Can I put my feather pillows in the washer and will they fluff back up in the dryer?

Yes, you can but take a precaution and wash it inside a zippered pillow case if you have one...that way if the pillow busts open, you won't have feathers all over the washer/dryer and in the drain pipe. Add a pair of gym shoes to the wash and dry cycle and the gym shoes will beat the pillow till its fluffy while its drying. If you don't want to wash your gym shoes, add tennis balls to the dryer and they'll do almost as good a job.





The fabric a feather pillow is encased in has a very tight weave so it will take awhile before the water can get in - it will also take a rather long time to dry.





One last thing, wash two pillows at the same time so your wash won't be side weighted or wash some large towels so when the washer spins the weight will be evened out.Can I put my feather pillows in the washer and will they fluff back up in the dryer?
Follow the claning instructions on the tag attached to the pillow. If no longer attached or legible, go to a store and read one there!





I wouldn't imagine this is a good idea. Bird feathers naturally have oil on them to repel water, hence they ';bathe'; without messing up the feathers. But you will be using detergent - which will remove this oil.Can I put my feather pillows in the washer and will they fluff back up in the dryer?
throw a couple of tennis balls in the dryer with them
Yes. Get a feather. Wet it and test it. Birds have feathers and they take a bath and their feathers fluff back. Like nature.
wouldn't try it. Too difficult to get all the feathers to dry. I suggest hanging them in the sun for about 6 hours.
Here is what I found on this subject:





Washing Down Pillows: You can wash your down pillows, but we do not recommend that you do it at home, or in an agitator machine. Use a front loading commercial washer with regular non-bleach detergent.





Before washing make sure that the fabric is not too old or deteriorated from body oils, or weakened from age. After washing, while the down is wet, you may notice a pungent odor. This is natural with all down products, and will disappear when the down items are completely dry.





Be certain to dry your items very thoroughly so they don't mildew.





It will take about 3 hours to dry 2 pillows, perhaps much longer for a down comforter, using a large commercial dryer on medium heat. Commercial dryers can get very hot and burn your down comforter or pillows, so take them out and fluff regularly when drying and check for overheating. Make sure the comforter or pillows have plenty of room to toss and fluff as they dry. Put a tennis ball or two, in a clean white sock, in with your comforter or pillows to help separate and fluff the down clusters as they dry.
i have tried it before and they come out lumpy. You can never get them back the way they were