just to remove the cotton inside the pillow case or foam and let it soak on the sun. Some even have their pillow unwashed and they just hang it outside just to let those pillow mites disappear so keeping pillow fresh and breathable and they just replace the pillow cover. often times pillow maybe wash manually or in a machine. Whatever you prefer best it's up to you. How often do you wash your pillows and comforters?
How about you, Do you air dry your pillows under the sun or just hang it until it dry? Why their is a need to do it and for what purposes?
5-19-10
11:50
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10 responses
@med889 (5941)
•
19 May 10
My mother always take the pillow to the sun to air dry it and I like it this way because every time pillows are inside the house so they have to feel the air too. And besides my grandma says that if there are bacteria inside they will flow away and the sun takes off all the smell if any in the pillow.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
20 May 10
hi med,
yeah, that is the things too which my mom told me and even the pillow is keep unwashed as long as it aerated. it could makes the pillows smell fresh even best if they are dry under the natural sunshine. it is the faster way to remove moisture and including the things you mention like bacteria, maybe mold and mildew. thanks.
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
19 May 10
I don't know what's the point of letting the pillows air dry under the sun. When I clean my pillows, I just hang them to the corner of my room beside a window and leave it there for hours. Our previous maid, though, did leave the pillows under the sun. I never bothered asking her what
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@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 May 10
My mother use to remind me to put the pillow outside to air or sun dry so that the pillows would be keep fresh and smell clean. So sun dry is more prefer than air drying. It is say they could kill the mites hidden in the pillow and you could let the pillow aerated to keep the moisture away and it good habit to do it to makes the pillow more clean and makes anyone sleep on it feel more relax since it more feel hygienic. thanks.
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@AmbiePam (92481)
• United States
22 May 10
I use a washing machine and dryer to do my laundry. It's not that I would object to drying my comforters or pillows in the sun. It's that I live in a very windy place, with a lot of red dirt. A LOT of red dirt. And it isn't apparent that so much dirt can be around until the wind starts, and then anything left outside to dry is covered with it.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
20 May 10
We just air dry our pillows and comforter under the sun. We hang it all in the roof 
. Because we need to wash our pillows sometimes, we don't know how much dirt is living inside it.
. Because we need to wash our pillows sometimes, we don't know how much dirt is living inside it. 
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
21 May 10
What's a comforter?? hehe ^_^ So far, i dun think i have ever washed my pillow.. haha =D The furthest i will go is to change the pillow case every month or so.. WHile take my pillow out to sun, occasionally.. haha =D
I guess most ple will choose to air dry their pillows as compared to washing it right?? After all, we do have a pillow case over the pillow, and thus it should not be that dirty.. hehe
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
20 May 10
i guess pillows smells better when air dried under the sun. so that is practically how we clean them dry. we don't have comforters so i can't tell how to clean them.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
20 May 10
I have hung my pillowcases on the clothesline in the summer because I like the outdoor scent on them. I don't hang them out in the winter because it's too cold some days then and they don't get dry. It's during that time of year that I use my clothes dryer. I do my sheets the same way. I wash both my sheets and pillowcases about every two weeks.
@ypyanyan (956)
• China
20 May 10
hi,neelianoscet .
I am a student . In my college 'place has humid weather .
It upsets me .
so when it is sunny . my pillows will be exposed to the sun.
my quilt and shoes are exposed to the sun . I am comfort under the sun .
the best thing is I can smell the sun when I use the quilt .
@umabharti (3972)
• India
20 May 10
hi,i often do this dring of pillows as well as bedsheets and blankets.To keep a healthy way of living we need to at leant monthly twice do this job.Change the covers when ever we feel they are not clean.Placing in the sun,washing dring everthing is good but shd be done proper way.
