Washing duvets at the laundromat Karlsruhe

Home machines usually hold 6 to 8 kg. A wet duvet is heavy and needs room to move in the drum. If it is squeezed in, it doesn't get properly clean. In the large 18 kg washer it has enough space.

1. Check the care label: most quilted duvets can take 40 to 60 degrees.
2. Place the duvet loosely in the XXL washer, don't stuff it.
3. Use little detergent, and a down wash for down duvets.
4. Enter the machine number at the payment terminal, pay and press start.

Down clumps if it stays wet for long. So it goes into the dryer right after washing, on a low to medium setting. Two or three tennis balls in the drum fluff up the filling. If the duvet still feels damp inside, add another 10 minutes.

Bed linen and sheets run alongside in one of the 8 kg machines, so the whole bed is fresh in one go.