Rules for caring for antistress toys: how to wash in a typewriter and hands, how to dry?

Antistress toys are very popular among children and adults. They are attractive because they allow you to relax and get pleasant tactile sensations.

Regular contact with the product will result in stains and other contamination.

To cope with them and not harm an unusual toy, you need to know the rules for caring for it.

Is it possible and how to properly wash antistress toys in the washing machine and by hand, read the article.

Is it possible?

Antistress toys are filled with polystyrene balls. They give pleasant sensations when touched.

This material is safe for human health.... It does not absorb moisture and foreign odors, but it can retain dust. Therefore, the product must be periodically wet processed.

You can wash a toy in a typewriter. The device will not harm the product if its outer shell is made of high quality materials. It must be strong enough and not have external defects in the form of holes and split seams.

It is not recommended to load products with fragile colors into the washing machine drum.... Contact with water, combined with increased friction, will cause the item to lose its attractive appearance.

To make sure that machine washable is not prohibited, you need to read the information on the product label. Most often it is sewn into one of the seams.

In some products, natural materials act as fillers, for example:

• flax seeds,
• buckwheat husk,
• bamboo.

Useful information about washing soft toys is provided here.

In the washing machine

The antistress toy can be washed in an automatic machine. In this case, the following sequence of actions must be observed:

1. Clean the product from visible dirt, shake off the dust with your hands, a damp cloth or remove it with a vacuum cleaner.
2. Place the toy in a fine-mesh laundry bag. If it is too large, then in case of an unexpected breakthrough, the balls from the product will slip through it. In this case, you can use a pillowcase.
3. Select the washing mode. It is recommended to wash the thing at a temperature of 30-40 degrees, without spinning. These parameters correspond to the programs "wool", "silk", "delicate" and "gentle" wash.
4. Add detergent.It is recommended to stop your choice on liquid formulations, since they have a high detergency and are better rinsed out of textiles even at low temperatures. If ordinary detergent is used, then its standard dosage is reduced by 30%.
5. After the end of the cycle, the product is removed from the drum and sent to dry.

How to wash antistress toys in a washing machine, the video will tell you:

Handwash

Hand wash allows you to gently clean your garment. In such conditions, the probability of tissue breakage is minimized.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Pour warm water into a basin.
2. Add detergent, stir thoroughly until foam forms.
3. Immerse the product inside, leave for 30 minutes. It is not necessary to keep it in water longer.
4. Use gentle pressure strokes to clean the toy to remove all dirt from its fibers.
5. Stains can be further removed with a soft sponge.
6. Rinse the toy to remove any remaining detergent from it. The water should be changed until it stops foaming.
7. Do not squeeze or twist the item after washing. The water should drain from it on its own.
8. After finishing the processing, the item is sent to dry.

If there are stains on the fabric, then you can remove them with the help of laundry soap. It is applied to the contaminated area and left for 20 minutes. Fatty acids will dissolve the impurities. They can be easily washed out of the fabric.

You can add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to the water while rinsing.... This will make the contact with the product even more pleasant.

Drying features

A product with an unusual filler must not only be properly washed, but also dried. Polystyrene balls do not tolerate high temperatures.

Therefore, the toy should dry in natural conditions. It is good if there is an opportunity to place it outdoors.

When hanging out a thing on the balcony, you need to make sure that direct sunlight does not fall on it... It is not recommended to place it in the bathroom. In conditions of high humidity, it will dry for a long time.

You cannot place the toy on the radiator, but it is permissible to place it at a distance of 30 cm from it. This will speed up the drying process a little. A terry towel should be placed on the floor or on a chair, which will absorb excess moisture. The product needs to be turned over from time to time.

The product can be hung by clothespins on a rope... When in an upright position, its filler will stray down under its own weight. Therefore, from time to time the location of things needs to be changed.

Important recommendations

An anti-stress toy is essential wash taking into account the following recommendations:

1. To check the color durability of the product, it must be moistened and wrapped in a clean white cloth. If after 5-10 minutes stains appear on it, then the toy should be washed separately from other things and only at low temperatures.
2. You can get rid of the unpleasant smell with soda. For this, the product is placed in a polyethylene bag, this food additive is poured into it and shaken several times.

   Leave the toy inside the bag for a day. Then it is removed and cleaned from the powder. Soda perfectly absorbs odors and destroys microbes.

3. White and colored toys cannot be washed in the same water, as they can shed. Do not use detergents containing bleaching particles for dyed fabrics.
4. It is forbidden to wash light-colored products using products containing chlorine or other aggressive components.
5. To disinfect a toy, you can treat it with an ultraviolet lamp. It cannot be boiled or washed in hot water. All tissue items must undergo mandatory disinfection after a sick person has interacted with them.

Conclusion

Antistress toy care has some peculiarities. However, they do not cause serious difficulties for the owners of such products, therefore they need to be washed as needed. It will not be possible to relieve nervous tension with a dirty and dusty toy.