How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

DS has DH's stuffed dog from his childhood.

It has been peed on. :doh Can I submerge it without destroying it entirely? It's not terribly beat up, just... old.

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

I have put stuffed animals on gentle/delicate cycle with some Woolite. And then air dried and tossed into the dryer for a few minutes to "fluff."

BUT, those were animals/lovies from the last decade.

Hmm.

What about surface scrubbing and a sprayer at the kitchen sink?

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

A friend occasionally dry-cleaned stuffed animals. :shrug3

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

Depends on the filling. If it's fluff, I put it in a pillowcase and knot the end. Then I was it on gentle and let it spin for a while. If it's filled with something else, I'd try a surface cleaning.

I washed my PotBelly bear from the early 80s that way. I use a pillow case to protect their eyes a little bit.

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

I had a stuffed animal from when I was a baby (86) and it was just washed in the washer like normal:shrug3

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

Washer and dryer here too.

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

We've succesfully washed DH's bear that's only a few months younger than him in the washing machine, in a pillow case, on gentle.

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

I wash them all the time. So far everyone has survived.

Re: How do I clean an old stuffed animal?
 

Washer in cold on gentlest cycle

Dryer on warm/fluff

I have washed my childhood bear numerous times with no problems