daveh Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Can anyone here recommend a place that will dry-clean (if they need dry-cleaning, that is) duvets? Our king-size quilts won't fit into the washing machine.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Dry cleaners at Kantersted is the only place I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 use the bath and soak it in washing powder, we just did ours yesterday then hung on line to drip dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 the campsite at eshaness has industrial size washing machines and driers (I hear). It's usually cheaper to buy a new quilt rather than get a cleaning company to do it. Make sure you only use a small amount of detergent, no fabric conditioner and don't wander far from the tumble drier (they can scorch), handy thing about eshaness is it got a good cafe next door as it'll take a couple of hours. but phone 1st.Most importantly when cleaning duvets is to make sure they're dry as quickly and evenly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckleflugga Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Got my duvet done at kantersted, abslolutly splendid cheap too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddtablet Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Our duvets are done regularly and I seem to think that Kantersted washed and dried them for us although I don't think it was cheap, however they were fast and efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filskadacat Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 It's usually cheaper to buy a new quilt rather than get a cleaning company to do it. You mean you can afford new duvets every year? Isn't that...erm...a bit wasteful? I give mine to the local launderette; they wash and dry them same day and charge about £10 for a double I think. OK that's in Broughty Ferry - but there must be a launderette that does service washes in Lerwick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I didn't say I personally bought a new quilt every time. Personally I used to use the villages industrial washers & dryers. Now I'm up here I haven't needed to wash a double/king size yet. It's roughly 10quid cheaper to do it yourself. With having to wash duvet 2/3 times a year it saves a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Thanks for the tips, folks. We took our 2 king-sized duvets to Mansons, in Kandersted road, this morning and will be charged £16 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 like I said ouch. for 16quid you could have bought new kingsize ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 like I said ouch. for 16quid you could have bought new kingsize ones. Seems some folk just have too much money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filskadacat Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 for 16quid you could have bought new kingsize ones. Last time I bought a kingsize duvet was about 12 years ago - and I thought I had done really well to get it for £100 in a sale. See on John Lewis website they are now £200. Suppose that works out at about £8 a year plus the laundering... and it's still as cosy as ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I doubt many folk have a £200 duvet for 16quid you could have bought new kingsize ones. Last time I bought a kingsize duvet was about 12 years ago - and I thought I had done really well to get it for £100 in a sale. See on John Lewis website they are now £200. Suppose that works out at about £8 a year plus the laundering... and it's still as cosy as ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filskadacat Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I doubt many folk have a £200 duvet Adhering as I have always done to the mantra of my mother (brought up on the Burgh Road) of 'Buy cheap, buy dear', my point was that it seems to me much less wasteful and indeed considerably less expensive in the long run to buy a worthwhile product, look after it and make it last; a principle which has served me well, for example, with a dishwasher which ran happily for 24 years and a washing machine which has seen off numerous loads from baby clothes to enormous rugby kit, has just turned 18 and (fingers crossed) seems as good as new. Oh yes – and the tumble drier is now 25. I know this thread is about duvets - but the casual assertion that you just chuck stuff out and buy a new one quite horrifies me, not only from a green point of view - all that landfill! - but also in terms of sheer extravagance. You’ve obviously subscribed to this concept yourself with your Defender – which my son would buy from you in a minute were it not for the ferry fare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Aha! But how energy efficient are those old appliances?!?! At least some of you can afford a duvet, I clean my sheets every Friday, as soon as the new Shetty Times appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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